Lin Ye carefully carried his suitcase and went to this auction and appraisal company according to the address on the Internet. There was a beautiful receptionist wearing a cheongsam sitting at the front desk.
"Sir, what can I do?" The receptionist smiled professionally.
"Hello, I made an appointment online with an expert for appraisal."
"Okay, please come with me."
The girl at the front desk was wearing high heels and leading the way. Lin Ye looked at the girl's beautiful figure wrapped in a cheongsam from behind and had only one feeling.
So moist.
"Teacher Yang has a seminar at the museum today. Teacher Zeng was invited to participate in a cultural exchange meeting abroad. I will arrange for you, Teacher Xu. You can just go in."
The girl at the front desk stopped in front of an appraisal room and introduced the situation to Lin Ye. Lin Ye nodded and walked into the appraisal room.
Sitting in the appraisal room is a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a Tang suit, with 108 wooden beads hanging around his neck, and his whole body exudes an artistic atmosphere.
"Hey, this is a young collector. My friend, please take out the collection."
Lin Ye put down the suitcase, opened it carefully, and then took out the porcelain bottle from a pile of clothes. Instead of bringing both, he only brought one.
"A very exquisite amphora, little friend, where did this porcelain bottle come from?"
"It was passed down from our ancestors." Lin Ye grinned.
"Put it on the table."
Lin Ye wanted to pass the ceramics over, but Teacher Xu did not accept it. Instead, he motioned to Lin Ye to put the ceramic bottles on the table.
"My little friend probably doesn't know much about antiques."
"I don't know much about this. I have kept this bottle at home for many years, so I just wanted to have it identified by an expert."
"It's pretty much what I guessed." Teacher Xu nodded, and while observing the porcelain vase with a magnifying glass, he explained: "In the antique business, you can't pass things from hand to hand. Firstly, you're afraid that they won't be picked up properly and they will break. Secondly,
If something goes wrong, it’s good to have a division of responsibilities.”
Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Teacher Xu meant.
If the antique is broken when the two parties take over it, who is responsible? Is it because they didn't take it over or didn't hand it over?
If it is placed on the table like this, if it is smashed, it will be the responsibility of the person who handled it.
It would be even more unclear if someone with evil intentions intentionally loosens his hand in advance when handing it over.
Because antiques are difficult to price, they may only be worth 20,000 yuan originally, but people ask for 100,000 yuan. After all, it’s hard to buy a lot of money and people like it.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye's professional recognition of Teacher Xu became even higher.
Ten minutes later, Teacher Xu withdrew the magnifying glass, looked up at Lin Ye and asked, "How long has this porcelain vase been passed down?"
"I'm not sure. It's been around since my grandfather's time. I heard that my grandfather bought it from someone else in his generation." Lin Ye said nonsensically.
"That's it, then your great-grandpa made the right purchase. Although there is no inscription on the bottom of this porcelain vase, the glaze and the painting work, including the blue and white patterns on it, are all in the style of the Ming Dynasty. This is the Ming Dynasty blue and white dragon and phoenix live ring double ears.
Although the vase was not fired in an official kiln, it can still be regarded as a fine product among folk songs."
Lin Ye was a little nervous at first, because he knew that ancient official kiln porcelains were all engraved and made in a certain dynasty, but the vase he got back did not have it, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for experts to date it.
It seems that this teacher Xu is really capable.
"Teacher Xu, how much is this worth?" Lin Ye asked a concerned question.
"At an auction in the capital a few years ago, a pair of blue and white dragon and phoenix amphorae from the Jiajing Dynasty were sold for 16.4 million yuan. This is not an official kiln, so the value will be much lower, and there is only one. But conservatively estimate, two
Three million is no problem."
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. One of them costs two to three million. He also has another one at home. The price can go up a bit for a pair, at least five million.
"If you can, I will continue to collect such good items. But if you want to sell them, our company will hold a porcelain auction next month. You can hand them over to our company for the auction."
"Are there any requirements for handing it over to your company for auction?"
"Haha, what I said, little friend, is that you hand over such a good thing to our company to help our company build a reputation. The appraisal fee can be waived for you, but little friend, you have to sign an agreement to confirm that it will be handed over to our company.
Auction, and then just pay a deposit of 50,000 yuan."
"You still have to pay 50,000 yuan?"
Lin Ye hesitated, he didn't have so much money.
"Teacher Xu, can't you wait until this porcelain vase is auctioned before giving it to you?"
"This is a company policy. Some collectors suddenly regretted not bidding before the auction started, but the company has already publicized it to the outside world. This will affect the company's reputation, so they need to pay a deposit."
Teacher Xu explained very carefully, and Lin Ye nodded. He didn't know much about the specific operations of the auction house, but what Teacher Xu said still made sense.
"Teacher Xu, I don't have that much money on me now. I'll go back and think about it."
"Go back and think about it?" Teacher Xu frowned and reminded: "According to our company's regulations, if you don't make a decision now, little friend, you will have to pay the appraisal fee. Even if you decide to give the item to our company for photography later, this appraisal
The fee will not be refunded.”
"I can accept."
Fifty thousand yuan can't be paid, but Lin can still afford the appraisal fee of two thousand yuan. Besides, he will get millions soon, so two thousand yuan is nothing.
Lin Ye put the bottle back into the box and carefully carried the box out of the company. When he got to the elevator, there was a man holding a wooden box standing at the elevator.
Lin Ye and the other party looked at each other, and the man smiled and said, "My little brother is also here to appraise antiques?"
"Yeah, it's just a fake."
Lin Ye deliberately showed an annoyed expression. He still understood the principle of keeping wealth secret. Although society is relatively stable now, it is necessary to be on guard against others.
"That's really a pity, but in the field of collecting, in addition to having good eyesight, you also need to have foundation and experience. I have been playing with porcelain for more than ten years, and I have done it many times. Until this time, I received a good object with my discerning eye.
"
There was uncontrollable joy on the man's face. Without waiting for Lin Ye to ask further questions, he said to himself: "I went to an antique stall some time ago and saw a piece of porcelain. The stall owner didn't know the product, but I do.
There is a model in the Forbidden City that is exactly like this one, and I bought it for only a thousand yuan."
The man told how he battled wits with the stall owner, but Lin Ye wondered in his heart as he listened, could he still encounter Forbidden City-level antiques at a street stall?
"You don't believe it. Teacher Chen just appraised it for me. It is undoubtedly authentic. I say that I am well-informed. Of course, there is also an element of luck. Those experts who think it is a fake are not knowledgeable enough."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye was a little curious. Other experts identified it as a fake, but here it was identified as a real antique. This slap in the face plot is very attractive.
"Brother, can you tell me?"
"Of course." The man was obviously identified as a fake by other experts, and this time it was authenticated. He let out a sigh of relief, and he could no longer hold back his words.
"When it comes to collecting, you first have to go to various museums to gain experience. Over the years, I have visited museums all over the country, especially the collections in the National Palace Museum. I can recall them even with my eyes closed."
"Once I was in an antique street and saw a porcelain bowl, which was exactly the same as the one in the Forbidden City. The ancients fired porcelain. It was impossible to bake them one by one. They were all made in batches, especially porcelain bowls. I
At that time, I suspected that this might have leaked out of the palace."
"Later I negotiated with the stall owner, and he sold it to me for only 1,000 yuan."
"Brother, since it is used by the royal family, it must be very exquisite. Then the stall owner has not authenticated it himself?"
"The stall owner didn't know what he was selling, so when he saw the words on the base, he thought it was a modern handicraft."
Lin Ye became a little curious and asked: "What words are engraved on the base?"
"For microwave use."
Lin Ye twitched the corner of his mouth. It was only for microwave ovens. No wonder the stall owner thought it was a modern handicraft. Oh no, this is a modern handicraft.
"Could it be that this base was added by later generations? In fact, the real base is wrapped?"
Lin Ye thought of the plot in the novels he had read before, where some precious paintings were hidden in fake paintings. To put it this way, this elder brother really made a big mistake.
"How can there be such a mysterious thing? Those are the words on the base. Teacher Chen just said that this is the royal porcelain bowl of Wei Gaozong in the Ming Dynasty. Those experts don't know it because Wei Gaozong doesn't like to be the emperor.
On the second day after he ascended the throne, he chose the Zen position and became a monk, with the name Bo Lu."
"Think about it, if an emperor becomes a monk, it must not be spread to outsiders. There is an example in the Qing Dynasty. Didn't Emperor Shunzhi become a monk? There is no record in the history books, and this batch of porcelain was secretly fired by JDZ for Wei Gaozong at that time.
."
"Look, normally what is engraved on the bottom of the official kiln is the annual system of a certain emperor, but Emperor Gaozong wants to keep it secret. He cannot use the annual system, so he can only engrave it for use in microwave ovens."
"This matter is not found in history books. Teacher Chen only learned about these things by chance when he read an ancient book from the Ming Dynasty."
Lin Ye:......
Can you still play like this?
Even though he didn't understand history, Lin Ye knew that this old man had been fooled.
Damn it, I met a liar.
Lin Ye also realized that Teacher Xu actually had many flaws in his truth. The biggest flaw was the unequivocal chronology.
The vase I was holding was from a parallel world, so how could it match the Ming Dynasty? It was just that I had been blinded by the huge benefits and ignored this.