Chapter 238 Antiques that stumped a large group of people
"Wait a minute, our rules for appraising treasures cannot be broken. The two people who just came here have not appraised it yet... so there is no need to go to so much trouble. I happen to have something here, so let this little brother appreciate it."
Liu Lei had just announced that the bidding had begun, and Old Man Huang's calm voice suddenly rang out.
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present were also focused on Old Man Huang. Old Man Huang turned a blind eye to everyone's eyes and just looked at Chen Ran with a smile. For a moment, the focus of the audience also shifted to Chen Ran.
Although Chen Ran didn't know the relationship between Old Man Huang and Zhu Feng, he could guess the reason why the old man targeted him. He must have vented his anger on him because of Zhu Feng's merciless remarks just now.
on the body.
"Where did you get all these rules? Brother Chen is my buddy. If I ask him to sit here, he can sit here." Zhu Feng squinted his eyes and stared at Old Man Huang, and said slowly, although his tone was slow but familiar.
Everyone in Zhu Feng knew that Zhu Feng was very angry at this time. Zhu Feng was also really impatient and it was not over yet.
"It's not that you can't sit here, it's just our rules. Of course, if I don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Old Man Huang deliberately did not look at Zhu Feng's face. He just looked at Chen Ran and gave Chen Ran the final choice. The meaning he wanted to express couldn't be clearer. This is the rule. Only after you have appraised can you be qualified to sit.
Here, if you don’t want to do an appraisal, that’s fine. As long as you still have the nerve, that’s up to you.
"Bring your things."
Zhu Feng was about to say something else, but Chen Ran suddenly spoke. Since the other party had already talked about it to this extent, he was not one to back down.
Hearing Chen Ran's agreement, Old Man Huang's pent-up anger suddenly disappeared. The antique he asked Chen Ran to identify was a rare thing. He had found many experts to help him identify it, but none of them
I don't know how many people have been troubled by the identification.
Usually, when he saw someone he didn't like, he would take out this thing for the other person to appreciate. Every time, the other person immediately became silent. As time went by, he took pleasure in it, so this thing was always used by him.
He carries it with him.
In this world, there are always some inexplicable people who like to do things that are harmful to others. Old Man Huang is undoubtedly such a person.
There were two people here who had been treated like this by Old Man Huang. When they saw Old Man Huang taking out this antique, they all shook their heads secretly and were quite disdainful of Old Man Huang. In fact, when Old Man Huang stood up, they
I guessed Old Man Huang’s intention.
They had also seen Old Man Huang's antique, but they had no clue at all. Even afterward, they checked a lot of information but couldn't find it out. They also mentioned it to their collectors when they met with them.
, but they have never seen it. Now that Old Man Huang is asking the young man in front of him to identify this antique, he is clearly trying to embarrass this young man and make him look embarrassed.
Chen Ran took the antique handed over by Old Man Huang and did not immediately use the energy aperture to detect it. At this time, he was asked to appreciate the antique. It was obviously not enough to just tell the authenticity and age. He also had to tell
The origin and specific age of the antique will only work. This requires him to first identify the name and origin of the antique, and then identify the authenticity.
This antique is small in size, but its structure is very complicated. First of all, it is a pottery vessel, similar to a vase, but not a vase, because it is cylindrical, about ten centimeters long, white with a little light yellow.
It should be an old color, with a mouth-shaped upper end and a sealed lower end.
He had never seen this kind of pottery material and color, and he had never heard of it.
Chen Ran turned his eyes to the opening at the top and looked inside. His eyesight was better, and he could see that there seemed to be a black thing inside.
But that's all you can see.
While Chen Ran was observing this antique, everyone else also looked at the ceramic vessel in Chen Ran's hand.
Wang Zhiqing came up to Chen Ran, took a look, and then frowned. He had never seen or heard of this pottery vessel. He couldn't even tell the name or purpose of this thing.
, if you don’t know what the antiques are used for, how can you identify them! |
Although when it comes to appraising antiques, you can do it from all aspects, but the first prerequisite is that you need to know what it is and what the ancients used to make it.
Generally speaking, when appraising antiques, the purpose of the antique is ignored. The reason why it is ignored is because antiques such as vases, snuff bottles, and seals still need to be used.
In addition to Wang Zhiqing's frown, Liu Lei, who was approaching, also frowned. Although Liu Lei was an expert in ceramics, he had never seen the antique in front of him.
Not only Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei, but others also frowned. Only Old Man Huang laughed, and the anger he was holding in his stomach disappeared, replaced by indescribable pride.
In fact, when Chen Ran agreed, his anger subsided, because he believed that as long as Chen Ran agreed, the result was already determined, and he only had to wait to see Chen Ran make a fool of himself.
Although Zhu Feng is also in the antique business, he actually doesn't know much about antiques. Chen Ran agreed and didn't say anything anymore. That's because he still believed in Chen Ran's eyesight. The details of his old uncle,
How could he not understand that in his opinion, it was impossible to stump Chen Ran.
But this time, it was obvious that he was going to miscalculate.
He didn't take it seriously at first, but when he saw Chen Ran frowning, he realized something was wrong. Looking at the faces of Wang Zhiqing, Liu Lei and others, he still didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, his expressions changed.
It didn't look good, and the pair of small eyes staring at Old Man Huang were narrowed to a slit.
Although Old Man Huang and Zhu Feng's biological mother are cousins, they are very close. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are as close as brother and sister. Therefore, Zhu Feng has always tolerated Old Man Huang. Old Man Huang likes to do things that harm others and do not benefit himself.
, which caused a lot of trouble. Every time something happened to Old Man Huang, he would stand up for Old Man Huang, which also caused Old Man Huang to become more and more arrogant. Of course, Old Man Huang was only arrogant in front of outsiders, and he was still arrogant in front of him.
He didn't dare. At most, he just said a few words to satisfy the old man, and he didn't bother to pay attention. Now staring at Old Man Huang, he was already thinking about whether to warn this old guy.
After looking over the ceramic vessel over and over, Chen Ran didn't get any clues. It had to be said that this still shocked him. After all, even without relying on the energy aperture, his eyesight and knowledge were better than before.
I don’t know how many times it has improved before, but I have no clue about the pottery vessel in front of me. It wasn’t until I saw that Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei were similar to him that I felt better. I knew that this must be Old Man Huang’s deliberate attempt to embarrass me.
Just took out such a strange thing.
Unable to detect it, Chen Ran could only use the energy aperture to detect it. The detection result was somewhat beyond his expectation. The ceramic vessel in front of him showed no reaction at all. If there was no reaction at all, it was an object that was within a hundred years old.
There are two types of objects within a hundred years, one is antiques after the Republic of China, and the other is basically modern handicrafts.
Chen Ran chose the first one.
The reason for this choice is that although the energy aperture did not detect any reaction, it is not without effect. The current energy aperture is like his eyes. As long as there is a hole, the energy aperture can penetrate into the hole.
He could clearly see all the scenes. Of course, holes like those pinned by a needle would definitely not be detectable.
The energy aperture detected the ceramic vessel without any response, but it allowed him to see clearly what was going on inside the vessel.
The black thing inside the vessel was an iron rod. Chen Ran guessed the age of the vessel based on this iron rod. It must have been at least several decades old.
In addition to the iron rod in the vessel, there is some black fine slag at the bottom. The contact surface between the iron rod and the bottom is also covered with a layer of grayish-yellow substance, which looks like a layer of lead.
Chen Ran put the utensil to his nose and smelled it carefully. There was an indescribable strange smell, which was somewhat like the smell of asphalt, mixed with the smell of rust.
asphalt!
Chen Ran frowned, thinking...
When Chen Ran was deep in thought, he handed the utensil to Wang Zhiqing. Wang Zhiqing took it and frowned and observed it, but he had no clue. He shook his head helplessly and handed the utensil to Liu Lei.
After Liu Lei read it, he also frowned and shook his head, and then handed it to others. Just like this, they took turns and looked at them one after another. But the result was just as Old Man Huang expected, there was no one present.
One person identified it, which made everyone present wonder if Old Man Huang was deceiving people.
"You didn't make this thing yourself to deceive people, right? Are you sure it's an old thing?" Zhu Feng looked at Old Man Huang with round eyes and said, considering the old guy's behavior, it is really possible that this is possible
, Others also looked at Old Man Huang suspiciously. It was obvious that at this moment, everyone had this idea.
"Little madman, of course this antique of mine is an old thing, not an old thing. I even took it out for this little brother to identify. To tell you the truth, my antique has a history of thousands of years. It is definitely not old.
No matter how old you are, just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean there was no such thing in history.”
After hearing Zhu Feng's words, Old Man Huang immediately snorted unconvinced. As soon as he finished speaking, the ceramic vessel was passed back to his hands. He put the things away and looked at Chen Ran with a smile.
: "Brother, what's up? If you can't identify it, then you should give up."
When he said this, Old Man Huang's tone was indescribably proud. Chen Ran didn't say anything about making a bet with him, but in the end, he made Chen Ran admit defeat.
[I’m sorry for the late update. I don’t have an internet connection at home. I have to write two chapters in one go and upload them to an Internet cafe... Brothers, throw your votes at me——]
