"I talked with some seniors and learned a relatively easy way to quickly determine whether there is any vinegar residue in the paper."
Xue Chen dipped his fingers in some water and wetted the blank edge of the painting, probably wetting an area about half the size of a palm. Then he took out a lighter from his pocket, about ten centimeters away.
Bake on the wet area.
"Mr. Wan, Mr. Wang, why not come closer and smell it carefully? See if the sour smell evaporates."
Wan Tianliang did not move, while Wang Ke took two steps forward, put his nose to it and smelled it. His eyes changed, and he couldn't help blurting out: "It really has a very light sour smell!"
The smell of vinegar already indicates that the painting is old and is undoubtedly a fake!
Xue Chen put down and took back the lighter, threw the painting aside, and without pausing, picked up the second flat pot with milky white glaze and talked.
"Mr. Wan, I really feel sorry for you. This milky white glaze flat pot from Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is very beautiful, and the inscription on the sole is also correct, but it is indeed an imitation, more accurately a spliced imitation. The following is
The base is real, but the upper part is grafted and then fired in the kiln."
"How did you see it?" Wan Tianliang frowned and said nothing, while Wang Ke asked curiously because he didn't see the problem at all.
"It's not difficult to see it, because this kind of flat kettle is not uncommon in the market. I happened to have seen one before. It was exactly the same. It might even have been baked at the same time. The base of this flat kettle was too thin.
, and when you look at the thickness of the pot, it is almost the same. Generally speaking, the sole of a piece of porcelain is the thickest. Secondly, the circle of the sole is also smaller, just like a two-meter-old man wearing a pair of 20's.
Women’s shoes size eight.”
Wang Ke nodded thoughtfully.
"As for making the appearance old, it's too easy, so I won't talk about it. If Mr. Wan doesn't believe it, you can break it into pieces and have a look. As the saying goes, a broken mirror cannot be rounded, and the same is true for porcelain. No matter how perfect the grafting is,
, it’s just the appearance, there will definitely be traces on the inside. If I am wrong, I will pay double compensation.”
Wan Tianliang had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Putting down the flat pot, Xue Chen picked up the last bamboo sculpture, put it in his hand and praised it a few words: "It's a pretty good imitation. It has at least seventy achievements of Mr. Yang Yunbing. It should have been made within ten years."
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This time Wan Tianliang spoke: "It's not like you said that the Seven Powers are powerful, at least you have to provide conclusive evidence." Seeing Xue Chen talking about this pen holder, he had to speak, because it was his
He bought it, and although after many twists and turns it was proved that it was indeed a fake, it was hard for him to believe that Xue Chen had figured it out so quickly.
"Mr. Wan, don't be anxious. Since I dare to say this, there are naturally ways to prove it. Let's talk about Mr. Zhang Yunbing first. I happened to have read a book introducing bamboo carvings, and there was an introduction by this master. There is one point in it that I
I remember clearly that Mr. Zhang Yunbing is left-handed, so his works are slightly different from those of people with normal right hands. Especially when using the round carving technique, the arcs of the carvings are skewed to the right, while those of normal right-handers do not.
This happens, and you can clearly see that the two children's buns are all made with round carving techniques and are not skewed to the right. This is the best evidence."
When he heard Xue Chen mention that Master Zhang Yunbing was left-handed, Wan Tianliang's expression changed leisurely, because he had not known about this in the past, but he learned it from his father's mouth after he stumbled on the bamboo carving pen holder.
learned.
Bamboo carving has become more popular since the Ming Dynasty, and there are too many bamboo carving masters. During the Republic of China alone, there were thirty or forty names. Knowing Zhang Yunbing is considered to be relatively knowledgeable, and knowing Zhang Yunbing
Yun Bing There are too few people who are left-handed.
He didn't expect that Xue Chen knew so clearly.
Putting down the last pen holder, Xue Chen raised his eyes to look at Wan Tianliang, whose face was flickering, and snorted: "Mr. Wan, I think you should quit your job as deputy general manager and go back and study more."
Come out again in the new year and look, all three collections have problems. I'm really worried that Tianyi Pavilion will close down under your leadership. You don't need to thank me for helping you appraise these three collections. It's just a small matter. What about compensation?
I guess forget it, I have something else to do, so I’ll go back first.”
Xue Chen, like an elder, gave Wan Tianliang a few words of education, then reached out and patted his shoulder. He ignored the other person's dark complexion and walked out of the office slowly and leisurely.
Seeing Xue Chen go out, the people invited by Wan Tianliang all looked at each other with shock in their eyes. Even they felt like they had gained experience and learned something.
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Wang Ke pursed his lips tightly and sighed in his heart. If he was still a little unconvinced before this, he thought that if he practiced more and went to more antique exchange meetings, he might not be worse than Xue Chen. But now,
He really felt a little desperate.
Wan Tianliang sat back behind his desk, staring directly at the three things placed on the desk. The blue blood vessels on his forehead were looming, and he was jumping around. His heart was already boiling with anger.
What is the purpose of his busy schedule? Isn't he just wanting to step on Xue Chen's "corpse" to spread his reputation to the capital and prepare for his future career in Beijing.
The script has been written, but he is completely different, completely turned over!
He was supposed to be knowledgeable and well-informed. He spoke with sincerity and gave Xue Chen a condescending education, letting Xue Chen know what it means that there are people outside the world. He also asked the invited people and Wang Ke to witness that
A very meaningful moment.
But things completely turned around, and it was Xue Chen who criticized and educated him.
"Resigned from the position of deputy general manager..."
"Go back and study for two years before coming out..."
"Otherwise Tianyi Pavilion will close sooner or later, sooner or later..."
The sentence stabbed into his heart like a knife, distorting his facial features and making his whole body tremble.
When the locals from Pingyuan and Wang Ke nodded and went out, Wan Tianliang finally couldn't help but take pictures of the three fakes and imitations in front of him on the ground.
The milky-white glazed flat pot shattered, revealing a clear and flat piece of stubble, which was clearly polished manually...
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
The story spread from the mouth of the person who was present. Word of mouth spread that Wan Tianliang, the young owner of Tianyi Pavilion, was educated in antique appraisal by a young man named Xue from out of town.
People in the antique circle in Pingyuan City were greatly surprised when they heard about this. They all knew about Wan Tianliang's level, but it was incredible that he was educated by a young man from out of town.
The Tianyi Pavilion Antique Exchange Meeting in Pingyuan City lasted for three days. On the first day, Xue Chen made four transactions, and on the second day, he made six transactions. On the third day, he did not complete any transaction for the whole morning.
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He discovered some problems. Whenever he expressed his intention to buy from a stall owner, the stall owner would ask him how to call him. After he said his last name, the stall owner would ask for a high price. When he talked to a stall owner again,
During the conversation, I finally figured out the reason for the matter.
"We heard something yesterday. A young man from out of town taught the young master of Tianyi Pavilion a lesson. He said he had better eyesight than the young master of Tianyi Pavilion. That man's surname was Xue. Brother, your accent is Yunzhou
Save it from over there, your surname is Xue, could it be you?"
After understanding what was going on, Xue Chen really couldn't laugh or cry. No wonder those people raised the price when he asked about the price. This was because they were sure that the thing he valued must be a good thing, so they deliberately raised the price.
"Depend on!"
He felt even more unhappy with Wan Tianliang. He glanced at the bright sun in the sky, walked towards the street, and found a shady place to sit down.
"Ten pieces……"
In two days, a total of ten transactions were made, and all the purchased items were placed in the Yutong space. Fortunately, they were not very big, so they were all installed.
He took a look at them one by one. Naturally, the ten objects were all real and of various types. They cost a total of five to six million yuan. On average, one item only cost five to sixty thousand yuan. It was not a very valuable thing. If you get antiques
If you go to the store and sell it slowly, the total price can quadruple to 15.6 million, which means the price difference is 1 million.
"not bad……"
Although these profits are nothing to him, it is still a good experience to bargain with stall owners and antique dealers from all over the world, and get each gadget into his pocket. If he must
To describe it specifically, it would be like a woman going shopping.
Today is the last day of this exchange meeting. Xue Chen has other plans to go to another city to participate in another exchange meeting. He took out his mobile phone and looked at the timetable extracted from the website.
"Just go to Beichang City, the day after tomorrow, the time is just right."
Beichang City is also an ancient city with quite a history. Although it was not the ancient capital of any dynasty, due to its geographical location, it was an important transportation hub and strategic location halfway through each dynasty.
This antique exchange meeting has entered its third day, and there are fewer vendors and fewer people coming and going. It can also be said that almost all the good things have been selected, and the rest are just some crooked melons and cracked dates.
After thinking about it, I decided to go back to the hotel, take a good shower, have a rest, and set off for Beichang City tomorrow.
After passing through the stalls, when he was about to reach the intersection of the pedestrian street, a quarrel not far away attracted Xue Chen's attention. He turned around and saw a dozen people gathered there, as if something had happened.
thing.
He didn't have anything urgent, so he walked over curiously. (To be continued)