What surprised Qian Chaoyue was not just the Qianlong blue and white folded rim basin from the Qing Dynasty that was the first to be auctioned.
Next, five or six pieces of porcelain appeared one after another, and the transaction prices were much lower than the market price. The most abnormal one among them was nearly ten times lower than the market price. Seeing this situation, Qian Chaoyue was shocked.
Are these porcelains authentic?
It was said to be a fake, but all the members in the audience flocked to it.
Moreover, these members all have professional appraisers with them. There are many well-known figures in the collection industry, and there are also working personnel in the archaeological field.
Although the eyesight of these people is not as good as that of Lu Fei and Guan Haishan, they are still better than those sitting at the counters in antique shops!
If it is a fake, there is no way that so many professional appraisers can’t detect it?
But if we say it’s a genuine product, the price is too cheap, it’s just cabbage price!
Damn it!
Even if it's wholesale, it can't be so cheap, right?
Regarding Qian Chaoyue's questions, Sun Xiaohai gave an explanation.
This organization has conducted three auctions and has an excellent reputation.
Ten pieces of porcelain are auctioned at each auction, and so far, not one item has been proven to be a fake.
As for the low price, there is a reason for that.
The most important thing is the nature of the auction. After all, this is a shady underground auction, and it is normal for the price to be cheaper.
If it's too high, people won't take the risk to come here to take pictures.
It is precisely because of this factor that the fifty members present have a tacit understanding. Even if they compete, they must compete just right, and they will never be as fierce as those in outside auctions.
After all, the purpose of these people is to make money, right?
I can’t take a photo of this one, but there’s still a chance down there, so there’s no need to see a red bayonet.
Sun Xiaohai's explanation makes sense, and Qian Chaoyue also explains Sure.
Next, Qian Chaoyue also became interested.
At first, he was not prepared to take action because he was not sure about the authenticity of the food.
Hearing that Sun Xiaohai said that the items auctioned here have a good reputation and that there has never been a single fake, he was naturally a little moved.
There is another key issue, it is cheap!
Who would have trouble with money, right?
So, Qian Chaoyue made the move for the seventh item that came up for auction.
I spent 650,000 yuan on a Southern Song Dynasty white porcelain vase.
Although the white porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty is not as valuable as the Qianlong blue and white porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, its market price is more than two million. Qian Yue has seen it with his own eyes at Su He's auction.
If you pay 650,000 yuan for a piece of porcelain worth about 2 million yuan, you will definitely make a lot of money.
Six hundred and fifty thousand is just a drop of money to him. These few times following Fei Ge, he has also made a lot of money. At least there are hundreds of millions of Shenzhou coins. It is only six hundred and fifty thousand. Even if the photo is a fake, it is still a lot of money.
No pressure.
After the auction, Qian Chaoyue and Sun Xiaohai immediately came to Liulichang with the trophy.
They did not go to Lu Fei's Jubao Pavilion, but chose a century-old Baiji store with a large store on East Street.
The reason why I didn't go to Jubao Pavilion was because I didn't feel confident.
If it was identified as a fake by Master Gu and passed on to Lu Fei, he couldn't afford to lose that person, so it would be more reliable to find an unfamiliar store.
When we arrived at Baiji, when Qian Chaoyue put the Southern Song Dynasty white porcelain vase on the counter, the expression of the old man sitting at the counter suddenly became nervous.
He held a magnifying glass and made some gestures. The more he looked at his expression, the more exaggerated it became. Later, the old man was still a little bit disappointed.
Not sure, I called two more old men, and also called the boss over.
After more than half an hour of appraisal by three old men, it was finally confirmed that the vase was authentic.
When the appraisal results came out, Qian Chaoyue felt a mixture of joy and sorrow.
I am happy that the 650,000 yuan was not spent in vain, but I am worried that I regret not taking more pictures. Anyway, I feel very complicated.
Next, comes the negotiation stage.
After fierce bargaining, Baiji Laobai finally offered a recycling price of 1.8 million.
Although this price is slightly lower than the price of more than two million that Qian Chaoyue saw at the auction, it is still acceptable.
They are doing business, and the purpose of collecting things is to make money, so why should we give them a space to make a profit, right?
What's more, 650,000 turned into 1.8 million, this is already very abnormal, okay?
After the transaction, Qian Chaoyue directly transferred 500,000 yuan in benefits to Sun Xiaohai, and asked Sun Xiaohai to call him for an auction next time, and Sun Xiaohai fully agreed.
Qian Chaoyue also knew that the underground auction would be shady, so he didn't mention it to anyone. It can be seen that when Tian saw Lu Fei, he couldn't hold it in any longer and told Lu Fei the whole story in the car.
Lu Fei was also shocked when he heard this.
There were three auctions, with ten items auctioned in each event, for a total of thirty items, and not a single fake was found.
This probability is simply unbelievable. Even those professional auction companies with decades of experience cannot guarantee that they are so sure!
Ninety-nine percent of the underground auctions that Lu Fei knew were scams and all were scams.
The other 10% are unscrupulous goods, and those that are put up for auction are all black goods that have been dumped. Usually there are only one or two pieces, and at most there are three or five pieces.
But this store has Three auctions were held, with as many as thirty items on offer.
What’s even more incredible is that these thirty items cover several dynasties. If they were cheated, how many large tombs would have been robbed?
If there really is a huge tomb robbing gang, it is impossible that the Chinese authorities have not received any information?
But if it wasn't fake goods, where did they get so many genuine products?
And why is it auctioned in this way?
Isn’t it nice of him to conduct an aboveboard auction?
Even if you go to a regular auction company or antique shop to trade by yourself, you will still make much more than auctioning in this form, right?
This time, Lu Fei was completely confused.
There must be a demon when things go wrong, and there must be some unknown secret here. The unusualness of all this instantly piqued Lu Fei's curiosity.
Although Lu Fei has countless good things in his hands now, in the final analysis, his biggest hobby is collecting.
He may not care about business involving hundreds of millions or even billions, but once he is associated with antiques, Lu Fei will definitely be full of energy.
In half a year, he will take over the position of chief archaeologist of history and archeology in China. By then, he will be the official chief official of archaeology.
This kind of underground auction will be one of the targets of his severe crackdown, and he cannot remain indifferent.
Therefore, he must go and see it.
For the sake of public service, once a shady act is discovered, there must be zero tolerance. If the shady act is discovered, the harshest blow will be given. No matter who is behind the scenes, it must not be condoned.
In private, if there is no shady story and it is confirmed to be a good thing, then I will have to clean it up.
What collector would dislike having too many good items, right?
After thinking for a few minutes, Lu Fei immediately decided that he had to go to the scene.