[273] The auction was noisy

"This painting is a fake!"

At this time, a loud voice spoke in English.

The audience was speechless in surprise again, and all eyes were focused on this young man.

Sikong Muqi was speechless in surprise for a moment, impossible, impossible for anyone to be able to see that this painting was fake,,。

"Oh, friend, you said that this painting is fake, then you can find out the evidence!" Sikong Muqi said confidently: "All the masters on the scene are experts, I think, if you can find out where there is a problem, they will definitely distinguish it by themselves, come on, please tell me!"

Obviously, Sikong Muqi didn't recognize Ling Xiaotong, otherwise he wouldn't have said such a thing, but would have sent someone to directly press Ling Xiaotong.

Ling Xiaotong wore a mask and strode onto the stage.

Under the light, Ling Xiaotong stepped forward to grab the fake he had drawn, and Sikong Muqi and Kuresman were about to stop him: "Don't touch it, you don't have gloves!" But it was too late to say anything.

Ling Xiaotong had already lifted the painting, pointed to a corner on the border that was almost invisible, and said, "Look here!"

Immediately, everyone present raised their spirits, and everyone brought a special magnifying canister, especially the people in the second row, who raised their high-tech observation instruments in their hands.

Even Sikong Muqi and Kuresman couldn't help but be curious.

At the border of this painting, there seems to be an imprint the size of a grain of rice, which is very weak.

But this faint imprint is so dazzling in the eyes of these people, and one hundred percent of them have already regarded this painting as genuine, and now because of such a faint imprint, the painting has been completely turned into a deceitful fake, and this treasure of art is not allowed to exist at all.

At this time, Sikong Muqi and Kuresman were already stunned, what are this guy's eyes?

The tighter flaw completely proved the authenticity of the painting, and the audience was in an uproar, and some of the old guys had already gotten up angrily and were ready to leave.

Although everything was exposed by this guy who suddenly appeared, Sikong Muqi still had an unchanging face and a heartbeat, and it could be seen that he was a veteran, and a word calmed down the atmosphere of the scene.

"Everyone, don't be in such a hurry, I'm just making a little joke, hahaha!" Sikong Muqi smiled and touched his nose: "Actually, the real work hasn't been taken out yet!"

This is a guy who will not lose a big deal because of a small one, Ling Xiaotong suddenly felt that Sikong Muqi was indeed terrifying, not only did he not rush to clean himself up with someone, but also made a gesture of invitation to himself very respectfully: "Please sit down first, the fake just now is actually I want to give you a hint, so that everyone can be more cautious when looking at this work next, in fact, I sincerely want to remind you!"

If Sikong Muqi was annoyed and angry at this time, it would only make everyone present go crazy, so his choice was very correct, he first calmed down the whole audience, at least controlled the chaos of the scene.

Some foreigners have expressed their dissatisfaction in English, and some who can speak Chinese are also angry and say honesty, honesty.

Ling Xiaotong knew that Sikong Muqi's next painting would definitely be the "Boy with a Pipe" that he had just finished for him, a treasure of the world's artwork, what would be the consequences if a fake appeared...... Ling Xiaotong began to regret it a little, but he decided that he would be exposed no matter what, even if Sikong Muqi would use high technology to deal with the dryness and humidity of the picture, Ling Xiaotong had a way.

Sikong Muqi gave him a look, and Kuresman went down.

Sikong Muqi has been trying to stabilize the atmosphere of the scene, and the people at the scene are really calm, after all, even if the painting just now is a fake, it has deceived all of them, making them have to wonder what the next painting is?

By the time Kuresman brought the painting up, it was already quiet. Although the picture is obscured by a red cloth, in terms of specifications, many people have begun to speculate that among the world's 100*81cm masterpieces, there is only one that can really amaze them more than the "Moulin Rouge Ball" just now.

All the people stared at the picture without saying anything, and from their eyes, Ling Xiaotong could see something called desire and expectation, and finally, Sikong Muqi personally unraveled the mystery of this work little by little.

The audience was in an uproar.

In an instant, everyone stood up.

"The Boy with the Pipe", .

On May 5, 2004, at the Sotheby's auction in London, Picasso's masterpiece "Boy with a Pipe" from Picasso's pink period sold for a whopping $14 million,,, a fact that everyone in the collecting world knows.

This price set a record in the history of the auction of a famous painting, and the collecting world was in an uproar, and the mysterious collector of this famous painting immediately became the target of the world's media.

Finally, on November 20 of the same year, the death of a wealthy German businessman finally brought the mysterious collector to the surface, and it was only then that people were surprised to discover that there was a poignant love legend behind the famous painting......

Picasso has produced countless outstanding works in his lifetime, among which "The Boy with a Pipe" is his representative work through the blue melancholy period into the pink period, this work has been praised by critics as "a beautiful work with the mystery of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and the melancholy of Van Gogh's "Doctor Gachet"!" As Picasso became famous, the painting changed hands several times in Paris and was finally collected by the German Jewish giant Mr. Georg.

The Georg family, which began as a porcelain and watch business, was involved in finance, stock and transportation at the beginning of the 19th century, and owned a large amount of fertile land along the Rhine.

Mr. Georg had a lifelong friend named Richard Hoffmann, a porcelain trader from the United States, and the two families lived next to each other at their home on Berlin's Shill Everstrasse, and Mr. Hoffmann's beloved daughter, Betty, was a year younger than Stef, and the two were childhood sweethearts.

At that time, Steve had always regarded the beautiful and somewhat timid American girl as his own sister.

For as long as she was sensible, Betty had always thought that her brother Steve was the model for the painting "Boy with a Pipe".

Because the boy in the painting is too similar to Steve in terms of appearance and demeanor.

It wasn't until Betty was twelve years old that she learned from her father that the boy had nothing to do with Steve.

Whenever Betty had an unspeakable request, she would always write a small note for her brother and stick it on the back of the painting "Boy with a Pipe", and Steve's greatest pleasure at that time was to "check" the back of the painting to see if little Betty had any special requests.

Once, in order to satisfy Betty's desire to go to Vienna for a concert, the thirteen-year-old Steve took Betty to Vienna by train for more than ten hours, and as a result, the two children were "captured" by someone sent by Mr. Georg at the Vienna station and taken back to Berlin, where they were severely punished by their father.

Betty's first sketch was of Steve standing in front of the painting with her father's pipe in hand, and at the age of eighteen, Betty gave her sketch as a Christmas present to Stev, who kissed the girl of his heart for the first time.

At the beginning of 1935, when the dark clouds of war were already hanging over Germany, Mr. Georg began to transfer the family's vast art collection and property to Switzerland, and at the same time urged his friends to bring their families to the United States as soon as possible, but Steve's mother was reluctant to leave her homeland and missed the opportunity to flee Germany.

In January 1937, a local European battlefield had been opened, and Jews in Berlin were sent to concentration camps in large numbers.

Mr. Georg finally realized the seriousness of the situation, decided to buy British passports with a large sum of money, and his family fled Germany as British expatriates.

However, Mr. Georg was betrayed in a pinch, and in the end, with Hoffman's help, only Steve was granted the status of an adopted son of a British family as a refugee.

Steve and Betty's family were about to escape Germany on the same train, but when they boarded the train, they found out that Steve's name had been transferred to the passenger list for the next train, and despite Mr. Hoffman's dealings with the military, Steve was not allowed to board the same train as Betty.

In desperation, Mr. Hoffman decided to go to London first and wait for Steve.

A teenage couple says goodbye in tears at the station, Betty weeps incessantly, and Steve is even more tender, but he is still strong enough to comfort his little sister.

As the train drifted away, Steve put his right hand on his chest, signaling Betty that no matter what happened, his heart would always be with her.

But the second train didn't leave Berlin......

A very poignant love story, this painting is also legendary.

And now, this painting actually appeared here, at such a small secret auction,,, all the collectors present felt that their hearts were beating faster, and the flames in their eyes seemed to burn the painting.

"Please don't get excited!" Sikong Muqi stood in front of the picture and pressed down with his hands: "I think, everyone knows the preciousness of this painting, the most expensive painting in the world so far, 14 million US dollars, so, I don't want to let everyone distinguish the real from the fake, but I won't let anyone who is not its owner touch it!"

This is true.

Zi Yaning gently pulled him behind Ling Xiaotong: "I really didn't expect my brother to be so greedy...... I actually asked you to copy this painting!"

"Your brother has always been greedy!" Ling Xiaotong smiled slightly: "However, I will let him have nothing!" After finishing speaking, he felt that this sentence was a bit heavy, after all, Zi Yaning was his sister,