It can be said that even if you are not a professional carpenter, as long as you have the right tools, such as planers and saws, you can make a walking stick that meets the requirements with a little effort. If making walking sticks is included in carpenter's work, then this is also an entry-level job within the entry-level level.

However, the cane in front of Zheng Zheng does not quite meet the basic requirements of the cane. Although this cane can be called straight, the whole is not smooth and round, and there are some edges and corners that are not well handled.

Let's just put it this way, it's like a cane that doesn't have any carpentry skills at all, doesn't have any similar experience, and doesn't put any effort into it. The cane looks like a boring thing, and it has no value from an aesthetic or artistic point of view.

However, if the cane has been used by a celebrity, or if it has been made by a celebrity, then the value immediately increases.

So although Zheng Zheng felt that this cane was really worthless, he didn't say anything, waiting for Anna to introduce him to this cane.

"I know, Mr. Zheng, as a connoisseur of art, you must not like the look of this cane. Yes, it is, this cane is really poor in appearance. ”

Zheng Zheng didn't show any expression on his face, but what Anna said was exactly what Zheng Zheng was thinking in his heart.

Zheng Zheng didn't say anything about this, just listened quietly on the side.

"But, Mr. Zheng, what you need to know is ......"

Anna took the cane and waved it lightly in her hand, and said to Zheng Zheng: "The author of this cane is quite famous, not only in Europe, but also in the whole world. It is no exaggeration to say that his name will go down in the history of human civilization and be known to our future generations, as well as our future generations. ”

"What about this ...... Celebrity, who is it?" Zheng Zheng was also stunned when he heard this, wondering in his heart who it must be to be worthy of such an honor?

Anna smiled and said, "Isaac Newton." ”

"Uh......" Zheng Zheng frowned and said, "Are you talking about Newton, who discovered the law of universal gravitation?"

It's a shame to say that Zheng Zheng's grades were not good when he was in school. You must know that at that time, after he finished his classes in school, he had to go back to his home to receive the old man's extracurricular tutoring and learn antique knowledge. This has come and gone, and the focus of Zheng Zheng's study has also deviated. After coming out of school, Zheng Zheng focused on antiques, and he really didn't pay much attention to other knowledge that was not helpful to his job.

In Zheng Zheng's words, it is "what is the principle of knowing that the big ball and the small ball will land at the same time, and what can I do? Can I accurately identify what dynasty an antique is?"

Therefore, when he heard the name of "Isaac Newton", Zheng Zheng could only roughly determine that the owner and author of this cane was the famous Newton based on a vague impression and what Anna said.

"Yes, indeed, and this ...... Mr. Zheng, please take a look. ”

Anna handed the cane in her hand to Zheng Zheng, who could see what the pattern was engraved on the handle of the cane. Anna said, "On this cane, Newton carved the story of himself being hit on the head by an apple. Although his craftsmanship is very poor, the meaning is still very clear. ”

On the handle of the cane, there is a man holding an apple in his hand. Because of the limitation of the size of the handle of the cane, the pattern of this person also has only a rough outline, which does not look clear. And the reason why Zheng Zheng can see that what he is holding in his hand is an apple is all because of the little apple leaf intentionally carved on the apple, otherwise Zheng Zheng would have to treat the apple he was holding in his hand as a crystal ball or something.

And the apple carved out of the handle is not a complete apple, in Zheng Zheng's opinion, this apple is more like being bitten by someone.

It's understandable if Newton recorded that he was hit on the head by an apple. But to be hit on the head by a bitten apple or to record it after taking a bite of the apple is unreasonable.

The most important thing is that the notch on the apple is very small, and it is difficult for him to carve such a notch on the apple at the overall level of this cane.

Zheng Zheng touched his nose and said secretly in his heart: "It's another fake...... Is this Anna still good? Why are they all fakes? If none of these three are genuine...... Hey, that's reasonable. ”

Celebrity used canes or made canes — or simply something else — can be difficult to verify. Because this kind of thing is different from antiques, its own meaning is only for the user, if you can prove this, it is naturally valuable, if you can't prove this, then even if you use it to burn a fire, it is too much smoke.

Generally speaking, what proves that something is the work of a certain person is basically the author's signature or seal, which can indicate its identity. If not, all that's left is some trusted, reliable documentary record that this thing came from someone.

Even if there are these two things, it is very troublesome to verify the authenticity. If there is a document, then you have to check whether this is a real document, and you have to check the credibility of this literature, maybe because of this literature, you will find other literature, and you have to prove whether the other literature is correct...... If you do this kind of work, then you can be regarded as having a feud with the bookbag, and it will not work if you don't fight with a bayonet to see the red.

If you have a signature or a seal, it's much easier to do - it's a little easier than the literature - as long as you can prove the authenticity of the signature and seal. To do this, you need to find other works by the same author, which have been verified to be genuine, and have signatures, and then compare the handwriting of both. Generally speaking, this one is not too difficult. However, there are still some cases where the egg hurts, such as the author of the item did not leave any handwriting at all.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, so there are many unique notes of celebrities, just because of the lack of circumstantial evidence, they can only be treated as doubtful "research materials", and cannot be regarded as antiques.

The reason why Zheng Zheng thinks that this cane is not genuine, because of the notched apple, but more because there is no signature on this cane. As for whether there is any literature related to it, Zheng Zheng does not know now, but judging from the current situation, this is "not genuine".

However, Zheng Zheng's judgment is only "not genuine", not that the cane is a fake, which is essentially different. If Anna could come up with any trustworthy literature, it would be different.

"...... Now"

Anna put the cane in his hand on the table, made a "please" gesture to Zheng Zheng, and said, "Mr. Zheng, please take a look at these three antiques, which one is real." ”

"Hmmm......"

Needless to say, the first two "antiques" are quite obvious, and Zheng Zheng will not spend any energy on these two antiques. The only thing that is still a little suspenseful is this cane. Until now, Anna has not provided Zheng Zheng with any information or anything, and Zheng Zheng is not easy to make judgments rashly.

Pretending to look at the cane, Zheng Zheng turned to Anna and asked, "Mr. Anna, you said that this is Newton's work, but you know that if you want to identify something that this kind of celebrity has used or made by him himself, you need this thing to have this person's signature or something on it." If you don't have these, you also need to have some information for my reference......"

Zheng Zheng paused, shrugged his Chinese shoulder to Anna, and spread his hands: "There is no signature or anything like this cane, so I think, Mr. Anna, you should have information about this cane here, right?"

"Oh......"

Anna shook her head apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng, I don't have any information about walking sticks to provide you here. ...... you can count on"

Anna pointed to the tools on the table and said, "That's it, and your experience and knowledge." ”

"Oh...... I understand. ”

Zheng Zheng said with a smile, but he was secretly scolding in his heart: "You old bastard...... If you don't have any information or something, how can you be sure that these canes are genuine? Are you telling me that this is a fake? It's too obvious, isn't it......? Dig a pit? If you dig a pit, it's not very good. ”

Putting down the cane in his hand, Zheng Zheng turned over and looked at the other two antiques, touching here and there from time to time, and then thoughtfully took a few puffs of cigarettes, flicked the ashes, and then continued to look.

Playing cigarette ash is a complete feint, and the reason why Zheng Zheng did this is nothing more than to make his action of touching the bronze balance look more natural. And he did this to make it easier to touch the scale when he identified the cane, so that it would not be abrupt.

The angel statue and the black cat are indeed the same as Zheng Zheng thought, a ten-out fake. Zheng Zheng had counted it in his heart before he looked at it with the scale, so he didn't feel surprised.

Seeing that the cigarette in his hand was almost at the end of his cigarette, Zheng Zheng didn't delay any longer, turned to the cane, picked it up and looked at it twice, and then took a puff of cigarette.

The action was very natural and casual, and Zheng Zheng extinguished the cigarette butt on the weighing pan of the bronze scale. Although his eyes were staring at the bronze scale, the corner of his eye quickly slanted to the bronze scale.

From extinguishing the cigarette butt to looking at the scale, Zheng Zheng's actions are very natural, just like a person will subconsciously go to see if the cigarette butt is extinguished after extinguishing the cigarette butt, which belongs to the thing that a cautious smoker will do. Mo said that Anna didn't notice this, and even if Anna did, he wouldn't find any problems in it.