Chapter 385: The main play begins
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In this regard, Song Xicai was a little indignant, mainly because his expectations for this trade fair were a little too high.
He was introduced by a friend to attend the fair. In the description of my friend, the antiques traded at such a fair are simply national treasures, and they are all "wide open". In this regard, Yu Fei could only say that if it wasn't his friend who deliberately deceived, even his friend was kept in the dark. After all, there are many people who are sold and help others count money.
And the process of participating in the auction was also full of twists and turns, just turning the direction three times, and also blocking the signal and prohibiting communication, but as a result, it turned out to be a fake bronze, and I am afraid that the old man who walked back to his seat first also found out the problem.
Of course, Song Xicai is not angry, and he will not shout out that the bronze cup is a fake because he is angry, at most, he will not make a move. At the same time, he was also secretly glad in his heart to bring Yu Fei here, otherwise he would really be wronged.
There are not many people who are interested in this bronze cup, but the bidding is quite fierce, and it has climbed to 600,000 in a long way.
Lao Xiao saw that Song Xicai and Yu Fei had been watching for a long time, and originally thought that they would make a move, but in the end, these two people didn't even pay a price, as if they saw that there was something wrong with the bronze cup, so they couldn't help but look at them twice. It's just that neither Song Xicai nor Yu Fei seem to be masters with a high level of identification, especially Yu Fei, who is so young, and he doesn't even bring a magnifying glass, which is too amateurish.
Fortunately, they didn't make a move. There are still a lot of wrongdoers on the scene. In the end, the bronze bowl was bought by an old man in his sixties for 1.2 million.
Some people may say that the organizers are not afraid to smash their own signboards by selling fakes like this?
In fact, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing when analyzed in detail. First of all. This is a private transaction, and many people buy antiques and rarely show them publicly, which reduces the chance of being seen through. Secondly, even if the trade fair sells fakes, it is a high imitation, and people with average levels can't see it at all. For example, if this bronze bowl uses the ancient method of pottery, and does not add quartz sand. Then it would be impossible for Yu Fei to find the problem. Thirdly, and very importantly, many collectors are stubborn. They ask the expert to give them "palm eyes" not to let the expert judge the authenticity, but just to listen to the expert to echo the remarks, if the expert says that it is not accurate, or it is fake. Far from believing it, they won't believe it. On the contrary, they will be unhappy and think that the level of the expert is not good. Therefore, appraisal experts generally have some reservations when helping others to appraise, and will not be too full of words, unless it is related.
Therefore, although many such trade fairs have been organized, they have not been dismantled except in a few cases.
With this discovery, in the next transaction. Song Xicai and Yu Fei were a lot more cautious, and more than a dozen trading items came down. None of them made a move, even if Yu Fei didn't see the flaw, Song Xicai was reluctant to bid at a high price. Maybe that's what makes the first impression! However, although Song Xicai did not bid, none of the more than ten traded items were unsold.
Of course, everyone on the scene knew that these deals were just an appetizer, and the real deal was yet to come.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the artworks that are about to be traded below have a lot of origins, and I believe that many people are here today for it." Lao Xiao said excitedly, and his words quickly attracted the attention of everyone on the scene, and he knew that the main play was about to start.
Everyone, including Yu Fei, didn't know whether the antique that Lu Dao traded next was Cixi's jade watermelon or Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Futu".
In terms of value alone, "Luo Shen Futu" is much higher than that of the jade watermelon.
But in terms of popularity, the jade watermelon is higher than the "Luo Shen Futu" because of the "strong support" of the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Generally speaking, the number of artworks in a trade fair will not be less than 30 pieces, Yu Fei didn't expect that this has just auctioned more than ten pieces of antiques, how can he "make a big move"?
This is actually one of the organizers' strategy, and the auction of the jade watermelon and the "Luo Shen Futu" separately is to use them to raise the price of all the lots in the whole fair.
"As for what this artwork is. Ask the staff to bring it up. "Lao Xiao is still a little sold.
Soon, a young master of ceremonies wearing a cheongsam walked up with a tray on it, on which was placed a rolled-up scroll, presumably "Luo Shen Futu".
Yu Fei was nervous.
"How? Dumbo? Intrigued? Song Xicai said teasingly.
"Brother Song, I won't tell you that I'm really interesting." Yu Fei said: "If I really like it, you can't rob me." ”
Song Xicai smiled: "Do you need me to rob you?" If you look at the people around you, I'm afraid many of them are here for this painting. As for me, hehe, not much interest. ”
Yu Fei looked at the surrounding buyers, and sure enough, many people's faces showed eager expressions, and it seemed that the bidding for "Luo Shen Futu" would be very fierce.
"If you don't have enough money, say something." Song Xicai said. He was worried that Yu Fei would be shy after investing a billion.
"As long as things are right, money is not an issue." Yu Fei said. Although one billion is not a small number, for the current Yu Fei, it can still be easily taken out.
"Yo, it's not a small tone." Song Xi knew that Yu Fei would not talk too much, so he also had a deeper understanding of Fei's assets.
"I don't think there's any need to say more about the introduction of "Luo Shen Futu". Lao Xiao said. Before the start of the fair, the organizers have already let out the wind, and even more than half of the people who came here this time may even be for the "Luo Shen Futu", so there is naturally a lot of understanding about it, and there is really no need to repeat it. For Lao Xiao's knowledge, the people in the audience responded with good-natured laughter.
"Interested bosses can come to my desk to observe. However, please don't get started. Lao Xiao said.
"Luo Shen Futu" is half displayed on a long bookcase in the front desk. The shape of this bookcase is simple, and it also complements each other with "Luo Shen Futu".
As soon as Lao Xiao's words fell, Yu Fei was shocked to find that more than half of the people at the scene stood up, and couldn't help but show a wry smile. It seems that Song Xicai is right, there is really no need for him to compete, there are many competitors on the scene.
Even if some of these people just wanted to see it and didn't want to buy it, the fierce competition can be seen.
"Brother Song, why don't you go and have a look?" Yu Fei said.
Song Xicai shook his hand and said, "I said that I won't compete with you, and I can't see a good one, so you should go by yourself." ”
Yu Fei nodded, and followed the flow of people. The lazy ball opened its sleepy eyes and looked at Yu Fei, and quickly closed them again.
Because there are more people to watch, and the book case is not long, in order to prevent crowding and damage to the "Luo Shen Fu Tu", Lao Xiao can't help but remind the people who visit the site to be slower.
When it was Yu Fei's turn, it was already ten minutes later.
Yu Fei found that the magnifying glass he was holding in his hand was already sweating. If this "Luo Shen Futu" is really Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, then what is its relationship with the one in Princess Alice's collection? Could it be a sister piece painted by a painter? This is also very common, many calligraphers and painters after painting a picture or writing a word if they feel more satisfied or dissatisfied, many will write again, but because of mood and many other factors, often can not find the original feeling, and can not create to the highest level. The most representative example is Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface". Legend has it that Wang Xizhi got drunk that day, and improvised the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" with wine, and later after he woke up, although he rewrote it many times, he could not find the feeling at that time.
So will this be the case with today's auction of "Luo Shen Futu"? Yu Fei wasn't sure, he just glanced at it from a distance, this painting looked like that.
But when he got closer, Yu Fei's heart suddenly sank. Because he found that this "Luo Shen Futu" is not an authentic work at all, and its level of copying is much worse than the Song Dynasty copy in the Palace Museum, not to mention compared with the suspected authentic "Luo Shen Futu" in Alice's private collection.
I saw that other people were still having lively discussions, even arguments. Of course, there are also some people who nod frequently, and they seem to have a very harvested look, and Yu Fei is excited. Before participating in the trade fair, Yu Fei thought that he could find something good here, but it turned out that this place was simply fooling people.
"Hey, do you want to see it? Don't look to give way. A voice behind him urged. (To be continued......)