Chapter 928: Loan Fraud
Some of the types selected by Han Peacock have been auctioned in major auction houses over the years, or directly collected by some famous museums, such porcelain prices are transparent, and Tong Su is not deceived, so as long as the bank identifies it as true, there is not much room to reduce the price, because the market price is there!
A few days ago, in the capital of a certain country in Southeast Asia, a blonde man walked into a local bank with two black suitcases in his hands and two black suitcases.
Soon, they were greeted into the VIP room by the bank's manager, and by the time they came out again, two black suitcases had been left at the bank.
The next day, several people visited the bank again, and the lobby manager of the bank was even more enthusiastic.
"Are you ready?" The blonde foreigner walked into the bank lobby and immediately asked.
"Mr. Isaac, we're ready, I wonder if you brought something with you?" The bank lobby manager said respectfully.
The white man named Isaac said: "It's ready, as long as you have any questions on your side, I can send them at any time." ”
"Now we are ready, if Mr. Isaac has nothing to worry about, can we send it now, after all, the experts we have hired cannot stay in the bank for a long time." The lobby manager said.
Isaac said, "Okay, Butler Hughes, please inform the guards at home to bring the batch of porcelain from the storeroom." ”
"Yes, my master." An elderly white man replied immediately.
After speaking. The white man took out the phone, said a few words, and followed the crowd again, and when he entered the VIP room, Isaac said, "Mr. Manager, I don't know what about the two pieces of porcelain I sent earlier?" ”
"Dear Mr. Isaac, please forgive us for our caution, you know, there are too many counterfeits and fraudulent loans of antiques nowadays. So we had to be careful. Of course, you are different, and a nobleman with a background like you, naturally, will not bring some fakes"
The lobby manager wasn't done yet. Isaac interrupted him: "Just talk about the results." Stuff from my house. I am not afraid of others at all. ”
"Yes, yes, Mr. Isaac. Your things are real blue and white porcelain from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, authentic official kilnware, the appraisal certificate has been opened, if you want to auction, our bank can operate the specific matters for you. Datang manager said.
Isaac said: "You may have heard, my business has been in some trouble recently, and I continue to have a large amount of cash, so I want to use this batch of porcelain as a mortgage, I don't know if your bank will accept it?" If you want me to sell the porcelain, then it goes without saying, after all, it is handed down from my ancestors, and I can't sell my ancestors' things because of lack of money. ”
The lobby manager naturally knows this Isaac, a playboy who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to eat, drink and have fun, so he still doesn't buy the things of his ancestors?
If his grandfather could sell it for money, maybe he would have sold his grandfather's dry bones.
Although he was disdainful in his heart, the lobby manager did not show Xiàn on his face: "Mr. Isaac, although the two pieces of porcelain you brought are very precious, the price is not too high, and if you want to make your family business a comeback, you will need a lot of funds." ”
Isaac smiled and said: "You can rest assured about this, yesterday I brought a plate and a bowl, you should know, my ancestors were nobles, and they were often stationed in China back then, so this kind of blue and white porcelain, our family has a whole set of collections, do you know what a set is about?" ”
"Please Mr. Isaac." The lobby manager said with a smile on his face.
Isaac said: "There are a pair of vases, ten plates, ten bowls, a wine jug, eight wine glasses, and some other bottles and jars, you don't understand too much, anyway, they are a complete set, this set is a total of forty or fifty pieces." ”
"Ah, so many? It seems to be a treasure, but Mr. Isaac don't be afraid, it doesn't matter if I don't understand, the experts we invited understand, so please rest assured, leave it to our bank to handle, it must be your wisest decision. The lobby manager said.
As they spoke, a car pulled up in front of the bank, and soon a team of bodyguards escorted some boxes into the bank.
At this time, more people came out of the bank, some of them were obviously Chinese, and a yellow man next to Isaac showed a trace of disdain on his face.
The men walked into a hall, and when all the boxes were opened, the men quickly dispersed and began to identify the porcelain in the boxes.
These porcelains are all blue and white of the same color, all of them are very well preserved, and they look as if they are new, and each piece of porcelain is exquisite and abnormal, without a trace of flaw at all.
Although this batch of porcelain is export porcelain, it is all blue and white porcelain fired by the imperial kiln factory in Jingde Town during the Xuande (1426-1435 AD, Zhu Zhanji year of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty), which has a very important position in the history of Chinese ceramic development.
It is famous for its simple, elegant shape, crystal bright glaze, colorful ornamentation, compared with the blue and white porcelain of other dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, its firing technology has reached the highest peak, becoming one of the famous porcelain products in China, and its achievements are praised as "the strange of opening a generation".
"Jingdezhen Pottery Record" commented on Xuande porcelain: "All materials are fine, and blue and white are the most expensive." That's why the bank is so interested.
Ming Dynasty Xuande official kiln blue and white it is famous for its simple, elegant shape, crystal bright glaze, colorful ornamentation, the number of firing is also unprecedented, according to the "Ming Huidian" record, Xuande eight years (1433), the imperial court once issued, to Jingde town to burn the dragon and phoenix porcelain 443,500 pieces of the task.
Among them, blue and white account for the majority, which shows the large scale and quantity of its firing.
The products were not only used for the daily life of the imperial court, but also sold overseas as a large number of commodities and as gifts to foreign tributes, becoming a witness to the cultural exchange between the East and the West.
The blue and white carcass of Xuande is thicker and heavier than that of Yongle Dynasty, and the tire quality is precise and delicate, white and hard. Plum bottles, large plates, and large jars are mostly unglazed white fine sand bottoms, which are very smooth to touch by hand, with flint red spots on the feet, and small and medium-sized utensils are glazed bottoms.
The glaze is thick and moisturized, the luster is soft and not dazzling, and it is white and blue, commonly known as "bright green glaze".
The glaze is not very smooth, like orange peel, commonly known as "orange peel glaze", and very few have open pieces.
If you observe under high-magnification glass, the glaze is filled with large and small bubbles, and even small bubbles rub large bubbles.
No matter what kind of porcelain in the Xuande Dynasty is, almost all of them are glazed with this kind of glaze, so this batch of blue and white from the Xuande official kiln carefully selected by Han Peacock's subordinates is really nothing to be faulted with.
This batch of porcelain out of the ordinary cups, plates, bowls, the rest of the bottles are all bottles and pots, bottles include plum bottles, jade pots, spring bottles, gall bottles, piercing ear bottles, square bottles, folding square bottles, Tianqiu bottles, Baoyue bottles, flat-bellied ribbon gourd bottles, etc.
The pot has a holding pot, a gourd mouth holding pot, a jade pot spring holding pot, a Fangliu holding pot, a military holding, a flat pot, a back pot, a pear-shaped pot, a monk's hat pot, etc., it can be said that this time Han Peacock also made a bloody investment, only to make up such a set of luxury porcelain.
Of course, this is mainly such porcelain, and there are too many of them on that boat, after all, hundreds of thousands of pieces of porcelain, even if it is a large museum, will be stuffed to the brim.
Since he wants to sell it at a good price, Han Peacock has naturally made sufficient preparations, and the blue and white porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties is very hot in the market, and the auction price has not been low over the years.
As early as 2001, a "Ming Yongle blue and white folded branch flower octagonal candlestick" was auctioned at a price of 8.8 million yuan in the auction market, and in 2005, the candlestick appeared in the capital Hanhai spring auction for the second time, and was sold at a high price of 20.35 million yuan.
In the same year, at Christie's auction in London, a "Yuan blue and white Guigu descending picture jar" was auctioned for 15.688 million pounds (about 160 million yuan), and the price of its high imitation in the market was even as high as 100,000 yuan.
In 2010, a "Qing Qianlong blue and white entwined branch lotus pattern flower goose" was sold for 66.8 million yuan in the autumn auction of the fifth anniversary of Kuangshi in the capital.
In 2011, at Sotheby's Hong Kong's autumn auction, the transaction price of a "Ming Yongle Blue and White Ruyi Hanging Shoulder Folded Branches and Fruit Pattern Plum Vase" once again exceeded the 100 million yuan mark, reaching 168.66 million Hong Kong dollars (about 130 million yuan).
Last year, a "Ming Chenghua blue and white entwined branch okra pattern palace cup" was sold for 141 million Hong Kong dollars (about 110 million yuan).
In the art collection market, the blue and white porcelain table has always been more prominent, and the value of some fine products has risen exponentially with the precipitation of time, among them, the blue and white porcelain products of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties can often be auctioned for millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan.
Han Peacock took out some big utensils this time, such as the blue and white entangled flower pattern plum vase and the blue and white entangled branch lotus pattern vase, such official kiln porcelain, the price of each piece is more than 10 million, or even hundreds of millions is not impossible.
There is also a blue and white blue Sanskrit halberd Falun lid jar, which is only collected in the Forbidden City in China, and if it is auctioned, it is no problem to sell for hundreds of millions of dollars.
Even if you don't talk about these big vessels, even among the small wine pots, they are all high-quality products, like the blue and white three-fruit pattern holding pot, this thing is not much circulated outside, and now I know that there is one in the Forbidden City.
Such a batch of Xuande blue and white official kiln porcelain was born, no matter who met it, it was a great luck, even if you can't get it, take a look, it is also a blessing.
"You know the rules, right?" Isaac sat leisurely in his chair and drank this coffee, although he was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he didn't worry too much, after all, the yellow man next to him had made it clear that this batch of porcelain was real.
In this way, he really has nothing to worry about, so, as time goes by, he becomes more and more relaxed. (To be continued......)