Chapter 120: A Painting That Is Both True and False
"Thirty million!" The old man in Tang costume wearing reading glasses gritted his teeth and directly increased the price to 30 million.
"Thirty-one million!" Just when the old man in Tang costume prayed in his heart that no one would bid again, a middle-aged wealthy businessman with gold-rimmed glasses added another million.
The middle-aged rich businessman calculated in his heart that he didn't like this painting, but that there was a lot of room for appreciation in this painting, and now the market price was less than 30 million.
"," the old man in Tang costume scolded in his heart, "thirty-five million! ”
He liked the painting so much that he raised the price again to deter competitors who raised the price a little bit.
The middle-aged wealthy businessman shook his head, it was too risky to increase the price again, and it was not appropriate.
Seeing that no one was bidding anymore, the sexy long-legged beautiful auctioneer struck a wooden hammer,
"Thirty-five million at a time."
"Thirty-five million twice."
"Thirty-five million three times."
"Okay, deal!"
The old man in Tang costume with reading glasses sat down ecstatically, although it was a little painful, but he was also very happy.
Wang Sen looked at it happily, he thought that 25 million was almost 25 million, but he didn't expect to sell for a high price of 35 million!
"Okay, the following collection is a gilded incense burner from the Qing Dynasty......"
There was another shouting of quotations on the field.
Wang Sen looked at a few antique calligraphy and paintings in succession, and when he was a little bored, the beautiful auctioneer smiled slightly and said mysteriously,
"The painting below is very special, our team of experts can't judge its authenticity, so the reserve price is 1 million, and at the same time, collectors can also come up and watch and make their own judgments!"
"It's Tang Yin's "Swallowing Mountains and Rivers, Eagles Spreading Their Wings"!" A lot of people gathered around and exclaimed.
"Here it is, this is the picture!" Xu Haoyi's eyes froze, waiting for this picture!
and an old man beside him made a look, this old man was the top connoisseur of Jiangcheng invited by their Xu family at a high price, and the two walked to the stage together.
"Old Hu, take a good look, is this painting real or fake?" Xu Haoyi said eagerly, if it's fake, it's okay, if it's true, according to his grandfather's instructions, it must be photographed!
Hu Lao looked at it carefully, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Tang Yin has been free and easy all his life, from the coherence of this momentum and the artistic conception in the painting, plus the ink brushwork is consistent with Tang Yin's style, plus this roll of paper is fine and even, there are slight traces of fish tails in some places, it is undoubtedly the ancient method of juan paper, and there are ......."
In the end, Hu Lao nodded, "There is no doubt that this painting is genuine." ”
"What? Is it genuine? The people around whispered, "Sure enough, it's true, and I just judged it to be true." ”
"This is Mr. Hu, the most senior ancient painting appraisal master in Jiangcheng, he said so, it should be genuine!"
Xu Haoyi was overjoyed, "One million! ”
"One and a half million!" "One million eight million!" The people around him also increased the price, and it was really worth it to be able to buy Tang Yin's genuine works for millions of dollars!
"Five million!" Xu Haoyi has a lot of money, and he directly increased it to five million.
"Wait," suddenly a faint voice came.
Wang Sen walked over and smiled slightly, "This painting is not real. Or rather, not the original real painting! ”
Just now I saw that everyone was discussing the authenticity of this painting, and Wang Sen was bored to take a look at it with the "appreciation" skill he had brushed from the painting spirit, and actually found a very interesting place in this painting.
"Nonsense! How can it be? Xu Haoyi shouted, "If you want to say that you know the tricks of Jianghu warlocks, you won't say that you can appreciate ancient paintings, right?" Hahaha laughed at me. ”
"That's it, that's Hu Lao, with decades of experience in appreciating ancient paintings, how could it be wrong?" A young boy whispered.
"That young man just said that it wasn't the original real painting, but he didn't say that it wasn't true at all, maybe he had some unique opinions?" The middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses retorted.
"Hmph," a cold snort came from the side, and I saw Hu Lao put his hands behind his back, his face was a little displeased, and he said coldly, "Young man, I have nearly ten years of experience in appreciating ancient paintings, and I rarely make mistakes, who in Jiangcheng doesn't know my name?" You say that what I said is not right, what is the reason? ”
"Mr. Hu, don't pay attention to him, he just wants to step on you to become famous, grandstanding is his usual trick." Xu Haoyi said disdainfully.
"Look here," Wang Sen ignored the jumping Xu Haoyi, and pointed to the picture of "The Eagle Spreads Its Wings and Swallows Thousands of Miles".
"Look at what? This eagle? Hu Lao smiled coldly, "This eagle spreads its wings high, and the painter scolds Fang Yu in one go, and the proud posture of the eagle is vividly painted on the paper, isn't this the embodiment of Tang Yin's painting?" ”
"yes, yes," the people around nodded their heads.
"What Hu Lao said makes sense."
"No, that's what I'm showing you," Wang Sen shook his head, pointing to a small worm hanging from the eagle's beak.
"This ...... What's wrong with this bug? Hu Lao was puzzled when he saw the little insect pointed by Wang Sen, this majestic picture of the eagle spreading its wings, the focus on it is the eagle and the magnificent mountains and rivers, who pays special attention to the long worm that you have always been so small?
Wang Sen smiled faintly, "This insect should have been eighteen centimeters, two fingers wide, and the insect head was full and semicircular...... The pen and ink should be heavier here. ”
"It's just that you see, the length and size of this insect are not right now, especially the insect head, which should have been heavy in brushwork, is almost as uniform in color as the insect body."
"And more importantly," Wang Sen continued, after a pause, "the insect that was supposed to be majestic and high-spirited now appears to be weak and has lost its original rhythm. ”
"This ......" Mr. Hu listened to Wang Sen's words, his face changed, and he quickly picked up a magnifying glass again and carefully observed this insect that he had originally ignored.
"That's right, that's right!" Mr. Hu is also an expert, and after careful observation, he found that there was really something wrong with this bug, and he was amazed again and again.
"I see, this painting is both real and fake!" Mr. Hu looked at Wang Sen, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "I didn't expect the young man to have such eyesight at such a young age!" Admire, admire! ”
The surrounding Jiangcheng tycoons and antique lovers were confused when they heard the conversation between Wang Sen and Mr. Hu.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Yes, true is true and false, what does it mean to be both true and false?"
Mr. Hu looked at Wang Sen and saw that he nodded, so he said loudly, "This painting is indeed Tang Yin's authentic handiwork, but it has been manipulated and several layers are missing."
"What?! How many layers are missing? ”
"Can it still be like this?"