Chapter 255 The Year We Don't Know

The identification of an oil painting is a very complicated procedure, in fact, the identification of any antique is a very complex process, there is a lot of knowledge in it, such as the identification of carbon 14 that is considered invincible by countless people who read books, Qin Mubai can tell these people with great certainty, you all think too much.

First of all, the identification of carbon 14 up and down the range of one or two hundred years, this can only identify an approximate age, and secondly, the identification of carbon 14 can not identify inorganic substances, such as ceramics or something, it cannot be carbon 14, and carbon 14 is destructive identification, that is, at least part of this thing must be destroyed before carbon 14 can be used, not as everyone imagined, get an instrument, scan the antique, "drop, the production age of your scanned object is 858 years ago." ”

That's not the case, so for a lot of unique cultural relics, even if it's organic, you don't want to think about carbon-14 identification, unless you destroy a piece, remember to remember, otherwise the next time you say it, you will be laughed at by others.

But paper is actually made of organic matter, so paper can also be identified, but in most paintings, it is impossible to destroy part of the paper for you to make carbon-14.

That is to say, in the antique appraisal industry, the identification of carbon 14 is used in very few places, any antique can be called an antique, it is culturally valuable, and nothing can destroy a part for you to identify. It doesn't matter if this antique is not unique.

If you destroy some of them, the value of others will fall, so why should you do this.

For example, oil paintings, through the identification of pigments and some things, will analyze the period from which these things come from, and it is even simpler to have the author's signature like this, the handwriting analysis is professional, and the reaction of ink and paper and so on.

Now that science is advanced, it is not difficult to detect these things. Of course, these things can't be concluded on the spot, these things need some instruments, but some experiments can be done, for example, take a little bit of paint in the corner of the canvas, these can be.

What's more, behind this canvas there is Van Gogh's own and his name.

If it's just a signature, it may be difficult to verify a person's handwriting, but if an article is not written by that person, it's easier.

And among the people brought by Shanmir, there was a master of handwriting identification, because Qin Mubai said that these paintings had signatures on them.

The first to complete the appraisal was actually Dr. Gachet and Sunflower, who was auctioned off by Caudette that year, in 1990, that is, the most awesome period in Japan, Japan, which claimed to buy the United States, was later sheared by the United States.

Therefore, this painting was a little inflated at that time, and it was auctioned for a sky-high price of 150 million US dollars! Breaking the world record at the time, but there is also another theory that it was auctioned for 81.8 million US dollars! These two Qin Mubai don't know which one is true, the time is too long, so he doesn't know which of the information on the Internet is true.

But like Sanmir must know.

These two paintings are almost certainly authentic, and it is difficult to say for the time being that Dr. Gachet's painting is difficult, but the price of this painting is definitely not lower than it was back then, especially after disappearing for so many years, the second is a sunflower, and this painting is even more legendary.

It is said that it was destroyed back then, but now it has appeared again, so if this painting is announced, it will cause a sensation in Japan, after all, this painting was owned by Japan back then, and it is said that it was destroyed in Japan, but how it appeared in China, who knows.

Although Shanmir is smiling on the surface, he has begun to be ecstatic in his heart, and the relationship between China and Japan is known to the whole world. Naturally, Shanmir also knows that this painting has a huge propaganda value that can be done, and when the time comes, won't those Japanese industrialists go crazy?

Of course, maybe it won't be crazy, but this thing is not afraid to be sold, and the price will definitely not be lower than that Doctor Gachet, and Sanmir already has an idea in his heart.

These two paintings are a legend in themselves, with a combined value of more than $300 million, but this giant oil painting is even more legendary, you must know that Van Gogh's works do not seem to have such a large space, and if this painting is spread, it will shock everyone.

There are also the birds and the portraits, as well as the fields in the dream, these paintings are full of weirdness, from the brushstrokes, painting methods, etc., they almost look like Van Gogh's real handwriting, as well as Van Gogh's handwriting, but this style is a little different. In fact, most of Van Gogh's works have some negative emotions such as despair and loss.

But these paintings are full of sunshine, and other positive energy, and according to the description in this giant oil painting and the self-portrait, Van Gogh met a Chinese in the year of his death, and this Chinese became Van Gogh's good friend, gave him great encouragement, let him out of the psychological shadow, and his heart was full of hope, so he had these paintings.

But no one knows whether these can be found in history, but there is absolutely no record of these portraits, especially this giant oil painting, which was actually painted according to the description of Van Gogh's oriental friend.

There's even more value in that.

A few hours later, in the afternoon, Hu Xingwen and the others actually arrived, and at this moment, Hu Xingwen and a few old professors who came over also had some crazy feelings after seeing these Van Gogh paintings, although they were not very good at these paintings, but after all, they were engaged in this aspect, and naturally knew these aspects.

Shanmir also had some surprises, but he didn't expect that there would be an expert from the Palace Museum of China coming over.

And like these two professors who saw Van Gogh's paintings crazy, when these experts saw Tang Yin's dinosaur picture, they were even more crazy. It was the Ming Dynasty! How could there be dinosaurs in the Ming Dynasty! You must know that there is no record of dinosaur fossils in that period, and even if there are records, they are local county records and the like.

Because people at that time didn't care about this at all, even if they were dug up occasionally, no one cared what these huge bones were, leaving at most one or two legends, and this was a complete picture of dinosaurs, and it was almost exactly the same as the dinosaurs restored by modern technology!

How is this possible?! These experts simply wonder if their eyes are wrong! But the seals of Tang Yin on these two paintings and so on cannot be faked, and this paper, because Chinese landscape paintings have to be painted scrolls, so most landscape paintings have a lot of blank space.

In particular, the upper and lower parts of the shaft have blank space, these blanks can be cut down, and then carbon-14 identification, but almost no identification, these experts can be sure that at least 80% of this painting is likely to be genuine!

This is simply a challenge to history! However, Qin Mubai, who was next to him, could only touch the back of his head strangely when he listened to their discussion, as for how crazy the historian was, it was not something that Qin Mubai could consider. Tang Yin of the Ming Dynasty had already drawn dinosaur pictures, and in contrast to this, it is not unimaginable that Van Gogh had an oriental friend, right?

Fortunately, Van Gogh didn't say the name of that Oriental friend, so if Van Gogh said that he knew an Oriental friend named Tang Yin, then the historian would be crazy.

However, Shanmir was also stunned when he heard these words, as the head of an auction house, he naturally also auctioned Chinese ancient paintings, and naturally knew that Chinese artworks have risen wildly in international collection value over the years, and if this painting is taken out for auction, it will be absolutely expensive!

Although it may not be as good as Van Gogh's paintings, it will definitely create an unprecedented price, the price that belongs to the owner of this painting, if you count the meaning contained in it, especially in the Ming Dynasty, someone painted the dinosaur itself, the legendary characteristics of this painting are even more outstanding.

"Mr. Qin, your family is too small, I don't know if you can put the appraisal of these paintings in the Hohhot Museum?" Liu Mingtai found Qin Mubai here after communicating with Hu Xingwen and several other professors.

"Is there any guarantee?" Qin Mubai didn't get entangled, but simply asked the question he was most concerned about, it's no problem to go to the museum, so the question is, if I go to the museum, how can I ensure the authenticity of these paintings? What if what I get back is not my original, but someone replaces it?

Although the other party is an official organization, no one can make a 100% guarantee about antiques, so there is no other possibility for the official organization?

There was a mistake, Qin Mubai had to cry, it was all money and favors.

Liu Mingtai was a little embarrassed, he wanted to say that we are a government unit, and it is impossible for the museum to hack your things, but he didn't say this, the so-called one yard is one yard, and you can't give it to you without any documents in a government unit.

But how to open the document, the authenticity of these cultural relics is not determined now, if it is determined that it is genuine, it is simple, directly sign the document to receive the authenticity of whom, and then seal it.

But now I'm not sure, what if they write that the signature is genuine, but the final appraisal result is not? Unless these paintings are under Qin Mubai's 24-hour care, but when they go to the museum, this is not displayed at all.

"Well, let's take some of the things we can take back for testing, it's a little slower, but I'm sure Mr. Sanmir and they should make the same choice, right? Hu Xingwen finally made a decision.

Although the site is small, they can't take it, and most of these things have been authenticated, almost all of them are genuine, at least they can't do any identification of fakes, even if those are duplicates.

And although Shanmir and they carried enough tools, there must still be some insufficient, and now that Hu Xingwen said this, Shanmir naturally agreed with a smile.

The tools for identification are nothing more than those, as long as the tools are normal, the identification made is naturally normal, and it doesn't matter whose tools are used.

"Yes. Qin Mubai nodded and agreed.