Apart from being a star, I am very professional in everything else
Chapter 56: Experts can deceive foreigners
"Auction? Boss Tang, you offered three times the price to buy back this Buddha head and he was not willing to do so. Why would you take the initiative to put your personal collection up for auction now?"
Jiang Yue couldn't help but be curious.
Tang Yidao sneered: "Foreigners have become obsessed with stone gambling in recent years. At first they were lucky and made millions and millions of dollars, but then they started to have bad luck for some unknown reason. They didn't get what they bought, they didn't see what they opened, and they even bought other people's tickets. He can even pay for the stone that broke the window!"
"I heard that some time ago he spent five million to collect a piece of Burmese wool. When he cut it for the first time, it turned green and the water was quite wet. As a result, he got excited and insisted on cutting it by himself. All this happened immediately. It’s cut crookedly.”
"Chop the good material into fine pieces. Someone had already planned to pay 10 million to take it, but now, all the money is lost."
Hearing Jiang Yue sigh for a while: "It is said that one knife will make you poor, two will make you rich, and you will wear sackcloth. It seems that it is not unreasonable!"
Professor Zhang said: "If John is really still stuck in this stone gambling pit, then his auction this time is probably to raise money for the jade fair in two days!"
Tang Yidao also nodded in agreement: "Yes, and in recent years, John has not been seen at antique auctions at home and abroad, let alone heard that he has collected any new good items, so I estimate that he has already I’ve lost all my belongings, and I’m afraid all that’s left now is these collections.”
The three of them sat down in the hall of the villa.
Afterwards, many more people walked in.
Watching them exchange greetings with Tang Yidao, Professor Zhang introduced that these were wealthy businessmen and entrepreneurs in Suzhou and Hangzhou who were interested in antiques.
The purchasing power is very strong!
Compared with these, Jiang Yue was actually more curious about John.
However, John has not shown up since they arrived.
Everyone was randomly arranged in the hall to observe the Buddha head.
He didn't show up until all thirty invited wealthy businessmen had arrived.
"Everyone, long time no see! It's my honor to invite you all!"
"Today is a private auction. All my personal collections have been on display. All collections are available for auction. The starting price has been marked. The minimum bid for each auction is 50,000. I won't waste your time now. , everyone can watch and appreciate it by yourself!”
John didn't even bother to do those cutscenes and went straight to the point as soon as everyone arrived.
All collections are directly open to auction.
This is definitely an unexpected surprise for people who like antiques.
Just now, Jiang Yue learned from Tang Yidao that John had been in business for generations, and his ancestors had always liked to throw away antiques. He would never return empty-handed at every large-scale auction at home and abroad.
The objects John has accumulated are more than enough to open a personal museum.
So after hearing that everyone could watch and appreciate it by themselves, everyone immediately took action.
When Jiang Yue followed Tang Yidao and Professor Zhang to visit the two display cabinets, Jiang Yue finally understood why Tang Yidao asked himself and Professor Zhang to go with him at the same time.
Not only him, almost all the wealthy businessmen present today came with their own trusted appraisal experts.
Because when it comes to auctioning antiques, the water is too deep.
Even some well-known large-scale auction houses at home and abroad do not say that their auction items are guaranteed to be authentic, despite the presence of a large number of experts.
Therefore, for a small private auction like John's, if it weren't for his reputation, I'm afraid the bureau wouldn't be able to be organized today!
Tang Yidao brought Professor Zhang and Jiang Yue with him for an extra layer of protection.
After turning half a circle, Tang Yidao stopped in front of a Tibetan gilded Buddha statue.
"How about this? I remember that John bought it from a small auction in Germany for 100,000 US dollars. Now the starting price is 500,000 US dollars, which is considered worthy."
Professor Zhang looked around carefully: "No, this is a fake, a high imitation from the 1990s."
"Huh?" Tang Yidao didn't seem to expect to see this guy from John.
Jiang Yue also said: "If this is really the one he took, then I can only feel sorry for his 100,000 US dollars. The back cover of this Buddha statue is wrong, and the details are not good. Several styles of craftsmanship are mixed together, and it is also a fake. He is an expert at deceiving foreigners."
After saying that, the three of them looked at each other, with smiles in their eyes and a tacit understanding.
The three of them went through all the collections John had on display.
The collections accumulated by John's family over several generations are truly spectacular and include items from various countries.
And they are all obtained through auctions, and they are all collected in an orderly, formal and legal manner.
That’s why he was able to avoid being detained by customs when he was shipped to the country.
Tang Yidao's purpose of coming here today is very clear, that is, he wants to buy back the things that have been leaked out of our country!
After Jiang Yue and Professor Zhang's appraisal, there were only three genuine items in the Xia Guo collection.
They are, respectively, the Buddha head from Longmen Grottoes, the jade jade with dragon pattern from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the bronze wine vessel from the Shang Dynasty.
The starting price for the Buddha's head is 40 million.
A jade jade with a dragon pattern from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The starting price is 200,000 yuan.
A Shang Dynasty bronze wine vessel, the starting price is two million.
Just when they were about to return to the hall to wait for the bidding, Jiang Yue found an album in an inconspicuous corner.
Out of curiosity, Jiang Yue picked it up and flipped through it casually.
As a result, what a good guy, his hands were shaking!
This photo——
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