A treasure-appraisal maniac

What surprised Qian Chaoyue was not just the Qing Dynasty Qianlong blue and white folding rim basin that was the first to be auctioned.

Next, five or six pieces of porcelain appeared one after another, and the transaction prices were much lower than the market price. The most abnormal one among them was nearly ten times lower than the market price. Seeing this situation, Qian Chaoyue was stunned.

Are these porcelains genuine?

It was said to be a fake, but all the members in the audience flocked to it.

Moreover, these members all bring professional appraisers. There are many well-known figures in the collection industry, and there are also employees in the archaeological field.

Although the eyesight of these people is not as good as that of Lu Fei and Guan Haishan, they are still better than those sitting on the counters in antique shops!

If it is a fake, there is no way that so many professional appraisers can’t detect it?

But if you say it’s a genuine product, the price is too cheap, it’s just a cabbage price!

Damn it!

Even if it's wholesale, it can't be so cheap, right?

Regarding Qian Chaoyue's questions, Sun Xiaohai gave an explanation.

This organization has conducted three auctions and has an excellent reputation.

Ten pieces of porcelain are auctioned at each auction, and so far, not one item has been proven to be a fake.

As for the low price, there’s a reason for that.

The most important thing is the nature of the auction. After all, this is a shady underground auction, and it is normal for the price to be cheaper.

If it's too high, people won't take the risk to come here to take pictures.

It is precisely because of this factor that the fifty members present have a tacit understanding. Even if they compete, they must compete just right. They will never compete as fiercely as with outside auctions.

After all, the purpose of these people is to make money, right?

I can’t take a photo of this one, but there is still a chance down there, so there is no need to see the red with a bayonet.

Sun Xiaohai's explanation makes sense, and Qian Chaoyue also explains why.

Of course.

Next, Qian Chaoyue also became interested.

At first, he was not prepared to take action because he was not sure about the authenticity of the food.

Hearing that Sun Xiaohai said that the items on sale here had a good reputation and that there had never been any fakes, he was naturally a little tempted.

There is another key issue, it is cheap!

Who would have trouble with money, right?

So, Qian Chaoyue made the move for the seventh item on the auction block.

I spent 650,000 yuan on a Southern Song Dynasty white porcelain vase.

Although the white porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty is not as valuable as the Qianlong blue and white porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, its market price is more than two million. Qian Chaoyue has seen it with his own eyes at Su He's auction.

If you pay 650,000 yuan for a piece of porcelain worth about 2 million yuan, you will definitely make a lot of money.

Six hundred and fifty thousand is just a drop in the bucket to him. These few times following Fei Ge, he has also made a lot of money. At least there are hundreds of millions of Shenzhou coins. It is only six hundred and fifty thousand. Even if the one he takes is a fake, he still makes a lot of money. No pressure.

After the auction, Qian Chaoyue and Sun Xiaohai immediately came to Liulichang with the trophy.

They did not go to Lu Fei's Jubao Pavilion, but chose a century-old Baiji store with a large store on East Street.

The reason why I didn't go to Jubao Pavilion was because I felt unsure.

If it was identified as a fake by Master Gu and passed on to Lu Fei, he couldn't afford to lose that person, so it would be more reliable to find an unfamiliar store.

When we arrived at Baiji, when Qian Chaoyue put the Southern Song Dynasty white porcelain vase on the counter, the expression of the old man sitting at the counter suddenly became nervous.

He held a magnifying glass and made some gestures. The more he looked at his expression, the more exaggerated it became. Later, the old man was still a little bit disappointed.

No, he called two more old men, and also called the boss over.

After more than half an hour of appraisal by the three old men, it was finally confirmed that the vase was authentic.

When the appraisal results came out, Qian Chaoyue felt a mixture of joy and sorrow.

I am happy that the 650,000 yuan was not spent in vain, but I am worried that I regret not taking more pictures. Anyway, I feel very complicated.

Next, comes the negotiation process.

After fierce bargaining, Baiji Laobai finally offered a recycling price of 1.8 million.

Although this price is slightly lower than the price of more than two million that Qian Chaoyue saw at the auction, it is still acceptable.

They are engaged in business, and the purpose of collecting things is to make money. Why should we give them a space to make a profit, right?

What's more, 650,000 turned into 1.8 million, this is already very abnormal, okay?

After the transaction, Qian Chaoyue directly transferred 500,000 yuan in benefits to Sun Xiaohai and asked Sun Xiaohai to call him for the next auction. Sun Xiaohai agreed.

Qian Chaoyue also knew that the underground auction would be shady, so he didn't mention it to anyone. It can be seen that when Tian saw Lu Fei, he couldn't hold it in any longer and told Lu Fei the whole story in the car.

Lu Fei was also shocked when he heard this.

There were three auctions, with ten items auctioned in each event, for a total of thirty items, and not a single fake was found.

This probability is simply unbelievable. Even those professional auction companies with decades of experience cannot guarantee that they are so sure!

Ninety-nine percent of the underground auctions that Lu Fei knew were scams and all were scams.

The other 10% are unscrupulous goods, and the ones put up for auction are all black goods that have been dumped. Usually there are only one or two pieces, and at most there are three or five pieces.

But this store has

Three auctions were held, with as many as thirty lots on offer.

What's even more incredible is that these thirty items cover several dynasties. If they were cheated, how many big tombs would have been robbed?

If there really is a huge tomb robbing gang, it is impossible that the Chinese authorities have not received any news?

But if they weren't fake goods, where did they get so many genuine products?

And why is it auctioned in this way?

Isn’t it nice of him to have an honest auction?

Even if you go to a regular auction company or antique shop to trade by yourself, you will still make much more money than auctioning in this form, right?

This time, Lu Fei was completely confused.

There must be a monster when something goes wrong, and there must be some unknown secret in it. The unusualness of all this instantly piqued Lu Fei's curiosity.

Although Lu Fei has countless good things in his hands now, in the final analysis, his biggest hobby is collecting.

He may not care about business involving hundreds of millions or even billions, but once he is associated with antiques, Lu Fei will definitely be full of energy.

In half a year, he will take over the position of chief archaeologist of history and archaeology in China. By then, he will be the chief official of the archaeological authorities.

This kind of underground auction will be one of the targets of his severe crackdown, and he cannot remain indifferent.

Therefore, he must go and see it.

For the sake of public service, once a shady act is discovered, there must be zero tolerance. If the shady act is discovered, the harshest blow will be given. No matter who is behind the scenes, it must not be condoned.

In private, if there is no shady story and it is confirmed to be a good thing, then I will have to clean it up.

Which collector would dislike having too many good items, right?

After thinking for a few minutes, Lu Fei immediately decided that he had to go to the scene.