A treasure-appraisal maniac

The director of the Chang'an Museum, who comes from a well-known collection family and is known as a master of appraisal rarely seen in decades, spent 9.3 million to take a picture of Tang Bohu's "Fantastic Trees in the Mountains" in Tianducheng.

As a result, I took this painting to Mr. Kong Fanlong to show off, but Gao Feng pointed out that it was an imitation of Zhang Daqian.

Gao Feng's accomplishments in calligraphy and painting are second only to his master Kong Fanlong, who is recognized as a great master of calligraphy and painting in the industry.

Coupled with the evidence pointed out by Gao Feng, Chang Jingwen was unable to refute it.

At that time, Chang Jingwen was so regretful that he almost committed suicide by drinking medicine.

But as Zhang Daqian's fame grows, the value of Zhang Daqian's works soars like a rocket.

Since the number of Zhang Daqian's works is limited, people have focused on the works copied by Zhang Daqian himself.

Later, people were surprised to find that the quality of Zhang Daqian's copied works was quite high, and they were much more eye-catching than Zhang Daqian's monotonous lotus paintings.

Therefore, the value of Zhang Daqian's copied works is also rising rapidly, especially Zhang Daqian's imitation of Tang Bohu's works, which have repeatedly reached new highs.

As the saying goes, good times will come.

Chang Jingwen regretted for more than ten years because of the high imitation of "Strange Trees in the Mountains".

Unexpectedly, someone came to the door in 2015 and offered 35 million for this high-quality imitation work. Chang Jingwen was so scared that he was not scared to death.

But after calming down, Chang Jingwen did not rush to take action, but carefully investigated the market conditions.

After this investigation, Chang Jingwen was shocked. The price of 35 million was not so scary. Of course, the "Mountain and Strange Trees" was not sold.

In 18 years, Chang Jingwen's family suffered a sudden change. His wife was brain-dead and became a vegetative state, and his only son also contracted uremia and needed a kidney transplant immediately.

Mr. Chang was embarrassed to borrow money from his friends, so he had no choice but to send the high-quality imitation of "Strange Trees in the Mountains" that almost destroyed him to the auction house.

Also from Tianducheng Boya Auction House, it was photographed by Chang Jingwen in 2003

The painting cost 9.3 million.

Fifteen years later, this masterpiece of Zhang Daqian's imitation of Tang Bohu was finally sold for a sky-high price of 99 million, including commission.

In the past fifteen years, the price of this high-quality imitation work has increased by more than ten times, and the original work of Tang Yin can be sold out in seconds. This also made Mr. Chang doubt his life.

In recent years, it is not uncommon for the works copied by Zhang Daqian to be worth more than those of the original masters.

Especially the imitation paintings of Tang Bohu are even more awesome. Almost every painting is worth more than the original painting of Tang Bohu.

So when Lu Fei said that this was an excellent imitation of Tang Bohu's "Peach Blossom Woods", Bai Chongjiu's first instinct was to think of Zhang Daqian.

Faced with Bai Chongjiu's question, Lu Fei did not answer directly and said with a smile.

"You can guess who imitated Brother Bai."

"Fuck, can't you just say it plainly?" Bai Chongjiu asked with eyes wide open.

Lu Fei looked at Xu Maochang and Hu Zongxian and then said with a smile.

"I don't think it's necessary. If I say it, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it, Brother Bai."

"Thank you Brother Bai for your generosity, and thank you Brother Hu for the invitation."

"Brother, I'll go back to the hotel to put my things down first. Just send me the address of where you're going to drink later and I'll go there by myself."

"How about I send brother Lu Fei back." Hu Zongxian said.

"Don't bother me, brother, we have to go see other places."

"I'll have my third brother call me later. I promise I won't be late."

After Lu Fei finished speaking, he put the painting away, hugged Wang Xinyi and left Yipin Pavilion in a big way.

I walked through the retail area and came out of the antique market after a while.

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After getting in the car, Lu Fei's face instantly darkened.

Back at the hotel, Wang Xinyi went to her room to rest.

Lu Fei returned to his room and held the painting tube in his hand, but he hesitated to open it.

The picture is far from simple.

This painting of "Taohuawu" is indeed copied by Zhang Daqian, but not entirely.

Only the picture part and a few words of "Peach Blossom Anthem" were imitated by Zhang Daqian, and the rest were all authentic works by Tang Bohu.

This painting was first hidden in the Old Summer Palace. After the catastrophe, the painting was burned and later leaked out of the Old Summer Palace and into the hands of Mr. Zhang Boju.

Later, Mr. Zhang Boju found his friend Zhang Daqian to copy and restore the painting. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Zhang Boju donated the painting to the Zhongzhou Museum.

In the late 1980s, the Zhongzhou Museum was stolen and a total of 26 precious cultural relics were lost, including this painting.

In the following years, sixteen cultural relics were recovered, and ten of them have not yet been found, including this painting.

Very few people knew about this matter. Even Lu Fei learned about it accidentally while drinking and chatting with Gao Henian.

The fact that this painting appears here now is an accident in itself.

And that's not all the surprise.

The value of this painting now is at least over 100 million, but now it was sold to me cheaply for 3 million. This is not a sale, but a gift.

As for the three hundred thousand that Bai Chongjiu said, that's all nonsense.

Not only was this painting not collected by Bai Chongjiu, but Lu Fei was certain that this painting was not Bai Chongjiu's.

This painting is 100% definitely brought by Xu Maochang, and he used this excuse to deliberately give it to himself at a cheap price.

Because the smell on this painting is the same as the smell on the melon pot and red coral bracelet box yesterday.

It was exactly the same. It was an extremely rare insect-repelling sandalwood scent, which Lu Fei could never hide.

The little jade pig on Xu Jiahui's key chain, the rare treasure Master Chen Mingyuan's melon pot that was given to her yesterday, and today it's "Taohuawu" worth hundreds of millions, plus her enemies Hu Zongxian and Xu Maochang appeared together.

The point is, the painting in my hand is fucking stolen goods.

There are many signs that he is slowly leaning towards the incredible idea in his mind.

Lu Fei sat on the ground holding a scroll and smoking one after another. Unknowingly, his clothes were soaked with sweat.

After putting out the last cigarette, Lu Fei finally picked up the encrypted phone number Dong Jianye gave him and made a call.

In the evening, Xu Maochang sent the address. Lu Fei took a shower, changed his clothes and took Wang Xinyi out.

The two took a taxi.

"Hello, where are you going?" the driver asked politely.

"Xiuhu Villa."

"crunch"

Upon hearing this address, the driver braked and stopped as soon as he started, turned around and glared at Lu Fei fiercely.

"Brother, are you kidding me?"

When the driver came, Lu Fei looked confused and asked in confusion.

"Master, what do you mean?"

"Is the Xiuhu Villa you are talking about the Xiuhu Villa owned by Boss Qipan Shangao?" the driver asked with a dark face.

"yes!"

"What's wrong? If you don't want to go, I can change the car. Are you so excited?" Lu Fei said coldly, his face not looking good.

"Go to Xiuhu Villa to take a taxi. Are you sick?"

"Don't you know that taxis are not allowed in Xiuhu Villa?"