Chapter 628 - The Astounded Appraiser (1/2)
Chapter 628 The Astounded Appraiser
Qin Haodong said, “Of course it’s true Manager Tian, I a that he had lost his composure, Tian Ye hurriedly said, “I’ive me”
“It doesn’t matter Is it convenient for your appraiser to come and appraise it forthe appraiser withup and i Zhaohui
As the owner of the largest auction house in Hong Kong, he hadthe top experts, as best at appraising ancient European paintings
“Manager, what can I do for you? I’ood relationshi+p with Tian Ye, so he dared to speak so casually to him
Tian Ye said, “Take your tools and come with me There is an important collection that you need to appraise”
Zhang Zhaohui said, “Can’t we do it toirl today and it took a lot of persuasion on ree”
“Of course we can’t wait” Tian Ye pulled him and walked out As he walked, he said, “The person who asked us to do the appraisal is a distinguished guest We ot in the car and drove in the direction of the Li family villa
“These rich people really don’t care whether we have a life or not” Zhang Zhaohui sat in the passenger seat, vented his dissatisfaction and asked, “What are we going to identify this ti of Picasso”
“What?”
Zhang Zhaohui, as slouched in the seat suddenly sat up straight and then laid back again, like a deflated ball He said, “How is that possible? These days, ill take out Picasso’s painting to sell? I guess this stupid rich et a painting and clai for him to make such a statement As the chief appraiser of the auction house, he had seencheated by those charlatans over the years They spent a lot of money to buy a pile of fake works
Tian Ye said, “I don’t know if it’s genuine or not, so I brought you with me Let me tell you, this is a VIP that the old man particularly likes You must be careful when you speak and you er, Tian Ye was still a professional, so he did not reveal Qin Haodong’s identity Soon they ca’s roouests co was alone in the roo Tieniu said and stood respectfully behind Qin Haodong
Tian Ye said, “Mr Qin, this is Zhang Zhaohui, the chief auctioneer of our auction house He is particularly good at appraising ancient paintings fro asked the on the table It was the naked drawing Nalan Wushuang had just seen
“Mr Zhang, please help to ascertain if this painting is a genuine work of Picasso’s”
After that, he handed the sketch to Zhang Zhaohui
Since theZhaohui had held hi must have been deceived by so was definitely not the real work of art
However, as a professional appraiser, he still had the basic qualities He looked very serious He took out a pair of white gloves fro and then took out aZhaohui did not pay , he immediately became serious
He did not check as on the painting initially Instead, he first looked at the sketch paper and gently folded it with his hand to feel the hardness and flexibility of the paper This was a procedure that an excellent appraiser usually followed
After checking theZhaohui’s expression became even more serious He was sure that the sketch paper in his hand was produced in Europe in the 40s and 50s of the last century He thought it absolutely could not fool his eyes
Now he could be sure that even if this draas not Picasso’s work, it had been copied in the last century Froarded as an ancient painting
Tian Ye atching from the side and his expression beca Zhaohui for many years and he had seen some clues fro’s painting was not an ordinary one It ht be really a masterpiece
“Jacqueline, this is Jacqueline!”
When Zhang Zhaohui turned his eyes to the naked wo, he immediately screa the noise outside, Nalan Wushuang was not in the mood to cultivate She came to the door and eavesdropped She also wanted to see if the ancient European paintings enuine ones
Zhang Tieniu stood behind Qin Haodong and could not help sneering These Hong Kong people were really ignorant Why were they getting so worked upof a naked woman?
Have they not seen a naked wo Tieniu was a layman, but Tian Ye knew a little about this When he heard the name, he immediately realized that the woman in the picture was Picasso’s last wife
In Picasso’s entire life, he had ht years that they had been together, although this old man had a mistress, Jacqueline accepted this fact They continued to stay together to complete the final period of Picasso’s life