This is the first time Yue Heng has entered an auction house in his past and present lives.

He found this Taibao Auction Company online, so there should be no problem with its reputation.

At least Yue Heng didn't find much black material on Qiandu.

Of course, this does not rule out that others spend money to eliminate negative news. Qiandu’s integrity in this regard is well known.

Just looking at the decoration layout of the Taibao Auction House hall, it is worthy of Taijiang's title as the number one.

"Hello sir, is there anything you can do for you?"

As soon as Yue Heng entered the door, a front desk lady immediately asked with a smile.

Her youthful and beautiful smile is cute, and her voice sounds like a spring breeze.

Yue Heng patted the packaging box in his hand and asked, "I have an antique that I want to put it here for auction. How do I go about it?"

"Please sit here."

The front desk lady warmly invited Yue Heng to sit down on the sofa, and asked him that he had brought him tea.

Then he introduced: "Sir, this is the case. First of all, we need to appraise your antiques. Only by confirming that they are genuine can we arrange to take pictures."

Yue Heng asked: "Is the identification fee or free?"

The front desk lady smiled and said, "Of course it is a charge, but please rest assured that our appraisal fee has been approved by the Municipal Price Bureau and will never be charged randomly. The charging standards for different types of antiques are also different."

"And the appraisers specially hired by our auction house are all well-known experts in the industry and have very high levels."

As she said that, she brought a brochure from the auction house to Yue Heng: "You have a look first."

This booklet comes with an appraisal price list.

Yue Heng took a look.

Taibao Auction House is still very formal, and the price of antique cultural relics appraisal listed above is clear at a glance.

The front desk lady said again: "If your antique is identified as authentic and you sign an auction contract with our company, the appraisal fee can be deducted from the commission."

"In addition, we do not charge any handling fees!"

Yue Heng nodded.

He has read a lot of news, saying that many so-called auction companies set up sets of tricks, identifying worthless fake antiques as genuine products, and then charging high handling fees.

"Then let's do an appraisal first."

After paying an appraisal fee, Yue Heng was taken to a large appraisal room inside by the reception staff.

There are multiple appraisal tables in the room.

In addition to Yue Heng, four or five other people are also identifying antiques.

The person responsible for appraisal for Yue Heng was a middle-aged man with elegant temperament.

Tao Chengxuan, director of the National Collectors Association, vice president of the Provincial Ancient Porcelain Research Association, and a special researcher at the Provincial Museum...

Focus on the identification of antique porcelain and calligraphy and paintings for twenty years!

The above is an introduction to the identity of this appraisal expert in the auction house’s brochure.

Yue Heng's youth surprised Tao Chengxuan a little.

He smiled politely: "Hello, what baby do you want to identify?"

Yue Heng opened the box he brought with him and placed the Yongle jade pot spring bottle on the appraisal platform covered with velvet cloth.

Seeing this jade pot spring bottle, Tao Chengxuan's eyes immediately condensed.

He subconsciously pushed the gold-rimmed glasses that were mounted on the bridge of his nose.

The appraisal expert carefully picked up the porcelain bottle and flipped it around and observed carefully.

Turn on the flashlight to take care of it inside and outside.

His expression changed, sometimes frowned and sometimes stretched, and finally shook his head with a seemingly regretful look.

Putting the porcelain vase in place, Tao Chengxuan said to Yue Heng: "The name of your treasure is Ming Yongle blue and white jade pot spring vase. Do you know how many blue and white vases are currently in existence?"

Yue Heng shook his head.

"Two."

The identification expert raised two fingers: "One is stored in the Palace Museum, and the other is sold by the great collector Mr. Yu Yuanbai at the 2017 Hong Kong Christie's autumn auction. It is worth at least 15 million now!"

Yue Heng didn't say anything.

He had a premonition that the other party was about to say "but".

"but…"

Tao Chengxuan took a deep breath and said, "Your jade pot spring bottle is a high-quality imitation in the Republic of China. Although the imitation technology is excellent, the imitation is a imitation, and there is no way to compare with the authentic ones."

“Look at its glaze.”

"The glaze surface of ancient porcelains handed down before the Republic of China is calm, old, thick and jade-like, and it feels soft and comfortable to use."

"Looking carefully, you can see that the surface has different degrees of wear marks."

"This is the imprint of history!"

"And your porcelain bottle has not yet dissipated the glaze, and the appearance is impetuous, not soft when used, and there is no sense of stability and oldness as the genuine product. The overall glaze also lacks traces of natural use..."

He said a lot and pointed out a lot of problems.

Yue Heng was stunned.

Finally, Yue Heng asked, "That means it's worthless?"

"It can't be said that it's totally worthless."

Tao Chengxuan smiled and said, "If there are historical imitations, they can be collected. Your spring bottle of Yongle, blue and white jade woven lotus pattern in the Republic of China is worth about 8,000 yuan."

Yue Heng was disappointed: "That's how it is."

Tao Chengxuan said again: "I suggest you not take pictures of such things. If you can't take pictures, it's good to put them at home as an ornament."

“By the way.”

He seemed to have inadvertently asked: "Is this thing yours passed down from ancestral origin?"

"no."

Yue Heng shook his head: "I bought it from the ghost market."

"Ghost Market?"

Tao Chengxuan was stunned: "Are you talking about the ghost market on Miaohou Street?"

"yes."

"How much did you spend to buy it?"

"eighty."

"Well…"

Yue Heng's answer made the appraisal expert unable to help but wipe his sweat: "Then you have also found a bargain."

Yue Heng grinned: "Thank you."

He put the Yuhuchun bottle back into the box and left the appraisal room.

Tao Chengxuan looked at Yue Heng's back and disappeared at the door.

The eyes flashed.

He looked around and quickly got up and went to the bathroom next to the appraisal room.

"Little brother!"

Here Yue Heng had just walked out of the office building where Taibao Auction House was located.

Someone rushed to chase after him.

Stop him.

The other party was a fat and strong man with a shaved head and neck wearing thick gold chains, looking like a social person.

But he looked very honest and kind when he smiled: "Sorry, I saw your jade pot spring bottle in the appraisal room just now. I don't know if my little brother is willing to give up."

"I plan to give it to the old man at home as a birthday gift!"

Yue Heng was shocked: "I'm a fake."

"I can't afford that authentic one!"

The fat man smiled bitterly and said, "My old man likes to collect antiques, especially blue and white porcelain."

"So I thought about using this bottle to make him happy. It doesn't matter if the price is a little more expensive."

He raised two short and thick fingers: "Twenty thousand, how about I give you 20,000?"

Yue Heng smiled: "No sell."

After saying that, he turned around and left without continuing to get entangled with the other party.

The fat man wants to chase him.

But I didn't know what I thought of, so I stopped immediately.

Staring at Yue Heng's back!

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Chapter completed!