Treasure Hunt all over the World

Before Ye Tian's eyes, there were five Chinese antique works of art, three pieces of porcelain, and two paintings and calligraphy works.

The three pieces of porcelain are a pair of Yongle yellow-glazed blue and white dishes with folded branches and flowers, and a celadon holding pot with shadows from Hutian kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty.

They are all extremely rare high-quality porcelains, both of which are extraordinary in terms of artistic value or market value!

The two paintings and calligraphy works are all from the Ming Dynasty.

A cursive calligraphy post by Dong Qichang, and a splash-ink freehand landscape painting by Xu Wei, can be called the best of the best, and the beauty is thrilling!

These treasures are all packed in a portable safe. The safe is placed on the conference table and has been opened, presenting the treasures inside to everyone.

Through clairvoyance, Ye Tian had a thorough look at these five top Chinese antique artworks, and thoroughly grasped their situation without any omissions.

The current him is just putting on a show.

Walking closer, he first took out a pair of white gloves and put them on, then carefully took Dong Qichang's cursive post out of the safe, held it in his hand and slowly opened it, admiring it.

This is the dharma post written by Dong Qichang himself. Ye Tian firmly believes in this point!

In his eyes, this post radiates a dazzling and beautiful orange light, which accurately reveals its age. It is a calligraphy work with a history of more than 400 years.

The more than ten layers of charming halos on the post indicate that it has extraordinary artistic value, and it is definitely an outstanding work of the top calligrapher!

Of course, its market value is also quite high!

In addition, the seal of "Xiangguang Layman" on the post is also enough to explain its identity.

The preservation condition of Fatie is quite good, except for the vicissitudes left by the long years, there is no damage.

It can be seen that every generation of owners of this post cherishes this top-level calligraphy work very much, and takes great care of it, so that it has been preserved in a nearly perfect state until now.

Time was limited, Ye Tian didn't carefully appreciate and study the calligraphy and seals on the scriptures. Right now it's just going through the motions, there is no need to be so serious, and he will have more time to appreciate in the future.

After a quick glance, he immediately gave an appraisal conclusion.

"That's right, this is indeed the calligraphy work of master Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty. It was created in the late Wanli period, that is, at the beginning of the 17th century. At that time, his calligraphy had already achieved great success and was at its peak.

This calligraphy work should be regarded as one of Dong Qichang's masterpieces. It has extraordinary artistic value and can be called a top-level calligraphy work. I like it very much and I really want to have it in my pocket! "

Saying that, Ye Tian has gently closed the calligraphy work, and put it back into the safe again.

"Ah! The appraisal is over so soon? It's too exaggerated!"

Brandon exclaimed, and stared at Ye Tian dumbfounded, his eyes full of disbelief.

The rest of the people in the Gardner Museum were the same, all a little dumbfounded, who the hell has seen such an appraisal of antique works of art? Did it take a minute?

Joey and the art crime team were also frightened by the lightning-fast appraisal speed. They are considered semi-professionals, and they have never seen such a monster!

David and Matisse looked normal. They have seen this kind of thing not once or twice, and they have long been familiar with it and are used to it!

From their point of view, no matter what miraculous things happened to Steven, it was normal, because he was a miraculous guy, capable of what others could not!

"Hehehe, Brandon, don't be surprised! This is the charm of Chinese calligraphy. The words written by a master calligrapher must contain his unique spirit and life insights, which cannot be learned by others!

This is the same as painting. No matter how cleverly you copy a work, you cannot copy the mood and thoughts of the artist when he created the painting. This is the foundation of creation and the most precious part of a work of art.

As far as I know, this calligraphy work has been collected in the Gardner Museum for more than 100 years. More than 100 years ago, China was in troubled times, and gunpowder was everywhere! It is also very difficult for someone to produce such a high-level fake! "

Ye Tian smiled and explained,

This reason sounds reasonable and should be able to get away with it.

Even if the guys in front of me don't believe it, so what? The initiative is completely in the hands of the buddies, whoever says what the buddies say is what they love, whoever they love!

"You're right, any work of art has its unique charm and temperament, and it's very difficult for fakes to achieve this! But your identification speed is really scary, anyway, I've never seen it before!"

Brandon obviously agreed with Ye Tian's statement, but still sent a few words of emotion.

Next, Ye Tian picked up the painting in the safe next to it, Xu Wei's splash-ink freehand landscape painting, and began to appreciate and appraise it.

As before, within half a minute after unfolding the painting, he gave the most accurate appraisal conclusion, which once again shocked everyone in the conference room.

After appraising the calligraphy and painting works, he immediately took off his gloves and began to appraise three top-level antique porcelains.

I want to say here, when appraising or appreciating porcelain, never wear gloves! Bare hands are the safest, wearing gloves will only increase the risk without any benefit!

If you see an expert wearing gloves to appraise porcelain, then you immediately turn your head and leave. This so-called porcelain appraisal expert is 100% a liar! no doubt!

Of course, except when the police investigate and collect evidence.

For example, in the underground palace of the Old North Church, in order not to destroy the fingerprint information left on the antique artwork, everyone must wear gloves!

Appraisal is just the opposite when appreciating calligraphy and painting works. If possible, it is best to wear a mask and gloves to prevent sweat and saliva from splashing on calligraphy and painting works!

The identification of the three pieces of antique porcelain was also fast, but the exclamation in the conference room had disappeared and was never heard again.

Brandon and the guys from the FBI's art crime team are already numb, so how can they still exclaim!

In their eyes, Ye Tian was directly included in the ranks of non-human beings, which cannot be judged by common sense at all!

These three pieces of antique porcelain are the same as the previous two paintings and calligraphy works, all of which are fine works in the Chinese collection of the Gardner Museum. Each piece is genuine, with extraordinary artistic value and considerable market value!

After the appraisal was over, Ye Tian sat back in his seat, looked at the guys opposite with a smile and said:

"Gentlemen, these Chinese antique works of art you brought are very good, and each piece is rare and top-notch. I am honored to see them here!

I like these pieces of Chinese antique art very much, and I want to keep them in my pocket and make them into my own collection. Now we can start trading, and I hope everyone will be happy with the result! "

"Great! Steven, let's get started!"

Brandon said excitedly, with a bright smile on his face.

Before he finished speaking, he quickly opened his briefcase, took out two pre-written checks from it, and pushed them in front of Ye Tian.

"Steven, as we agreed in the contract, this is a cash check of 300 million US dollars, and a high reward of 20 million US dollars announced in the media.

There are also these five top-level Chinese antique artworks, as well as the stolen 3200-year-old Chinese bronze 'Gu', in exchange for five antique artworks that originally belonged to us! "

Ye Tian probed to look at the two checks not far in front of him, then jokingly said:

"It seems that I underestimated you, Brandon, I didn't expect the Gardner Museum to be so rich, and it took out 320 million US dollars at once, which is not a small amount!

Perhaps I am still being too merciful! The asking price is too low. If I had known that you would spend such a large amount of money so easily, I should have asked for more. I think you would agree! "

Hearing this, Brandon raised his eyebrows, laughed loudly and scolded angrily:

"Don't even think about it! You greedy guy! You think it's easy for us to come up with this money, this is 320 million US dollars in cash! It's an astronomical figure for any museum!

There is not only the fund for our purchase of antique artworks in the next few years, but also the income from the transfer of some artworks. In just a few days, we sold more than a dozen pieces of artworks in stock!

But that's not enough, the difference is funded in part by museum patrons and trustees, and that's enough to scrape together $320 million in cash to satisfy your voracious appetite, bastard!

In the next few years, we at the Gardner Museum will have to tighten our belts, and even have to continue to sell some of the art in stock in order to maintain the normal operation of the museum!

To be honest, you are definitely the most ruthless and greedy bastard I have ever seen! How can there be a guy like you in the field of antique art collection! Really unprecedented! "

"Ah! It's so miserable! It's really beyond my expectation. Otherwise, in order not to affect the normal operation of your museum, I don't want the check for 300 million U.S. dollars. I only accept the 20 million U.S. dollar check.

But what about Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee and his self-portrait, and Manet's Chez Tortoni? This arrangement is very reasonable, and it doesn't matter if I suffer a little bit! "

Ye Tian exclaimed pretentiously, and then continued joking.

He was very sure that Brandon would never agree to this quid pro quo.

Three hundred million dollars is the price of "Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee", which is not even enough! Not to mention adding the other two top famous paintings, how could Brandon agree? Unless the head squeezes the door!

as expected!

As soon as Ye Tian finished speaking, Brandon immediately became furious.

"Dream! It's impossible! I figured it out, you bastard is definitely the biggest robber in the world, you're so greedy!

Hurry up and make a deal. Sitting across from you, I have a creepy feeling. It's better to leave here as soon as possible, so as not to be tricked by your kid again! "

"Hahaha"

The meeting room burst into laughter immediately.

After the laughter fell, the transaction started immediately.

In the next time, it was up to David and the others to play. Ye Tian was only responsible for signing the relevant documents and collecting the check for 320 million US dollars!