The next morning, Gu Yiran slowly finished her breakfast. After finishing the painting of the galloping horse that she had prepared last night, she found some ancient materials to frame it.
The framing was not that particular. After all, most of the time, the framing of calligraphy and paintings was not done by the master painter himself, but by someone else.
It was normal for there to be differences in craftsmanship.
The only thing he needed to do was to make sure that the materials used for the framing were not too new. This was not a difficult task given that he had the ability to forge.
When it was almost noon, Gu Yiran went to the auction house early in the morning.
The auction officially started at two o'clock in the afternoon. Since Gu Yiran wanted to bid for a painting, she had to go over in advance to negotiate.
The auction house that Uncle Li worked for had only been established a few years ago.
Compared to the other top eight auction companies like Guardian and Capital Poly, the auction house was much better.
This auction house called Zhen Bao didn't actually sell anything good. So far, the best thing was a calligraphy and painting by Wang Xizhi.
As long as there were no accidents, Xu Beihong's " Galloping Horse " would definitely be the finale.
After getting out of the taxi, he stood in front of the Treasure Auction House. Uncle Li, who had already received the news, was waiting in front of the door.
She saw Gu Yiran get out of the car.
Uncle Li also came forward to welcome him.
"Yiran, is there a problem with the calligraphy and painting you gave me last time?”Uncle Li asked with a frown.
"Is there a problem?" Gu Yiran pretended not to understand and asked,"Didn't your appraiser say that there was no problem?"”
Uncle Li carefully observed the change in Gu Yiran's expression and found that it was indeed a normal reaction. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing. It's just that after your painting was sent over, the appraisers in the auction house came over to appraise it. They said that this painting was a little strange, but they were not sure if it was a fake.”
Uncle Li spilled everything out like a bamboo tube.
Gu Yiran chuckled in his heart.
Of course, he knew what the appraisal masters found strange.
The paper used for the painting was old, and there was no special patina unique to old things, but there were no problems in other aspects.
Therefore, these appraisers only felt that it was a little strange, but they were not sure if it was a fake.
"It must be real. Master Tang has drawn so many things. It's normal for some of his works to look a little strange.”Gu Yiran said casually and handed the wooden box to Uncle Li.
"That's reasonable, but the old man in the auction house doesn't want to take the risk, so your painting wasn't placed at the finale.”
Uncle Li took the wooden box, which was a little heavy, and asked casually,""What is this?"
"The finale?" Gu Yiran chuckled.
Uncle Li was shocked and almost threw the things in his hand to the ground. He panicked and said,"Kid, whose ancestral grave did you dig up to get so many good things?”
Not long ago, he had made an authentic painting of Tang Bohu.
Now, there was another good item that could be used as the finale. Looking at Gu Yiran's expression, it did not seem like she was deliberately teasing him.
Uncle Li couldn't stand it anymore. After putting the wooden box on the table, he informed the staff to find a few appraisers.
When they heard that someone had brought up a good item that could be used as the finale, the appraisers also rushed over like a swarm of bees.
The Treasure Auction House had a total of nine appraisers.
One of them was the most experienced appraiser. He used to be an appraiser at Poly in the capital. He had a very sharp eye. He was the one who saw that there was something wrong with Tang Bohu's painting.
However, his ability level was limited, so he couldn't see where the problem was. If it was the chief appraiser of Capital Poly, he would probably be able to find the reason.
"Where's the thing? Open it and take a look." the old appraiser said calmly.
During his time in the capital, he had seen countless rare treasures. He was naturally different from this group of inexperienced appraisers.
Uncle Li carefully opened the lid of the wooden box, and a horse immediately appeared in front of them.
The horse in the painting had its hind hooves on the ground and its front hooves in the air. The hair on its tail fluttered in the air, and the horse's head was raised high as if it was neighing.
"Is this Xu Beihong's horse?" The old appraiser saw through it at a glance.
"You know your stuff." Gu Yiran praised.
"It's really a good thing." Uncle Li also thought highly of Gu Yiran. He wondered if this kid had really been driven crazy and dug up someone's ancestral grave.
He didn't expect this kid to have the ability to rob tombs.
Uncle Li thought for a moment. Yiran's ancestors didn't seem to be grave robbers, and he didn't take any strange person as his master.
He recalled Grave Robber's Chronicles and Ghost Blows Out the Light, which were very popular among young people some time ago.
Did Gu Yiran learn his grave robbing skills from here?
"Move aside." The old appraiser pushed aside the other appraisers and carefully placed the painting in front of him.
The other appraisers were also very tactful.
If they encountered an ordinary antique, they would definitely ask them to appraise it and accumulate experience.
However, when it came to such a precious item, he would definitely ask the old appraiser to come.
The old appraiser looked at it very carefully, so it naturally took him a lot of time.
The news that someone had sent Xu Beihong's horse to be auctioned also spread like wildfire in the auction house.
A middle-aged man in a suit walked over slowly and handed Gu Yiran a cigarette.
"Mr. Gu's things are all very good.”the middle-aged man said casually.
"Just so-so." Gu Yiran took a deep breath and blew out a ring of smoke." It's not good in my place.”
The middle-aged man chuckled. He didn't take his words seriously and treated them as bragging.
The two of them chatted for a while.
The middle-aged man started bragging too when he saw Gu Yiran bragging first.
He had deified his experience of traveling around the world when he was young. With that posture, even the two horses and one king had worked for him back then.
Gu Yiran did not want to be outdone either. She expressed that if she wanted any calligraphy paintings in the future, she could directly look for him.
As for who was bragging and who was really awesome, it was hard to say.
The middle-aged man seemed to be waiting for a result. After the old appraiser gave him a look that said there was no problem, he began to talk about the main topic.
"Hello, Mr. Gu. I'm the owner of this auction house.”The middle-aged man was very polite and said," I think it's better for your painting not to be auctioned off this time. Give us some time to fully publicize it. We'll definitely be able to sell it for a higher price.”
"Oh?" Gu Yiran raised her eyebrows and asked," When is your next auction?"”
"If we hurry, it will probably be next month.”The middle-aged man said truthfully," At present, only a small part of the collection has been collected. There are still many good things that have not been found for the finale. From the looks of it, the date should be pushed back.”
Every time they held an auction, they had to collect enough items, and the deadline was always uncertain.
"No need. Let's shoot next month. I'll provide any collection that's missing!”Gu Yiran waved his hand and said generously.
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