As far as the treasure industry is concerned, experts in the past are very respected, because they have a wealth of cultural relics knowledge, which can help ordinary people identify the authenticity of ancestral cultural relics and give valuation. But nowadays, when it comes to treasure experts, many people have to sneer, how did this transformation happen?
To analyze the problem that treasure experts are no longer trusted, we must start from a "treasure case" 9 years ago. As we all know, the domestic treasure hunting program was once very popular, CCTV's "Treasure Hunt", Beijing Satellite TV's "Tianxia Collection", Henan Satellite TV's "Huayu Gate" are more well-known.
However, I did not expect that the popularity of treasure hunting programs also attracted a large number of indiscriminate "brick families". In 2009, a pair of Zhu brothers came to the scene of the Henan Satellite TV treasure appraisal program with ancestral paintings, and when they did not know who to identify, expert Liu Yan enthusiastically introduced that he was most familiar with ancient paintings and calligraphy.
As soon as the Zhu brothers heard it, they immediately showed Liu Yan the treasured "Songyang HanBotu". They told Liu Yan that this was preserved by the Zhu family for generations, and the elders had said that the Songyang Han Baitu was painted by the Qianlong Emperor himself, but they were not sure, so they wanted to find a professional to ask.
Liu Yan looked at it for half a day and replied unpredictably: "It is true that it has been around for a long time, but it is not genuine, and although it has the qianlong emperor's chapter on it, the inscription is not the true work of Qianlong." Then Liu Yan told the Zhu brothers about the ancient paintings on the market, telling them that there are many similar ancient paintings on the market, generally selling for about 30,000 yuan.
Hearing that this painting was not valuable, the Zhu brothers were very disappointed and prepared to go back. At this time, Liu Yan stopped them again, saying that he knew a buyer who liked this kind of painting, and he was definitely willing to pay 4 to 5 times the price of the painting. The Zhu brothers were overjoyed, and it wasn't long before Liu Yan did bring an antique dealer surnamed Cheng.
The two sides signed a contract, and Cheng Antiques merchant paid 170,000 yuan to buy "Songyang HanBotu". The Zhu brothers were therefore grateful to the expert Liu Yan and returned home happily. Unexpectedly, the next year, they found that the auction process of "Songyang Hanbotu" was reported on TV, and the final transaction price was as high as 87.36 million!
The treasure worth tens of millions was bought for less than 200,000 yuan. The Zhu brothers were angry and exploded their lungs, they bought a lot of calligraphy and painting appraisal materials, and then checked the information on the Internet, and found that Liu Yan's words were full of loopholes, because the information introduction, the inscription on the painting "Qianlong Royal Pen Painting Pine and Title" is completely consistent with the historical record of "Songyang HanBaitu".
In 2011, the Zhu brothers formally sued Liu Yan, and this "ten million treasure case" instantly became the focus of everyone's attention. As the case deepened, everyone was surprised to find that there was more than one so-called expert Liu Yan, the one who gave the Zhu brothers a treasure was from Beijing, and the other who claimed to be impersonated was from Guangdong.
Whether it was a malicious impersonation or a joint fraud is unknown. But in the end, the Zhu brothers failed to recover 80 million yuan due to insufficient evidence, and could only eat dumb losses; Liu Yan continued to make a living in the name of "experts", which made many people feel indignant. Since then, many people have understood that treasure hunting experts will also benefit themselves.
It is said that "the art industry has a specialty", some fake experts do not specialize in cultural relics knowledge but only specialize in interests, such people are mixed in the treasure industry, naturally making everyone feel distrustful. For a time, the crusade against the "brick family" was incessant, and they also became the existence of street rats.