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«——【Preamble】】 ——»
It is said that "rare things are expensive", the more historical cultural relics are more valuable, the emergence of this business opportunity has also led to the emergence of various high-imitation technologies, and many of the "cultural relics" we see in the society are actually many high-imitation fakes.
In 2009, a big brother in Henan Province was made to sell the ancestral real cultural relics as fakes because he misbelieved the so-called "cultural relics expert", and after reacting, he sued the cultural relics expert in court.
So can this Henan brother really get back the remaining amount that was "defrauded"? Or will the final result just be gone?
Identification of genuine and fake cultural relics
One day in 2009, Mr. Zhu, an eldest brother in Henan, was carefully studying something at home with his ancestral "treasure", as if he wanted to see some clues from this painting, but this Mr. Zhu did not have any cultural level.
So Mr. Zhu couldn't see the reason why the painting came to terms when he looked left and right, but he still carefully put the painting up, because it was left by his father before his death, and he also told him to take good care of it, which is a "precious cultural relic" handed down from his ancestors.
It turned out that in the past two days, Mr. Zhu happened to see a program for appreciating cultural relics, which gave free cultural relics to the masses, and this program group invited well-known experts in the field of cultural relics.
Although Mr. Zhu knows nothing about cultural relics, he is very interested in cultural relics, and he also relish watching this show, and the most important point is that he also has an ancestral "cultural relic" in his own family.
Although Mr. Zhu himself has no way to identify the authenticity, he knows that this cultural relic has been handed down for a long time, and if it is true, it will definitely sell for a lot of money, so the little Jiujiu in his heart began to move......
But because this cultural relic is ancestral, Mr. Zhu couldn't get an idea for a while, so he called his younger brother to discuss the decision, but he didn't expect the brothers to hit it off, and they both felt that they could try to appreciate the treasure, anyway, it was dusty at home.
If they find out that this artifact is genuine, then they will make a fortune, but if it is a fake, it can be sold at a reasonable price, otherwise it will not realize its value at home, and it will be a piece of waste paper.
So, Mr. Zhu and his younger brother hit it off and signed up for the treasure appreciation program "Huayu Gate" they saw on the Internet, and they had already come to the scene of the show with their "baby" to line up.
When Mr. Zhu came to the show, he found that the scene was also crowded, and almost everyone here had a "cultural relic", which also made Mr. Zhu believe in the identification ability of this show even more.
At the same time, Mr. Zhu is also a little weak-hearted, because no one has ever said that the cultural relics in his hands are real "cultural relics", but only that they are "treasures" handed down from their ancestors, but Mr. Zhu still retains a little luck in his heart.
After all, who hasn't daydreamed of "getting rich overnight"? Anyway, there are so many cultural relics experts in the show, and they won't lose anything by identifying the real from the fake.
Finally, after waiting in line for several hours under the scorching sun, it was finally Mr. Zhu's turn, and the main person who appraised the treasure for Mr. Zhu was a cultural relics expert named Liu Yan, and only Liu Yan was interested in Mr. Zhu's cultural relics.
But Liu Yan did not give an accurate answer after carefully checking it, that is, he said ambiguously that he still needed to think about it carefully, and hoped that Mr. Zhu could take this cultural relic to the hotel to find him after the show.
When Mr. Zhu heard this, his eyes instantly lit up with a light of hope, even if he is not sure about the authenticity of the cultural relics, but at least at present, it seems that there is half hope, otherwise why would the experts be thinking about it carefully?
But Mr. Zhu didn't know at this time that just a few hours later, it was the so-called "cultural relics expert" Liu Yan who set up a bureau for him in the hotel, and now he is waiting for him to jump in.
Why did Liu Yan set up a bureau for Mr. Zhu?
It was made a bureau by a "cultural relics expert".
In fact, Mr. Zhu's cultural relics are a genuine handiwork, and cultural relics expert Liu Yan has long seen that this cultural relics are genuine, and he really wants to confirm that Mr. Zhu is leading to the hotel, but the most important thing is to give Mr. Zhu a bureau.
This cultural relic in Mr. Zhu's hand is from Qianlong's "Songyang Han Botu", which was handed down by his ancestors.
Over the years, it is also because of the poor family conditions that Mr. Zhu has started the idea of this "cultural relic", after all, if a genuine cultural relic can be sold, it can be said that he has changed from a farmer to a local tyrant.
It's just that Mr. Zhu didn't expect that the "cultural relics expert" he believed in very much actually set up a bureau for him, and this bureau made him lose more than 80 million yuan......
Speaking of Liu Yan, a "cultural relics expert", he is actually a well-known figure, his treasure appreciation experience is a highly respected existence in the treasure appreciation industry, and he is also a staff member of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, responsible for long-term treasure appreciation to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
Not only that, Liu Yan was also selected as one of the outstanding representatives of building a cultural power in 2000, and it stands to reason that a person with such a prominent identity should have no problem, but in 2009, he suffered an "accident".
At that time, Mr. Zhu believed Liu Yan's words very much, and after Liu Yan got off work, he specially brought cultural relics to visit him according to the hotel address given by Liu Yan, in order to let Liu Yan give him a good consideration to see if he could sell them at a good price.
Liu Yan took a magnifying glass in the hotel and looked at it carefully, and told Mr. Zhu with regret that the cultural relics in his hands were actually a fake, and it was an extremely exquisitely made fake, from the hands of Gao Fang in the late Qing Dynasty.
Mr. Zhu, who was still full of hope, felt bad in an instant after hearing Liu Yan's words, but he could only be forced to accept this result.
But Mr. Zhu really needs money now, so he still asked Liu Yan how much he would be able to sell for such a high-quality fake in the market.
Liu Yan thought for a while and replied to Mr. Zhu, this fake can be sold for up to 20,000 or 30,000 yuan in the market, but he knows someone and has a way, he can introduce buyers to him, maybe the price can be doubled again.
Mr. Zhu was very happy when he heard that Liu Yan had a way, and quickly asked Liu Yan to introduce buyers to him, at this time Mr. Zhu thought that Liu Yan was really helping himself, who knew that he was so angry that he sued Liu Yan in court after knowing the truth a year later, what is going on?
The truth of hindsight, the appeal of powerlessness
Mr. Zhu met a boss named Cheng Gong under Liu Yan's matchmaking, Liu Yan said that Cheng Gong is a businessman who likes to collect antique cultural relics very much, and has a lot of knowledge in cultural relics research, Cheng Gong likes Mr. Zhu's "Songyang Han Bai Tu" very much.
After Cheng Gong came to the hotel, he saw Mr. Zhu's "Songyang Han Baitu" and asked Mr. Zhu what the ideal price was, but before Mr. Zhu could open his mouth, Liu Yan shouted the price of 200,000 yuan, and this price figure surprised Mr. Zhu.
Liu Yan's price was almost ten times higher than what he told Mr. Zhu at the beginning, but in the end, Cheng Gong pushed the price to 170,000, which also surprised Mr. Zhu, and he felt that it was Liu Yan's credit.
As everyone knows, this is Liu Yan's bureau He had already negotiated the price before Cheng Gong came, so that he could buy the genuine "Songyang Han Botu" from Mr. Zhu at a low price, however, things took a turn for the better a year later......
A year later, Mr. Zhu happened to see an auction on TV that introduced his "Songyang Han Baitu", and he found that his work was bought by a local tyrant for 87.36 million.
Mr. Zhu, who saw this price, instantly reacted that he had been deceived by Liu Yan, an expert in cultural relics, and the difference was as high as 87.19 million yuan, and when Mr. Zhu wanted to find Liu Yan's theory, he had already found that Liu Yan had run away.
In a fit of rage, Mr. Zhu sued Liu Yan and Cheng Gong in court, sued them for fraud, and demanded that Liu Yan and Cheng Gong return the difference of 8,719 million yuan.
Not only that, Mr. Zhu's lawyer also discovered the shocking secret, that is, this "Liu Yan" and "Liu Yan......
Mr. Zhu's lawyer found that the indicted Liu Yan had the same name as another Liu Yan, one from Beijing and the other from Dongguan, but the resumes and information of the two Liu Yan were exactly the same.
But things are not very optimistic, because it is the real "Liu Yan" who gave Mr. Zhu a treasure, so there is no doubt about the identity, Liu Yan also said that not every treasure appraisal can be guaranteed to be accurate, and it is possible to make occasional mistakes.
Moreover, when appealing Liu Yan and Cheng Gong, Liu Yan denied that he participated in this transaction of buying and selling, and Mr. Zhu was exchanging details with Cheng Gong throughout the whole process, and he did not force him to buy and sell, it was all a matter of your love and me.
Liu Yan's brazenness made Mr. Zhu stunned, but because the evidence provided by Mr. Zhu was very limited and could not constitute a complete chain of evidence, the court could only rule that Liu Yan was not guilty in the end.
For this reason, Mr. Zhu regretted why he didn't go to the appraisal a few more times and hastily believed Liu Yan's words, and now he regrets it too late.
«——【·Conclusion·】——»
In the face of such an important matter, Mr. Zhu did not appreciate the treasure many times, and he also traded with others in private, so it led to a big oolong of "real and fake cultural relics".
For such an important thing as money, everyone should be cautious and cautious, and do not believe the words of others.
Resources:
One of the special reports of "Cultural Relics Appraisal is a Place Outside the Law?" Democracy and Legal Weekly.
The family heirloom painting was identified as a fake, sold for 170,000 yuan, and sold for 90 million a year later, Beijing Morning Post.
Qianlong imperial pen was sold for 170,000 and sold for 87.36 million after the original owner sued the treasure connoisseur Legal Evening News.