Can it be auctioned at a sky-high price if it is doubtful whether it is true or false?

The real fake is suspicious, and it was auctioned at a sky-high price of 100 million yuan

On the evening of April 18, at an auction in Japan, a buyer surnamed Ma from China won a calligraphy handscroll by Huang Tingjian, which cost nearly 300 million yuan. 14 years ago, Huang Tingjian's "Pillar Inscription" was auctioned for 436.8 million yuan in Beijing Poly, which was boiling in the art circle and the media world. Why didn't Huang Tingjian, who is now also sky-high, cause an explosive sensation back then? A veteran who came to the scene said that he trembled with excitement after seeing the original work, and thought that Huang Tingjian's work was the biggest legend of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting, better than the "Pillar Inscription"!

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) Cursive "Interpretation of the Scroll", partly According to the information exposed by the auction house and the self-media, there are at least three suspicious points in this lot: the first person who sent the auction is suspicious, the second work is born, and the third estimate is only 20,000 yuan

At the auction site, an Osaka citizen saw the auction company's solicitation of information and remembered that there were Chinese calligraphy and paintings at home. The auction house rushed to take a look, the family lived on a hillside, and the roof was crooked. When I opened the baby, I saw that it was Huang Tingjian, the book saint of the Northern Song Dynasty, or a well-preserved large hand scroll. How could something of the national treasure fall into the hands of ordinary citizens? Osaka is the second largest city in Japan, and the auction house does not know that there is such a blockbuster collection there? If it was in the 90s of the last century, it would have been possible, and now that the art market and media are so developed, will there be such a shocking leak? Second, in Japan, the Japanese attach more importance to Chinese painting and calligraphy than they can imagine. Japanese auctions have been ahead of China for a long time, and the people's awareness of collecting is even better than that in China. Xu Shichang, the last collector recorded in this work, spent a lot of money when he received it, and it was rumored to ask for 6,000 oceans. The person who took over the offer, no matter how you say it, is either rich or expensive, why is it obscure?

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) Cursive "Commentary Volume"

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) The cursive "Commentary Volume" was born, and Liu Yiqian's "Gongfu Post" that year was photographed by no one before it appeared, but many ancient books and classics have recorded it, and the academic community is also clear. However, this Huang Tingjian's "Interpretation of the Classics", although there are inscriptions from the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, plus the collection seals of more than 100 collectors of the past dynasties, including the most authoritative Ming Dynasty collector Xiang Zijing, the only clear publication record of this work is Xu Shichang's diary. Such a national treasure is enough to be seen on a par with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "The Biography of Lian Po Lin", but although there are so many seals and inscriptions, there is a lack of evidence from historical classics.

It is said that there are only a few dozen authentic works of Huang Tingjian, except for the "Pillar Inscription", all the rest are in museums in China, the United States and Japan, so this work is the only two folk unique works of Huang Tingjian in the world, which is really born out of thin air, the legend of the legend.

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) Cursive "Commentary Volume"

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) The authenticity of the cursive "Commentary Scroll" is doubtful, and the collection is marked with "paragraph", so according to industry practice, the auction house also believes that the authenticity of this work is doubtful, otherwise it would not start at a mere 20,000 yuan.

Under normal circumstances, the appearance of national treasures and calligraphy is an opportunity for auction houses to hype up their own academic value, inviting experts to identify seminars, holding previews and inviting media publicity. The auction started with an estimate of 20,000 yuan, which implies that the auctioneer thinks that he is not the real Huang Tingjian. Is it worth spending nearly 300 million yuan on such a controversial work? However, Liu Yiqian is willing to spend 300 million yuan to buy Wang Xizhi's "Peace Post", and it is not impossible for this buyer surnamed Ma to spend 300 million yuan to buy Huang Tingjian's "Commentary Volume". This year's auction season was so controversial at the beginning, and the appraisal of ancient paintings and calligraphy works was even more difficult, as for whether this work is worth 300 million, perhaps only the buyer himself knows.

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) Cursive "Commentary Volume"

Huang Tingjian (paragraph) Cursive "Commentary Volume", detail