Chapter 472

England's authority in appraisal, 4 out of 5 serve the royal family.

Even that guy, Anthony, was awarded the title of Jazz just like the other two because he had served the royal family for 20 years.

Therefore, even if it is not Anthony, the last authority who has not been awarded the title will definitely be very concerned about the affairs of Anne and Henry.

No matter how conceited Virgil was, he would not, let alone dare to pretend that he was number one in the world after he had contact with or even cooperated with several royal advisors.

Of course, in the beginning, he wasn't afraid of being seen as having problems. After all, Vivienne was most famous for his painting skills.

It is also recognized and regretted by the art world. If it is not imitated from the beginning, it is likely to become a master painter.

Her iconic V hidden symbol has long been no secret in the collection world.

And as Mrs. Ryder who specializes in collecting Vivienne's paintings, she is more authoritative than any authority in this regard.

No matter whether she was pretending to be confused by pretending to understand, or she regarded the "Portrait of Ladies" as the most successful painting that Vivienne imitated, but she really didn't see it.

In short, with Mrs. Ryder at the bottom, Virgil felt that he had enough confidence to fight with other authorities.

And he knows how deep the oil painting industry is, and he is very clear about those appraisers who also eat this bowl of food.

Without a deep hatred, it is impossible to really cling to a painting all the time.

And break everyone's jobs.

Not only will he be rejected by his peers, but he will also be hated by auction houses big and small.

Because, not to mention the small and medium auction houses, it is not the case that the three giants such as Christie's did not sell the paintings and were finally identified as imitations.

And their solution is also very simple.

Find a few authorities to stand together. When there is no real evidence, the imitation is not real.

Of course, it is impossible for a real fake painting to escape the eyes of so many appraisers.

Only those imitations that are likely to be more like the real painting than the real painting will be given this treatment.

Therefore, under the huge interests, Jumbo auction houses such as Jiashide have a way to make people not lie or violate morality, but take the initiative not to bring up those controversies.

But these secret things can be done that way, the only prerequisite is that there is no real hammer.

Once the "Portrait of a Lady" is really sent to East Germany, it will be compared with another "Portrait of a Lady" that differs only in the necklace.

And if you really do all kinds of tests and find definite evidence, then you have to pack your things and retire.

Moreover, this is not the worst thing for Virgil.

Because for all appraisers, this kind of thing is just a problem of not being able to survive in this industry.

But if it was because of the "Lady's Picture", the original owner of the other oil paintings that had been auctioned through his hands became suspicious.

Words that popped up one after another and asked for re-authentication.

Although compared to the thousands of oil paintings in the past 36 years, the 68 paintings I got through Billy is a very small proportion.

But these paintings were all bought by Billy, if he didn't show any of them for show.

Or if no one approached him, an art middleman, because of suspicion.

Absolutely cannot escape the eyes of caring people, as well as reporters and media.

But Billy really couldn't show it, and it was even more impossible for him, Virgil, he didn't dare to show a painting and hand it over to Billy to deal with the outside world.

Even if you find a copy, give it to Billy.

Once a problem is identified, it is also a dead end.

Therefore, Virgil was faced with the situation at this time, and he had to prepare for the worst.

Not to mention, he has long regarded those oil paintings with female protagonists as his spiritual and love sustenance, and he does not want to leave his embrace.

Under these thoughts and scruples, his first thought was to transport those paintings to Switzerland and hide them in the basement of a mountain villa.

And it has to be done before things get worse.

Otherwise, if something happened, the Paris police might search his home.

Not only will there be more reporters at that time, maybe that old man Billy Turner will not only betray himself in order to protect himself, but even put his mind on those oil paintings.

Want to get a few pieces out of it, or extort a sum of money.

So as long as the oil painting is transferred away, it means that my biggest scruples are gone, and no matter what happens in the future, I can be more calm.

In the George Wushi Hotel, Li Changheng looked at Zhang Tianzhi unexpectedly, then walked to the phone and picked up the receiver.

By the way, I am Henry Lee.

Hearing Frank's anxious voice from the microphone, "Henry, something happened."

Then I found out that Virgil actually wanted to take Frank as an apprentice to keep him.

Frowning and thinking for a few seconds, he soon realized that Virgil was not as calm as he thought, and the things he and Bill had done were not without flaws.

But why find Frank, who has nothing to do with him?

But I never thought about it, or I couldn't understand it at all, a person who puts all his emotions and spiritual sustenance on oil paintings.

Once he feels danger, he will be like him, the first thought is to protect his beloved woman.

And transport all the female oil paintings to the safest place he thinks.

Li Changheng's first thought was that the old man wanted to run away.

The second thought was to rob transport vehicles on the road and take all the oil paintings away.

But this idea was rejected by him within a second.

Brazenly robbing on the highway, although the probability of encountering a patrol police is very small, there will definitely be many vehicles passing by.

The second Frank hid in Paris because he avoided the Bank of England and the old banknotes were stolen.

If this is involved in a robbery, no matter how careful you are, there is still a risk of being linked together or finding something wrong.

Moreover, the identity Frank is using at this time is his identity in South Africa to replace a dead white man.

Only he returned to New York and used his true identity as Frank Abagnale again.

It really has nothing to do with the old banknotes.

Therefore, since he found Virgil's idea, Li Changheng immediately decided to let Frank reject the old guy.

Back to New York as planned.

Thirdly, no one knows what Virgil will do after the oil painting was robbed.

If he felt that there was nothing to fall in love with, and took the initiative to reveal the true value of these oil paintings, things would be even more troublesome.

Perhaps it would be easier to wait until the painting was shipped out of Paris, whether it was the countryside, or he intended to ship it to another country.

Theft and public robbery are definitely several grades worse from a legal point of view.

In addition to the report of the theft, Virgil said that it was a breakthrough, as long as he could not provide clear evidence that the paintings were in his hands.

The police will not file a case based on the amount of money he said.