Chapter 1348: Keeping Certificates
The two are now familiar with each other, and Jasmin explained the process of identification to Zhou Zhi while inspecting the wine bottles.
The first thing is to check the integrity of the package. Make sure it is original and has not been tampered with. There are many characteristics to check, including the aging characteristics of the bottle stopper, the aging characteristics of beeswax, and the paint used on the bottle mouth. Heraldry, blending component analysis, etc., and checking for traces of injection such as pinholes.
After confirming that the wine is original, start to check the characteristics of the bottle. Each winery and each age bottle has its own special characteristics, from glass color, bubbles, depth of dent at the bottom of the bottle, bottle height , the arc proportions of the wine bottles at each height must be checked.
Finally, the label needs to be analyzed. From paper to ink, everything needs to match the known wine labels.
Those tools are all used to do these things.
Finally, there is another analytical technology - bioanalytical technology.
There are special bacterial groups and macromolecules separated from the red wine on the bottle stopper. You can use a scalpel to remove part of the bottle stopper sawdust for bacterial culture and solvent spectrum analysis. It is amazing to see carefully.
Compared with the current porcelain and ancient painting business that relies solely on eyesight and experience, look at how neat this job is!
After some appraisal, Jasmin put away her equipment again and said seriously while taking out her gloves: "Congratulations to you, elbow. These wines are all real. Your predecessors' appreciation of wine The power is very high. The Egon of 21 vintage, the Port of 31 vintage, and the Romanée-Conti of 1937 are all the most precious wines in the world today. They have left you a rich legacy.”
Zhou Zhi thought to himself that his grandfather had left more than this, and said with a smile: "I don't believe he has such a high appreciation for wine, but... I guess he knows too many friends, and there are many experts among them. Not necessarily.”
“I never expected to see this in a desert of red wine. There are so many bottles of Egon, Port and Romanée-Conti of this vintage.” Jasmin couldn’t help but sigh: “But that’s right, if it weren’t for China, these wines wouldn’t be around today.”
“We. Why is it a desert of red wine? We also have Great Wall and Changyu," Zhou Zhi said.
Jasmin pouted her lips slightly and did not answer the words.
Zhou Zhi estimated that these two brands are still following the route of large quantities of commercial wine, and have not started to produce high-quality products, so he had to change the topic: "Then please select the best ones with good quality, two of each kind Bottles, I promised Jack, give him two bottles of each kind.”
"I'm just asking why he is so active!" Jasmine suddenly realized, and then smiled at Zhou Zhi and said, "But you are really generous, so I gave half of it to him."
"I just saw it. In terms of Mr. Li and Mr. Feng’s reputation, it’s not for him.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “Besides, it’s not like they didn’t give me any money.”
There are three bottles of wine. Gong, five bottles of Port, and six bottles of Romanée-Conti, all in very good condition. Soon Jasmin selected six bottles of wine and asked Zhou Zhi to find a suitcase and two large pieces of foam, and then took the wine from the bag. Take out a weird piece of equipment. You can insert a thin elastic steel wire into the front end and bend it into a steel ring. After it is powered on, it becomes hot and you can easily dig the groove you want on the foam.
“Hey! There is such a thing?!” Zhou Zhi had never seen anything like this before: “This is great for taking out foam and storing valuables!”
< br>"This is called a cutting pen, don't you Do you know?" Jasmin seemed to have been doing this for a long time. She carved a few depressions on the foam and placed three bottles of wine in it. It just fit: "Then I'll give this to you. Wait until I get back. Just go to Hong Kong Island and buy it.”
"Thank you very much."
Jasmine took out another business card from her bag: "Take this. If you need to send these wines for photography in the future, our winery will take over it." If the commission is given, the auction price will be higher.”
Zhou Zhi looked at the business card and it was written in English. Jasmine’s identity is the chief connoisseur of Dewuzi Wine Auction House. What that means specifically. What, Zhou Zhi, a pure layman, doesn’t know anything.
“Come on, let’s take a group photo at the end.” Jazmin took out a Polaroid from her bag that seemed to have magic. "Ah?" Zhou Zhi was flattered.
"This is a collection certificate." Jasmine said. She mounted the camera on a small tripod and placed it in front of the coffee table. Then she took out a certificate-style thing from her bag and wrote it with a pen. I wrote beautiful cursive calligraphy on it, but this time it was in French that Zhou Zhi didn’t know much about.
Putting the wine on the coffee table, Jasmin handed the certificate to Zhou Zhi: "Here, take it, look at the camera, and smile."
As she said that, she pressed the remote control and the camera clicked. , and then started spitting out photos.
After the photo was developed, Jasmin wrote a few lines of words behind the photo: "OK, the work is over! You can take me back to the airport. I will settle the appraisal fee with Jack, you Don’t worry about it.”
"How can you be so embarrassed?" Zhou Zhi put away the business card and photo and said, "Now that the business relationship is over, we are just friends. I can't justify coming so far to help me with my appraisal and not treating you to a meal." .”
"Are you interested in anything in Shudu? As my host, I can also take you to have fun. It's not too late to leave later."
"How about the antique porcelain in Shudu?" Jasmine asked: "If you can find one of the things you mentioned..." Then she stretched out her hand and pointed to the pendant under her collar: "It would be good to take it home for grandpa."
"It really does." Zhou Zhi said.
This year is a big year for the restructuring of auction houses. The country has begun to absorb foreign experience and opened several art auction companies in succession.
In addition to Hanhai, which took the first bite of crab, there are now more joint ventures such as China Guardian, the capital Rongbao where the time-honored Rongbaozhai opened, and Zhongshang Shengjia, a flower shop that Zhou Zhi visited in Shanghai. Yunxuan, the last one, is Shuzhong Hanya, which Fei Guan poached several experts and left Gongmei to run alone, and has just obtained the management rights.
At present, the state also allows the auction and sale of porcelain from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them, non-grade porcelain from the Qing Dynasty is still allowed to continue to be exported to earn foreign exchange. However, the rules have been tightened and only a few auction houses with business qualifications are eligible.
This shows that the country is still in a wait-and-see attitude towards the tightness of the policy. It is also an initial attempt to "standardize management" of this market.
Zhou Zhi is not very mechanical. Although he also hopes that the country will improve legislation as soon as possible, he also knows that some things cannot be said to be one size fits all.
In an era when more than 70 million people were still living below the food and clothing line, talking about the protection of cultural relics and prohibiting exports seemed a bit like "why not eat minced meat".
Besides, Fei Guan wanted to achieve results. He had told Zhou Zhi several times, meaning that he would help him digest it.
But Zhou Zhi's current vision is too high. Zhou Zhi really doesn't like the old things that Fei Guantao bought, and Zhou Zhi is not very interested in modern calligraphy and painting works.
"I know there is a Kangxi emerald-blue bell rattle in Hanya in Shuzhong. How about I take you to see it?"
"Let's go, then let's go quickly!" Jie Simin suddenly became excited.
(End of this chapter)