Because of this, this identification project has been carried out intermittently for decades, and it has not yet completely ended.

However, although their work is not completely over, they have achieved a lot.

For example, through their appraisal, the current number of authentic Rembrandts handed down from generation to generation has been revealed.

From about 1,200 pictures before World War II, it was reduced to 700 pictures, then 630 pictures, and in the latest release, it was 420 pictures.

And every time they release data, they have achieved a certain degree of victory in the competition with museums and collectors.

The purpose of the existence of this working group is not only to eliminate the false and retain the true from Rembrandt’s paintings.

It also has another effect, which is to increase the selling price of Rembrandt's paintings.

You must know that in the past, Rembrandt's paintings were not cheap.

The cheapest painting costs one to two million US dollars.

However, as their work progressed, the prices of Rembrandt's paintings also increased.

For any work that they identify as authentic, the price often doubles or triples.

On the one hand, it is because of the endorsement of experts like them.

On the other hand, it is because there are a large number of fakes of Rembrandt's handed down works that they have identified as ghostwriting.

Due to the accidental exclusion of Rembrandt's authentic works, the number of Rembrandt's paintings handed down from generation to generation has been greatly reduced.

As the saying goes, rare things are valuable. The fewer works handed down by such a master, the more precious the genuine ones will be.

It is precisely because of their existence that many collectors, museums or galleries now have a headache.

Because if they want to sell the Rembrandt paintings they have, they must find someone from this appraisal team to authenticate them.

Because everyone now knows that many of Rembrandt's paintings are fakes, collectors will naturally ask them for appraisal before bidding.

If they don't do an appraisal, people won't pay for it.

This is also the main reason why there are fewer and fewer Rembrandt paintings on the market now and their prices are getting higher and higher.

Because those who have genuine goods are waiting for the price to rise and are unwilling to sell.

Those who have fake products in their hands don’t dare to go to this expert group for appraisal...

The two paintings of Jesse were after their family's business was in trouble.

His father gritted his teeth and invited the Dutch to help identify it.

"...Hey, I was originally going to take it to New York for auction, but I never thought those Dutch guys would come and watch it for a few days."

"The conclusion was given that it was a fake and ghostwritten..."

"When my grandfather heard the news, he was so angry that he had a stroke and was admitted to the hospital."

"Our family has become the laughing stock of our hometown because of this..."

Brother Jesse, seeing the upright character of some people in small places in the United States, saw that Chen Rui was really interested in these two paintings.

So he didn't hide it and told Chen Rui about the unbearable history in the past.

Chen Rui also kept nodding his head as he listened, judging from the whole story of the incident described by this old man.

The process is almost the same as my guess...

You know, since I collected several Rembrandt works from Boston some time ago.

During the time when Chen Rui came back, he had time to study the history of Western oil painting.

He has studied a lot about the famous and influential painters in the history of Western oil painting.

In particular, Rembrandt has been studied intensively.

So of course he knew about Rembrandt's history.

When he looked at these paintings before, they were piled randomly in this wooden box by Jesse.

I knew that he might have regarded these two paintings as fakes.

Then why did he regard these two paintings as fakes.

That is naturally related to the Dutch Rembrandt research group.

As for this research group, hey, Chen Rui also has a lot of thoughts.

Would you say they are experts?

That's for sure!

But is their identification necessarily accurate? It’s hard to say.

Why is the identification inaccurate? Hehe, this can only be understood and cannot be explained in words.

They are like a one-spoken organization anyway.

If you say you are true, you will be true, and if you are false, you will be true.

If you are told to be false, you will be false, and the truth is also false.

It is such a principle, but it contains huge commercial interests.

So...

This Jesse family should be full of upright boys.

You said you invited people all the way here, don't you know how to give them more benefits?

Do you still think that people have traveled thousands of miles just to verify the authenticity for you?

This is the result of not understanding the ways of the world!

However, at this moment, he would not say this to Jesse.

He smiled and turned to look at Jesse: "Okay! Jesse, how much do you plan to sell these two paintings for?"

"Well, although they are not authentic works by Rembrandt, they are also ancient paintings from the seventeenth century. This is correct."

"Although it's not everyone's work, you can see the combination of light and shadow, as well as the painting skills, it's always good."

"It should have been specially copied by a painter who specially studied Rembrandt's painting techniques."

"Well, in this case, you can pay us $50,000 for each painting!"

This guy is also a thief. Although he knew the painting was fake, he still killed Chen Rui.

Chen Rui frowned and turned to look at Jesse.

"Brother, you also know that these two paintings are high-quality fakes."

"Then you also know that there is a huge difference between the price of this genuine product and the fake one..."

"Well, I won't tell you more. I quite like these two paintings."

"For two paintings, I will give you a total of fifty thousand dollars. If you do, I will transfer the money immediately."

"No, I'll leave immediately."

As soon as Chen Rui made a move, he cut the other party's offer in half.

He could see that Jesse was an upright boy, so it was best to do it in one step when bargaining.

Using a knife to cut it one by one will offend him.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this quotation, Jesse across from him frowned and thought for a long time.

Finally, he nodded and extended his right hand to him: "Deal!"

Chen Rui transferred the money to this guy without saying anything.

Then he packed up the two paintings and put them away with a smile.

"Hey! By the way, brother, what are the names of these two paintings?"

"Oh! I almost forgot to tell you that one of these two paintings is called "Portrait of a Bearded Man"."

"The other one is called "The Polish Knight."

Jesse said to him with a smile, Chen Rui smiled and nodded: "Okay."

After putting away the two paintings, Chen Rui couldn't help but use the store's mirror to pretend to tidy up his appearance.

But in fact, I used the mirror to take a few glances behind me.

As expected, the two stalkers were at the stall not far behind him.

It looked like he was picking out antiques, but in fact, his eyes were always staring at what was happening on his side.

These two people are really persistent. Chen Rui smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Chapter completed!