Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 535: Are These Antique Furniture Pieces Fake?

Chapter 535: Chapter 535: Are These Antique Furniture Pieces Fake?

Eighteenth-century French antique chair illustration.

"Because the real ones have already been bought at a high price by the Palace of Versailles." The antique dealer wasn’t afraid of Chen Yiyang, but was somewhat intimidated by Schaefer beside him.

He noticed Schaefer was a German; if he got into a fight with him, he could run back to Germany.

Now that the United Kingdom has left the EU, there’s really no way to deal with Schaefer.

As Chen Yiyang instructed someone to take these chairs back, he curiously looked up some information.

According to history, Madame du Barry indeed had a batch of chairs that Louis XV paid to have made for her.

These historically valuable chairs are kept as national treasures at the Palace of Versailles, and every time they are exhibited, a large number of tourists come to take pictures.

Since the batch of chairs at the Palace of Versailles is real, then naturally, the ones here are fake.

After all, Madame du Barry couldn’t possibly have nothing but chairs in her home, could she?

Chen Yiyang naturally wouldn’t doubt the false information given by the leak, but he was now very curious about the chairs at the Palace of Versailles.

Chen Yiyang and Schaefer exited the antique shop, unexpectedly bumping into someone.

"Mr. Kasim." Chen Yiyang took the initiative to greet the other party.

This Kasim was an official Chen Yiyang had previously dealt with in Saudi Arabia, considered a close associate of the Saudi Crown Prince.

"Mr. Chen, I didn’t expect to see you here." Kasim warmly invited Chen Yiyang to a restaurant for a chat.

Schaefer and Chen Yiyang understandably couldn’t refuse, and followed along to the restaurant.

"What brings you to the UK?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"I’m here to help the Crown Prince purchase a batch of expensive furniture that the King of France made for Marie Antoinette.

The Crown Prince decided to display these antique pieces in his home to entertain guests." Kasim did not hide the reason for his visit to the UK.

Marie Antoinette was the empress of King Louis XVI of France, and the chairs she used at the time are extremely valuable.

Recalling the statement made by the antique shop owner earlier, Chen Yiyang inquisitively asked, "These antique pieces are easily forged, aren’t they? Have you hired any experts to authenticate them?"

"No," Kasim said, "but we bought this batch of chairs from Bill Palot, so they absolutely can’t be fake."

Kasim spoke with great confidence.

Chen Yiyang then looked up who this Bill Palot was.

Bill Palot, a renowned authority in Europe on 18th-century French furniture.

This guy is so authoritative in the field of 18th-century antique furniture.

He’s not only called the King of Chairs but even wrote the exhibition descriptions for the royal chairs at the Palace of Versailles.

He said this batch of chairs is real, so naturally, they must be.

Thus, Chen Yiyang expressed his desire to see this batch of chairs.

He hoped to compare the chairs purchased by Kasim with the ones he bought, which were labeled as fakes, to understand the differences between them.

Although the leak information confirmed that the chairs he bought were genuine.

But since the Palace of Versailles already had a batch of genuine chairs, the ones he had were unlikely to be recognized as real by others.

Kasim made a call to the Saudi Crown Prince, and after receiving his approval, he directly took Chen Yiyang and Schaefer to see the antique furniture they had purchased.

From the appearance and style, this batch of antique furniture showed no issues.

"No problems, right?" Kasim joked from the side, "Before coming here, I consulted with some experts and self-taught some techniques on authenticating antique furniture, afraid that I might buy fakes for the Crown Prince."

"Could you share some of these techniques?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

Kasim shared a lot, and when Chen Yiyang compared it with the furniture he had bought, he found they aligned.

So the antique chairs he bought were indeed genuine as well.

That’s quite curious.

Since his chairs were real, then what’s the deal with the chairs at the Palace of Versailles? 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"By the way, one expert gave me a special little tip."

Kasim recalled something and continued, "To determine if a chair is a replica, you can lick the chair legs. If there’s a taste of licorice, then it’s definitely fake. Because melted licorice can make new wood look old."

"Have you licked these chairs?" Schaefer asked curiously from the side.

"Well, these chairs are meant to entertain the Crown Prince’s distinguished guests in the future, how could I just lick them?" Kasim hesitated somewhat.

"Why don’t I give it a try?" Schaefer looked eager to try.

Chen Yiyang seriously suspected this guy was simply curious about the taste of antique chairs, or perhaps had a special affection for the legendary French Empress.

"Why don’t you try?" Kasim, at a loss for words, agreed to Schaefer.

So Schaefer crouched down and tried a taste of these antique furniture pieces.

"How’s the taste?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"There’s a licorice taste," Schaefer stood up solemnly and said.

"Are you serious?" Kasim turned to Schaefer.

"I can assure you, these chairs definitely have a licorice taste when you lick them."

Kasim saw Schaefer’s serious demeanor and hesitated for a moment, then he, too, crouched down and began to lick the antique furniture.

One must know, these antique pieces are meant for the Crown Prince’s guest entertainment.

If the guests discover they’ve been entertained with fake antiques, Kasim’s head might roll.

After Kasim tasted all the antique furniture.

Kasim’s concern finally dissipated.

"This entire batch of antique furniture all tastes like licorice!"

"Such a simple way to identify them, how couldn’t that antique expert Palot tell?" This was the focus Chen Yiyang finally grasped.

The reason Kasim hadn’t doubted the authenticity of this batch of furniture was that he bought it from Palot.

In this day and age, even antiques bought at auctions can be fake, but items bought from an expert authenticator should never have problems.

Especially from an authoritative expert!

"Damn French, deceiving me," Kasim’s first reaction was to call the police.

"Wait a moment," Chen Yiyang stopped Kasim.

"The authentication of antiques mainly relies on experts. If you report this, and Palot insists this batch of furniture is real, then what?"

Chen Yiyang made a valid point, and Kasim gradually calmed down.

"I’ll call the Crown Prince to ask first."

After Kasim communicated with the Crown Prince, he turned back to find Chen Yiyang.

"The Crown Prince says you’re a very good friend of his, so you’re surely going to help with this matter, right? Once resolved, the Crown Prince would like to invite you and your friend to Saudi Arabia as guests."

Gaining the favor of the Saudi Crown Prince, Chen Yiyang thought it was necessary to achieve.

However, how does one bring down a publicly recognized expert in the field of antique chairs in Europe?