Harvey York's Rise to Power novel Chapter 352

Everyone stared at Harvey York blankly, because there was a shallow trace on this precious antique painting due to his folding just now.

Harvey looked at Charles Zarate with a half-smile on his face. “President Zarate, you said that if you lose to me this time, this watch will be mine, right?”

He then glanced at Luis Zarate again. “You did say that if this painting is just an imitation, you will grovel and apologize to me, right?”

Charles was very anxious after he saw Harvey’s Plum Authenticity Twist.

However, he was still the master in calligraphy and painting appraisal. He had confidence in his profession. How could he back off at this moment?

This guy in front of him was just the live-in son-in-law of a second-class family in Niumhi. He was little-known in the antique industry. So, what if he said that this painting was fake? Should they just listen to him? What a joke!

Charles had emboldened again as soon as he thought of this. He said viciously at this moment. “Yes, let me say again, this painting is authentic! If it’s not, I’ll give the Rolex watch to you! If it’s authentic, I don’t want anything from you either, you just need to kneel and apologize to me!”

Luis also sneered at this moment after seeing his master full of confidence. “Harvey, don’t be naïve! How could you be Master’s opponent?!”

“If this painting is just an imitation, I will grovel to you immediately. However, if the painting is genuine, you will crawl out of here immediately!”

Harvey’s expression was as if he was looking at a fool. “Since you are so determined, I shall teach you a lesson today.”

“Jasper Higgins has painted a lot in his life, but only a few have been handed down.”

“In the period of the Republic of China, there was a folk painter that everyone should have heard of, Gerald Morton. He had great accomplishments in painting and calligraphy. His paintings were of amazing value.”

“He highly admired Jasper Higgins’ paintings, and have collected some of his authentic works. He has used a few years to copy many of Jasper Higgins’ works.”

Speaking of this, Harvey raised the painting in his hand and said, “This ‘Tiger Howls Mountains’ should have been copied by him. Nonetheless, Gerald was very famous and had a high status in the painting and calligraphy circles. So, even if this painting is just an imitation, it is of high value too.”

“After all, an imitation is just an imitation. It’s still different from the original. No matter how similar or valuable it is, a fake is just a fake. No matter how valuable it is, it’s still fake.”

At this moment, someone in the crowd snorted coldly and said, “My dear live-in son-in-law, what evidence do you have for saying this?”

Harvey nodded and said, “Gerald Morton’s painting style keeps changing throughout his life. Different works have different styles. His art creation is based on the restoration of the entire Chinese painting history tradition with his little talent and enormous hard work. He digested and integrated the different styles, concepts, and techniques of various styles of paintings. He also incorporated and integrated the strengths of each family. His painting style summed up the entire history of Chinese painting.”

“Gerald Morton’s painting skills were superb. He copied Jasper Higgins’ paintings so vividly that it could be completely confused with the real thing. Even the experts could not tell from its painting style or its charm.”

“However, Gerald Morton is a proud and conceited person. Although he copied almost the same as the original painting, he did not want future generations to mistake his paintings for Jasper Higgins’ works. Therefore, he deliberately left some flaws in these paintings…”

Some collectors were very impressed by what Harvey said when he mentioned this.

Gerald Morton’s life was a legend, and his paintings were of high artistic value.

Even if the painting in front of them was only Gerald Morton’s imitation of Jasper Higgins’ work, it was still worth a fortune.

“What is it? Tell us!”

“Yeah! Could it be that you are just talking nonsense here because you can’t find evidence?”

Many people started mocking Harvey after being hinted at by Luis. They did not want Harvey to win this match.

Harvey glanced at them, pointed at the trace he folded just now, and said, “That’s the flaw…”