The Ultimate Husband (Darryl and Lily Lyndon) novel Chapter 323

Read The Ultimate Husband [by Skykissing wolf] Chapter 323 – Everyone stared at Darryl and the fold that he had made on the painting.

Darryl laughed. “Mister Austin, you said that if the painting is a fake, you will retire from the antique business?”

Austin dared not reply after he saw the Gull Folding Method. Prior to that, he had sought the help of dozens of antique appraisers, and all of them had confirmed that the painting was genuine. Darryl was not even someone famous in the field; how could he determine that the painting was a fake one?

Austin got upset. “Yes, and I will repeat it. If this painting is a fake, I shall leave the antique business! However, if it were proven to be genuine, then you shall kneel and apologize to me!”

Darryl took a deep breath. “Watt Thompson had painted many paintings in his lifetime; however, not many were retained. In the early twentieth century, there was an artist named Herman Landy, who had admired Thompson’s painting so much that he kept many of the original paintings. He spent many years imitating Thompson’s work.”

Darryl continued to say, “This Tiger Roar Mountain painting should be one of his works.”

Someone in the crowd asked, “How can you prove what you have just said?”

Darryl shook his head and said, “Herman had excellent painting skills; his Thompson paintings were near to perfection. Most professional appraisers would not be able to differentiate between them.”

Then, Darryl pointed to the fold. “However, no matter how good his skills, Herman had overlooked a crucial part, and that was the paper he used for the painting.”

“Watt Thompson used art paper produced by the Hill Family for his paintings. Those papers were very famous during that time. However, the production line was shut down sometime later.”

“The Hill Family art paper had an exceptional quality; no matter how hard one folded the paper, it would always return to its original state. It would never wrinkle. Fake paintings would never be produced with the same type of paper.”

Ow!

Everyone stood closer to take a better look at the fold.

Even Lily and Yvonne could not help themselves; they went closer to observe the painting, too. Daryl was right; the fold was still there, and the paper showed no sign of recovering.

Was the painting a fake?