How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 9 Stalls in the antique market, the price of official kiln porcelain!
Hushu South Road, the [-]th largest antique market.

Although it is an antique market, it is also the hottest porcelain trading market.

There are many strange things here, and there are many busy vendors among them.

The reason why Zhao Chen chose this place is also very simple.

First, many of the customers here are really knowledgeable people who can understand the tricks of porcelain.

Second, you don't need any permission to set up a stall here.It is famous for its street stalls, similar to Panjiayuan in Kyoto.

Today happens to be Saturday, so there must be many customers coming here to shop for treasures.

However, these days, people who set up stalls are not fools, and the things that are really put on display are rarely valuable.

They are all based on the principle of fooling one layman if they can, trying to cheat as much money as possible.

Anyway, it is reasonable and legal to buy and leave hands. Customers have no eyesight to distinguish the authenticity, so they can't blame others.

In the market, the crowd is bustling, very lively.

Vendors set up small tables on the ground, spread a cloth, and placed all kinds of gadgets.

Customers go back and forth looking at the dazzling array of products, trying to choose a good one to take home and display it.

There are also several anchors live here.

Some are Tandian anchors, some are Jianbao anchors, and two people are dancing live.

There is one thing to say, Zhao Chen admires the people who conduct live broadcasts outdoors in lively venues.

They don't shy away from other people's eyes at all, and they have the attribute of social cow-pen syndrome.

Zhao Chen looked around, and saw a terracotta soldier holding an AK47 on the carpet, and couldn't help but pick it up and examine it carefully.

The workmanship of this soldier is very poor, and it looks like a cheap product produced in large quantities by a factory.

But the appearance is very novel, which makes Zhao Chen quite interested.

"Little brother, let's get one, be honest."

The uncle who runs the street stall is also a ruthless person, he doesn't blink his eyes when he tells lies, and he is very sincere.

"This is the lost Terracotta Warriors and Horses from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin. I entrusted someone to get it from Chang'an City. It is absolutely magnificent to display at home!"

The uncle continued.

Zhao Chen shook his head with a smile, put down the terracotta warrior holding a submachine gun, and left directly.

The most conspicuous places in the market were all snatched up by vendors. Zhao Chen looked around and saw that a corner was still vacant, so he walked over and put down his backpack to set up a stall.

Next to the booth was a 70-year-old grey-haired man. Seeing that Zhao Chen was going to set up a stall, he immediately squinted his eyes and looked towards this side.

I saw Zhao Chen unhurriedly, took out five wrapped white foam from the bag, and then carefully took out five pieces of porcelain from it.

The best thing about this corner is that the flow of people is relatively small, and there are not so many collisions, so the porcelain will not be damaged.

Five pieces of dark blue porcelain, shining brightly, look very beautiful.

Moreover, the whole gives people a simple and honest feeling, and the texture and texture of the glaze on the surface of the porcelain are even more artistic.

People who set up street stalls in this place can tell the good things and the bad things at a glance.

Good objects, at first glance, are different from bad ones.

Seeing Zhao Chen put out five pieces of porcelain, the old man immediately sat up straight and observed carefully.

There are traces of handprint on the surface of porcelain, which is a handmade product.

The glaze is all over the body without blemishes.

The cracks are fine and dense, and the shape is elegant.

It's a good baby.

The old man glanced at Zhao Chen again, and found that Zhao Chen was only in his early twenties, trying to figure out which family's child he should be, and stole the family's treasures to sell.

So the old man immediately asked:
"Young man, how do you sell these five plates?"

Hearing the old man's words, Zhao Chen replied: "How much can you pay?"

For these five pieces of porcelain, Zhao Chen had a minimum price in mind, which was 3000 yuan for one piece.

The glazes he used were all the best glazes, and it would cost a lot just to adjust those glazes. Moreover, these five pieces of porcelain were also excellent pieces of authentic Southern Song official kiln porcelain.

It's just that the value of porcelain depends on the time and the source.

If it is official kiln porcelain from the ancient Song Dynasty, it is priceless, and it is not difficult to sell a plate for 6000 to [-] million.Moreover, such precious cultural relics are generally not allowed to be sold publicly.

Similarly, if it is the best official kiln porcelain produced by the official kiln museum, one piece can sell for 3 to 5 yuan. After all, the best official kiln porcelain has great collection value, and it is worth money if it is signed.

But now that Zhao Chen is not well-known, the goods he made don't have much extra value.

The combined cost of clay, glaze, and natural gas is about 4000 yuan.

Selling each piece for 1000 yuan, Zhao Chen can earn back the cost.

But there are difficulties.

The main reason is that the glaze he used was the first-class glaze he picked out by himself. This kind of finished product is perfect, so the cost is a little higher.

"Young man, one piece is two hundred. I'll take it. How about it?" The old man saw that Zhao Chen was a smart person, so he didn't argue much, and directly asked for the price.

"Master, I'm handmade Southern Song official kiln porcelain, and I can't afford this price." Zhao Chen immediately refused.

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, the old man persuaded again: "Young man, don't be too greedy. Buying porcelain online now costs about 120 yuan for a piece like yours. I paid 200 yuan, which is already a high price."

"My lord, manual work is different from mechanical work. Not to mention the shape, the machine can't do it just by low-temperature biscuit firing and multiple times of water glazing. There is no machinist for official kiln porcelain, and these five pieces of mine are not for use. Serving rice and kimchi."

Zhao Chen replied with a smile.

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, the old man was taken aback.

He didn't expect that Zhao Chen was still an expert.

It doesn't look that good.

The old man doesn't know much about porcelain, but he has been in this business for 20 years, and he still has good eyesight. He can tell whether something is good or not at a glance.

Zhao Chen's five pieces of porcelain are much brighter than ordinary ones, and they have a unique aesthetic feeling.

This is due to the high-grade glaze used by Zhao Chen and his unique firing technique, which makes it look really extraordinary.

The old man didn't know what price was right, so he asked his old lady to help him look at the stalls, and then went to the market to find someone who knew what to do.

The knowledgeable person he found was Wang Chuan, and Wang Chuan's cousin worked in the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum.

There is an underground transaction here, that is, according to regulations, all defective official kiln porcelain must be destroyed and cannot flow into the market.

This is the tradition of official kiln porcelain, which has been passed down since the Southern Song Dynasty.

After all, it is royal porcelain, and it is really unreasonable to have flaws.

Recently, the museum burned eight kilns of porcelain, 300 pieces in each kiln, that is 2400 pieces.

Except for the top 10 pieces, the rest will be smashed.

But when the rules are created, they provide huge profits for those who break the rules.

Wang Chuan used some means to obtain more than [-] pieces of porcelain from these porcelains that were about to be destroyed, which were not bad on the whole, except for a small flaw.

Authentic official kiln porcelain, together with the rubbings of the official kiln museum, is priced at 2 yuan, which is in short supply. Many bosses have already agreed.

Wang Chuan and his cousin Wang Li made a lot of money.

After all, the official kiln porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty produced by the official kiln porcelain museum is almost not exposed, and only some are sold at exhibitions and auctions.

Handmade official kiln porcelain is too expensive to be mass-produced, and thus cannot be traded.This underground channel is the real profit channel.

The old man found Wang Chuan and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, I saw a booth that seemed to display official kiln porcelain. The color is so beautiful. Please help me."

The old man knew that Wang Chuan was related to the museum, so he was very respectful.

"Official kiln porcelain? New and old?" Wang Chuan immediately asked with interest.

"It's new, it's said to be made by hand, and it's not long after it was made." The old man replied.

"That's nothing to look at. Do you think official kiln porcelain is a rotten street thing? If it is said to be made, it will be made. If it is really so easy to make by hand, can it be so precious?" Wang Chuan shook his head.

"It's probably made by a machine. The machine-worked porcelain is glazed a little lighter. Add some raw materials, and it will look bright."

Hearing what Wang Chuan said, the old man stopped thinking about it.

"okay I know."

With that said, the old man left straight away.

Wang Chuan was busy contacting customers, but didn't care too much.

Zhao Chen was still sitting in the corner of the market, quietly setting up his booth.

(End of this chapter)