Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 842, calligraphy and painting seal

"Hey! Mr. Luo is so delicious. This is Zhang Yiyuan's scented tea. It tastes so fragrant." While waiting for the car to arrive, Jiang Yan sat directly opposite Old Man Jin, picked up his teapot and gave it to him. He poured himself a glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Emotions, you, Mr. Luo, who am I, but if you ask around in these four and nine cities, you dare to fool me, old man." Lao Jintou held his neck high and spoke.

"But now that I have said that, Mr. Luo, this time, it really doesn't matter."

"Don't worry, our manager wants to thank me when he sees this. What does it matter? But you are here well prepared this time. I almost gave you a ride, Mr. Luo, but you can do it."

When Jiang Yan heard the old man's somewhat complaining words, he just smiled and said nothing.

"Master Jin, do we also have foreign exchange earning business?" Jiang Yan then asked.

"Yes, there are quite a few! The grandson of our manager has been jumping up and down recently and got a lot of good things. This guy just took all the things left by our ancestors and sent them abroad. What a bastard. Dad doesn’t feel bad, there will be times when he will regret it.”

"What are they?" Jiang Yan asked curiously.

"They are all antique porcelain. Foreign countries now recognize these things."

"Then, if I use foreign exchange, can I buy some?" Jiang Yan then asked.

Because of the policy of cultural relics stores these days, they only accept items from the public but do not sell them. The relevant sales regulations are that cultural relics after 1795 can only be sold domestically to government agencies and units, in addition to being exported for exchange.

If I bought it secretly, there was no antique market at that time. If he wants to stock up on goods, he has to go to the "Xiao Market". But the scale there is too small, and the tricks in the transaction are also big. It's hard to tell the real thing from the fake, not to mention how eye-catching it would be if he took a large amount of pots and jars home. It is estimated that someone will report it as soon as I take it back.

"It won't work if you have foreign exchange. This thing has policies. I still advise you, don't touch it. It's not worth it." Lao Jintou started to persuade.

"But you kid, since you have foreign exchange, you still use our money to fool me. You, Mr. Luo, and I also have the task of earning foreign exchange. Why, man, you will use the foreign exchange to settle the bill in a while. This can be regarded as completing the task for Mr. Luo and me."

"Okay, no problem, just use foreign exchange to settle the bill." Jiang Yan agreed, which was quite pleasant.

Seeing Jiang Yan's eagerness to agree, Lao Jintou took a puff of cigarette, thought for a while, and said directly: "Don't think about cultural relics and porcelain. The target of that thing is too big, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false. But if you There is another way to buy stamps with calligraphy and painting.”

As soon as the old golden head said this, Jiang Yan suddenly stopped feeling sleepy and quickly asked the old golden head to elaborate.

Through what Lao Jintou said, Jiang Yan learned that these things were not subject to sales policy restrictions at that time, and they could be bought if they had money. Not only are the items small, they are easy to store. In terms of appreciation potential, it is no worse than antique calligraphy and painting, or even worse.

Many years ago, Jiang Yan had consciously preserved these stamps. Take Dalong stamps as an example. Jiang Yan had several preserved Dalong stamps in his hand.

Because as far as he knew, the price of Dalong Ticket in the future would only be around hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The highest auction record was in the Guardian 2008 spring auction, when three all-medium-grade Dalong tickets were sold for more than million yuan.

Not only that, Jiang Yan also used his position to get some stamps with relatively high prices in later generations, such as "Blue Army Post", "Red Army Post", "The Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland Are Red". That guy Jiang Yan's stamp book is basically a small goal in later generations. However, compared with stamps, in the same period, famous paintings and calligraphy were sold for over 100 million yuan, and one gram of Tianhuang stone was sold for 100,000 yuan, which was much more common. This shows which is better.

Of course, he also knew that the threshold for playing with these things was much higher than stamps. Not only do you have to be rich, you also have to be knowledgeable. The requirements for collectors’ cultural quality are far higher than other collection varieties.

To be honest, he only learned a rough idea from Master Niu. His eyesight for seeing things is limited, and he is still inferior to people like Old Man Jin.

But he also has his own advantage, that is, in later generations, he knows which calligraphy and paintings are more valuable. For example, the more well-known auction houses in later generations are Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi, and Li Keran.

Then there are the chicken blood stone, Tianhuang stone, and hibiscus stone, known as the "Three Treasures of Seal Stones", all of which are priceless and rare treasures.

"Master Luo, if I want to buy these calligraphy and paintings, you can tell me where to buy them." Jiang Yan handed Lao Jintou a cigarette and said.

"Hi! It's easy to buy this thing. The "Rongbaozhai" Nanzhi shop in Daqianmen specializes in collecting these things. You can go anywhere. The things there are clearly marked with prices, such as Qi Baishi's paintings, which are only priced at thirty Five yuan per square foot. Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian each pay 25 yuan, Li Keran pays 15 yuan, Wang Xuetao pays 12 yuan, and Lu Yan only pays 8 yuan."

"No, Mr. Luo, wait a minute, wait a minute, did you remember the price incorrectly? Is the price so low?" Jiang Yan asked a little doubtfully.

According to what I know, the old people mentioned by old man Jin just now are frequent visitors at auctions. Take Qi Baishi's paintings as an example, they are quite popular.

If Jiang Yan remembers correctly, Qi Baishi's "Pine and Cypress High Lid Pictures: Four-Character Couplet in Seal Script" sold for 2011 million yuan at the Guardian's 4.255 spring auction, setting a world record for modern calligraphy and painting auctions.

The ones I saw on the Internet before all started at 10,000 yuan. When Jiang Yan heard this price, his first thought was that it felt a bit incredible.

"You kid, don't disbelieve me. I went to see it two days ago. It's just this price. If you don't believe me, you can go and see if I'm lying."

When Old Man Jin said this, his tone was a bit unkind, and of course Jiang Yan heard it. So he quickly apologized and laughed.

"No, no, I didn't react when I suddenly heard this. Please forgive me, please forgive me." Jiang Yan said with a smile and refilled the tea cup of Lao Jintou.

"Then where can I go to buy a seal?" Jiang Yan then asked.

"Cuiwen Pavilion" and "Wenbaozhai" are basically available in any engraving department. Now they basically contain the "Three Treasures of Seal Stone" six-sided flat seal aniseed material of more than 60 grams, and the price is also quite high. Cheap.",
"Master Luo, what is the specific price?" Jiang Yan then asked.

"Tianhuang stone is priced at ten yuan per gram, chicken blood stone is eight yuan per gram, and hibiscus stone is nine yuan per gram. It can be said that "one gram of stone, one gram of gold" is not low."

After hearing the old gold head's slightly teasing words, Jiang Yan realized that in these days, one gram of gold only cost nine yuan. In comparison, that was not one gram of stone per gram of gold.

However, compared with later generations, it is really more expensive than the price of cabbage. Take Tianhuang stone as an example. You must know that Tianhuang stone in later generations has "the best Tianhuang has become the quintessence of the country, and Yijin is a hundred times more popular in ancient and modern times." According to the saying that it is worth dozens of times more than gold, the price per gram is tens of thousands of yuan, and it is often expensive but not marketable.

(End of this chapter)