Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Chapter 189

The clerk said hello, picked up the plate, and handed it to another clerk.

I had already bought two pieces of porcelain, which was almost enough, so Zheng Wanjiu started looking at paintings again.

It was Li Ding'an who still gave the signal. Zheng Wanjiu pretended to be a stick, looked at it for a while, and finally selected a landscape sketch by Lu Yanshao during the Republic of China.

It was about two feet long and Jiang Jiang could make a fan. It took him a long time to cut it, but the price was not low: 12.

If it were an authentic work, the price would be around [-].However, Zheng Wanjiu looked at it for a long time and still didn't see it: No matter how you look at it, it looks real.

Of course, if Li Ding'an said there was a problem, then there must be a problem.Zheng Wanjiu didn't hesitate and asked the clerk to introduce it. Again, he paid first and then packaged it together.

Then, the two looked at the miscellaneous items and finally picked two items.One is a snuff bottle with a painting inside, and there is also a diesel-wood imitation huanghuali birdcage. The clerk said that they were both used by princes in the Qing Dynasty.

In the end, the payment was still based on the real items, 16 yuan for the snuff bottle and 20 yuan for the birdcage.

By this time, the manager couldn't sit still, because he roughly calculated that the two guests had already spent more than 50 yuan.

The key is to be generous, and it happens to belong to the customers who "know a little, but don't know much".In other words: better fool!
So, what else can I do? Of course, I should seize the opportunity and kill him twice.

With similar thoughts, he stood up, smoothed his suit first, then put on a warm smile and walked over slowly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you two. I am the manager of this store and a shareholder of Anbenzhai. I would like to ask, are you two collectors?"

"Why not?"

Zheng Wanjiu chuckled, "You wouldn't come here for wholesale?"

The tone was a bit harsh, but the manager didn't care at all: nouveau riche people have such bad morals, but on the other hand, as long as you spend money, it's okay to curse.

"That's right!"

He nodded, "But to be honest, most of the things on the first floor are relatively ordinary, and all the fine products are on the second floor. Why don't you two go up and have a look? As long as you like something, it will be at the absolute lowest price!"

After a pause, he smiled reservedly: "Of course, there is also an expert's appraisal certificate. There is no need to doubt whether it is true or false. Besides, you two are experts, so I can't be fooled even if I want to, right?"

By the way, what do you think we are here for: just to poke holes in you!
Zheng Wanjiu was secretly amused, pretending to be thoughtful, and nodded again: "Okay, let's go to the second floor and have a look... But first, if there are no good things, don't blame me for returning them all..."

"Boss, don't worry!" The manager patted his chest, "If you don't like it, you will destroy the store!"

Zheng Wanjiu nodded: "That's all it takes!"

With the manager in front, Zheng Wanjiu and Li Ding'an behind, they followed the stairs to the second floor.

As soon as he stood still, Li Dingan subconsciously squinted his eyes: Quite professional?
The first floor has ordinary white bricks and white walls. There are also lights, but they are rarely turned on.Moreover, the doors and windows are open and bright, using mostly natural light.But on the second floor, the curtains were tightly closed and a lot of lights were turned on. There were nearly a hundred downlights and spotlights, but they were not incandescent lamps, but tungsten lamps with a slightly yellowish color.

The decoration is also very distinctive: wood grain paper floor tiles, bronze wallpaper, maroon cabinets... At first glance, it is indeed antique.But in fact, this is deliberately creating an 'old feeling'.

Including the reflected light, it also gives people a "classical" and "elegant" feeling.In this special optical ring lens, let alone an antique, even if you take a diamond, it will still be hazy.

At a glance, there are a little less things, and they are relatively simple: apart from porcelain and calligraphy and paintings, there are only coins and ancient jade.

To put it another way: these four things are the easiest to imitate, the techniques for making them look old are also the most mature, and of course they are the easiest to spot.

"Bosses, please!"

Li Ding'an and Zheng Wanjiu looked at each other and walked in.

"Look at this one, the "Lady Picture" by Leng Mei, a court master from Kangxi to Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty... Is the brush and ink exceptionally clean, but the colors are extremely gorgeous? look here……"

The manager pointed, "I specifically asked Director Chen Feng and Chen from the Forbidden City to do the appraisal. If you two don't know, you can check it out: Mr. Chen previously worked in the Liao Provincial Museum as the leader of the calligraphy and painting group and has been a professional appraisal expert for 20 years. Never failed, a true scholar-level expert..."

The two of them lowered their heads and took a look: the nearly one-meter-long painting scroll hung alone in a display cabinet.Through the glass, the colors are indeed beautiful, the lines are bright, and the brushwork is simple, but the characters do not appear thin.

Li Ding'an looked at the inscription and seal again.

Except for a five-character poem by the author, there is no extra text on it.The bottom is covered with the inscriptions of Leng Mei and the Ruyi Pavilion of the Qing Dynasty Palace Painting Academy. In addition, there are two seals: "Yangxin Hall" and "Weijingweiyi".

If you have studied Qianlong, you will know that these two seals are two of his nearly [-] seals for appreciation of calligraphy and painting. Therefore, if this painting is authentic, it is a proper treasure of the inner court of the Qing Dynasty royal family, and it was Leng Mei in his later years. Works from a mature period of creation.

If estimated, it would be between 50 and 70.

Li Ding'an didn't say anything, Zheng Wanjiu knew that the painting was probably a fake, and asked casually, "How much?"

"You two are also refreshing, I'll give you a 100% discount: [-] million!" The manager emphasized again, "It's the lowest!"

100 million is definitely high, but it is not too exaggerated, because most calligraphy and painting works go up for auction, and the transaction price will be a little higher.

Of course, the premise must be the real thing.

But this one...if I had to make a comparison, the degree of simulation is no lower than the one I saw yesterday, Hu Ruosi's imitation of Shi Tao's "Searching for Strange Peaks."Otherwise, Zheng Wanjiu wouldn't know how to look at paintings for a while, then look at Li Ding'an, then look at paintings, and then look at Li Ding'an.

"A little lower, 80!"

"It really can't be sold... So, boss, you can add more, 95..."

Zheng Wanjiu still found it too expensive, so he finally got the price down to 88...

After paying the bill, he waved his hand again: "Look at the others!"

"Okay... let's take a look at this one. It's a big yellow chicken lard jar from the Ming Dynasty. It's definitely something from an official kiln!"

Zheng Wanjiu leaned back: What the hell, chicken fat?
The so-called chicken oil yellow is actually a kind of bright yellow glaze, which can only be used by emperors, empresses and queen mothers.Moreover, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, only Minghuang porcelain from the Hongzhi Dynasty could be called "chicken oil yellow", and other periods were collectively called "golden glaze" or "Jiaohuang glaze".

In short, it is very rare and of course expensive.It is definitely not inferior to the blue and white blue and white specially designed for the Ming royal family with dragon patterns.Even just a bowl or a cup can fetch a sky-high price of tens of millions, let alone a jar?
If it were real, it would cost at least hundreds of millions...

Secretly surprised, Zheng Wanjiu widened his eyes.After a few glances, he breathed a sigh of relief: What a big can, this is a broken weapon!

No, it’s not even a remnant, it’s just a base.

It's about fifty centimeters in diameter, and the bottom is about three centimeters thick. There's a thumb-sized hole in the center, so it's probably the base of a flower pot.The bottom is unglazed, but the inside is fully glazed, including the remaining edge of about one to four or five centimeters on the outer ring. The color inside and outside is bright yellow, really like freshly peeled chicken fat, delicate and oily.

The color is very bright, but not dazzling, a standard chicken butter yellow.If you look around in circles, you can see the spiral patterns on the glaze and the lines of cow hair as thin as hair.

This is actually one of the characteristics of the old patina, and it is the same reason as the sun pattern on the paint surface of the car: the car is caused by car washing, and the porcelain is often wiped, played with, moved, and rubbed against various objects during shipment. of.

But if it has just come out of the pit, just out of the sea, or if it has been left untouched for a long time, it will not be so obvious, or there will be no such lines.Just like in the Forbidden City, Li Ding'an has seen several pieces of equipment from the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods: they are brand new, bright and eye-catching, as if they had just been fired from the kiln.

In short, there is really nothing wrong with just looking at the glaze.

Let’s look at the fetus, which is the place where the stubble is broken: the standard fetus quality of Macang soil before Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.It feels obviously grainy to the touch, but does not feel rough.

Look at the inscription again: the year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the standard Song style regular script, and the point under the water of the three dots of the character "Zhi" is obviously lower than the horizontal under the "Taiwan"... This is also the most commonly used by experts and experts to identify the inscription of Hongzhi porcelain One of the methods.

Knock again, the sound is a bit muffled, like knocking on wood, this is also one of the characteristics of Minghuang glaze, a low-temperature porcelain colored with gasified iron... Anyway, Zheng Wanjiu doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. question.

Feeling unsafe, he thought for a moment and put the base under his nose.Li Ding'an thought he wanted to smell it, so he ignored it.But who would have thought that Fatty Zheng would lick it with his tongue?
Let me go...Mr. Zheng, are you really a vegetarian?
Looking at the manager again, he didn't change his face... I see, he doesn't know where this thing came from!

Sighing, seeing Zheng Wanjiu staring at him, Li Dingan nodded: Fake, I bought it!
Zheng Wanjiu understood in seconds and put down the base: "How dare you say that a rotten flower pot bottom is a good thing? Tell me, how much does it cost?"

"You have good eyesight. How can ordinary people recognize that this is a flowerpot? Otherwise, they would not dare to praise you as an expert." The compliments came out as if they were free. The manager raised his hand and gestured: "I'll give you the lowest price, 100 Ten thousand."

Oh, it’s really not expensive.

For example, in the "Youzhen Spring Auction" held by Zhonghan Auction in 2011, there was a porcelain center piece from a Xuande cloud-dragon pattern dish with an original diameter of 40 centimeters. At that time, the diameter was only less than [-] centimeters, and it was still in use. A third of it was missing, and it even broke into two halves. It cost [-] yuan at that time.

Seven years later, that is, five years ago, this piece of porcelain was put up for auction again, and the price doubled: [-] million.

Compared with that piece, this piece is much larger. There must be millions, but again, the premise is true.

So, it’s so dark!
Cursing secretly, Zheng Wanjiu didn't hesitate: "If it's 80, just buy it!"

"Well... that's okay... then I'll have someone send it down first, and then I'll wrap it up for you..."

The manager was secretly happy and quickly raised his waist, "How many more will we see?" Zheng Wanjiu nodded: "Look!"

"this way please!"

While he was leading the way, Zheng Wanjiu turned around and blinked again, meaning: What's the problem?

Li Ding'an didn't say anything, he just gestured: "It's wet!"
What the hell could I be using for drying? Of course it’s shit!

Zheng Wanjiu was so disgusted that he almost vomited: Why didn't you stop me just now?
Li Ding'an twitched the corners of his mouth: I wanted to stop him, but I still had time?

Don’t be surprised, many porcelain appraisal experts use this method to identify authenticity.

Because most of the old-fashioned methods are to use pickling or alkali washing to peel off the glaze, remove the fire, and then coat it with grease or special potion, so as long as it has not been left for ten or eight years, it will definitely still be there. The taste is accurate once you taste it.

But in this case, he really didn't taste anything.But if Li Ding'an said he soaked it in shit, then he must have soaked it in shit... which is roughly equivalent to taking a bite of shit on his own initiative?

Okay, wait for me... If you don't let An Ben Zhai become famous all over the country, I will take your surname...

He was secretly angry, but when the manager turned around, Zheng Wanjiu regained his unique aristocratic temperament: "Stop looking at the porcelain, look at other things!"

"no problem!"

The manager took a few steps forward and said, "Boss, take a look at this bowl with lotus and mandarin duck patterns on it from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. I'll give you the lowest price, 80!"

"So expensive!"

"It's really the lowest... How about you check it out? Four years ago, Su Fubi auctioned one in New York, and the price was [-] US dollars..."

"Then you ask me for 80?"

"Boss, that was four years ago!"

"I don't care, just 50...wait, do you have the appraisal certificate?"

"There must be one. Teacher Jin Yi from the Shenyang Forbidden City personally identified it..."

Ha, still an old acquaintance?
Looking at Li Ding'an, Zheng Wanjiu was extremely arrogant and said: "50, if it sells, I will sell it. If it doesn't sell, I will look at the next one!"

"Hiss...the boss is really embarrassing...well then..."

"Boss, look at this one again, a jade carving camel from the Tang Dynasty... the minimum price is 100 million!"

"Too expensive!"

"It's really not expensive. Christie's only auctioned one last year for 120 million..."

"There were so many jade camels in the Tang Dynasty?"

"What do you mean, it's just a camel, not a dragon. It can only be worn by the emperor? Besides, there is an appraisal certificate..."

"60 million!"

"Mr. Zheng is really good at bargaining... Okay, 60..."

"Look at this again. There are 200 million gilt-bronze Manjusri Bodhisattva statues from the Mala Dynasty in the [-]th century...the most expensive ones are hundreds of millions..."

"There's no way to bargain on this price, it's really so low..."

"Oh, well, 160 million, I'll cover it for you too... Don't worry, I have a certificate of appraisal..."

Every time he bought one, Zheng Wanjiu would ask if there was an appraisal certificate, but every one of them had it.He also looks like a nouveau riche who has a little knowledge, but is extremely confident, yet has to bargain for everything, and is extremely quick to make moves.

After doing the math, as of the gilt-bronze Buddha statues, Mr. Zheng had bought ten pieces in total, with a total price of just over 500 million.

It's enough. I haven't met such a customer for three years, but if I did, I would eat more than three years ago.

After thinking about it, the manager diligently took the two people to the first floor, and then packed and boxed them in front of them, and then issued invoices.

If you want to ask what the name of the item for sale is, of course it is a gift. Even if the seller writes antiques to you, the court will not recognize it.

Of course, Li Ding'an was not prepared to file a lawsuit, but this link was necessary.

After the things were packed, a car was sent, and the two of them were even sent out of the door. The manager seemed to remember: "I would like to ask, if you two sold so many antiques at one time, is it really a personal collection?"

Have you just woken up?
Zheng Wanjiu's attitude was still arrogant: "You want to sell things with someone who checks your household registration?"

"No, just ask, boss, don't be angry!"

"Can't you offset your account and tax?" Zheng Wanjiu replied angrily.

The manager nodded secretly: No wonder everything requires an appraisal certificate, and only items worth tens of thousands to less than 100 million are selected?
But this guy was quite kind and at least willing to pay back the money.It’s not like we’ve never seen this kind of nouveau riche working in engineering or real estate come to the store. When they come in, they ask which one is the cheapest and can issue more invoices, and they also give them appraisal certificates.

In other words, they only select fake products to deduct taxes and accounts... Of course, the quality of what I just picked is not much better...

The manager sneered secretly, and hooked his waist again: "Of course...you two go slowly!"

There are times when you can’t laugh...

Zheng Wanjiu snorted coldly, and got into the back seat with Li Dingan.

Glancing at the driver, Zheng Wanjiu winked again: "Will you go to the Forbidden City later?"

Li Ding'an thought for a while: "It's still early, let's go somewhere else first, and then go to the Forbidden City in the afternoon... Do you know all the places?"

"Know!"

He has made special guides, such as "Shengjing Collection", "Goryeo Treasure Hunt", "Changbai Mountain Culture and Art"... Anything that stirs up trouble and rhythm, or even uses obscene words and personal attacks, Zheng Wanjiu has written down all in his notebook, and which street it is on. , he checked everything clearly.

"I just don't know if I can make it in time. Can't we go to the Forbidden City tomorrow?"

"It should be fine if you hurry up... The Forbidden City will probably take less than an hour!"

"So fast?"

"Why not?"

The Forbidden City is not an antique shop, you can only look at... no, it should only be photographed secretly, but not sold, of course it will be faster.

After sending the things back to the hotel, the two went to several other hotels first, back and forth, four times.

Even though they were all packed in boxes, they still filled a room.There was no other way, so Li Dingan had no choice but to open another room.

By the time we arrived at the Forbidden City, it was already 04:30.

Fortunately, it closes at six o'clock.

It is indeed as Li Ding'an said, it is very fast, almost an hour before and after.

After coming out, Li Ding'an stood in front of the vermilion palace gate. He was silent for a long time, and then breathed out a long breath: "Old Zheng, it's not too late to regret!"

"Regret, it's impossible!"

Zheng Wanjiu was gearing up, as if every pore in his body was smiling, "Teacher Li, don't worry, I'm not like you, insisting on joining the cultural and art world?"

The truth is indeed like this, but after this time, Zheng Wanjiu will never want to participate in any official activities in the future.

Of course, there are gains and losses. If we really want to set up the banner of "No. 1 Antique Counterfeiting", the benefits are obvious.

Just like Jifei from Henhuo Technology, and Mounan who specializes in dzi beads, they crack down on counterfeiting first and then bring in goods, and they still make a lot of money...

(End of this chapter)