Baojian

Chapter 49

To say that Xie Xuan is really a professional, after hearing Qin Feng's explanation, his mind became active.

Although Xie Xuan didn't talk much when he followed Qin Feng, but when Qin Feng was negotiating with the shop owners, Xie Xuan would occasionally interject a sentence, which could still be on point.

"Brother Feng, I really didn't see it. There are quite a lot of ways here."

As the saying goes, experts watch the doorway, and laymen watch the fun. With Qin Feng leading the introduction, Xie Xuan also figured out a little taste, and no longer feel that visiting antique shops is a hard job.

"The knowledge is still deep."

Qin Feng laughed when he heard the words. In fact, during his wanderings this morning, why wasn't he turning the theory in his mind into practice?When learning these things, he didn't have the same conditions as now.

"By the way, Brother Feng, what exactly do you want to buy?"

Seeing that Qin Feng seemed to be in a good mood, Xie Xuan boldly asked a question. After shopping for a long time, Qin Feng only spent 50 yuan, but he spent a lot of effort on his words.

"Let's go shopping first and get familiar with the market!"

Qin Feng smiled and said: "Although Shishi City is good, but it is located in the hinterland of North China, and it relies on Beijing and Tianjin. It does not have a certain foundation and it is difficult to develop. Let's earn some capital and leave here!"

"Success, Brother Feng, I'll listen to you."

Xie Xuan nodded. If his parents heard this, they would be so angry that they would not leave even if they begged Qin Feng to follow him.

For the whole day, Qin Feng hung out on Baifo Street, but he didn't buy a single thing except for the few hanging ornaments.

In the evening, the three brothers ate a bowl of ramen on the side of the road. After Qin Feng passed by the vegetable market, he rubbed some lard at the pork stall, and the three of them returned to Xie Xuan's house with "bare walls".

"Brother Feng, what are you doing?"

Li Tianyuan and Xie Xuan's eyes widened when they saw Qin Feng put lard oil on the so-called "Xiaoye Tan" bracelet. The two brothers had heard of oiling leather shoes, but neither of them had seen oiling on wooden shoes. The beads are anointed with oil.

"Make some paste for it." Qin Feng said in his mouth, and stretched out his hand to wipe the ground. After his palm was covered with dust, he put the bracelet between his palms and rubbed it vigorously.

After about 5 minutes, Qin Feng stopped his hands, wrapped the bracelet with a rag, and rubbed it vigorously. This process lasted for more than an hour.

"This bracelet seems to be a little different!"

Li Tianyuan had grown impatient for a long time. He pulled the quilt and fell asleep, while Xie Xuan stayed by his side. When the rag was opened, his eyes lit up.

The original color of the bracelet was somewhat dull, but now the luster has become very transparent. Under the light of the bracelet, the texture of the wood seems to come alive, very beautiful.

Moreover, on the surface of the bracelet, it seems to be covered with a thick layer of slurry, the color is beautiful and unassuming, showing a charming charm.

"Xiao Pang, you have to remember, this is called patina!"

Qin Feng glanced at Xie Xuan, and said: "I don't have any materials at hand now, so I can tinker with it casually. The luster can last for three to five days at most, and I have to go to the street to buy some sandalwood to deal with it tomorrow!"

"Brother Feng, are you making something old?" Xie Xuan's expression was a little excited, and he asked: "If this thing is made old, it must be very valuable?"

The bronze wares that Xie Dazhi bought back then were all high imitations and old ones after being appraised by experts. Xie Xuan had often heard his father talk about it, so he was no stranger to this word.

"This? Old?"

Qin Feng laughed dumbfounded when he heard the words, threw the bracelet on the mattress casually, and said with a smile: "Xiao Pang, do you know what is old? How can this thing be called old? It's not worth me to be old... ..."

The so-called old-fashioned refers to the use of specific means to make the expression of utensils look like old objects, so that the surface is more like and closer to the imitated era.

Different from the restoration of cultural relics, the old-fashioned method is mostly used in deception of tourist souvenirs and cultural relics. To put it bluntly, it is counterfeiting.

However, there are different methods of counterfeiting. If the counterfeiting of the real high imitation and the restoration of the original vessel, the cost is very high, sometimes even higher than the value of the real thing.

Just like the three periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, due to the love of the three emperors for porcelain, the Palace Manufacturing Office once imitated a batch of porcelain from the Song and Ming dynasties, and the materials and craftsmanship were exactly the same as those of the previous dynasty. The porcelain is beautiful.

In fact, this can be regarded as counterfeiting, but the value of the manufactured objects at that time and later generations is not lower than the original ones, and some are even much higher.

This kind of falsification can only be done by the royal family, it is not popular, and it is not representative.

The most common method in the antique market is to use methods such as chemical etching, fire, boiling and heating, deep burial and soil immersion to make fake things real, and use them to confuse the real with the fake.

Qin Feng immediately put some lard on the bracelet, and then used a coarse cloth for a little bit, that is, it was a little bit old-fashioned, but his technique was secret and secret, and within three days, Even experts who are proficient in identification can hardly distinguish the authenticity from the fake.

"Brother Feng, what do you mean, let's sell this?" Xie Xuan said hesitantly, "This kind of thing is made of wood, and it's all over the street. Even if it's real, it's not worth much, right?"

"You're right, even the material of Xiaoyetan is worthless."

Qin Feng nodded, and said: "However, antiques are more expensive than "ancient". As long as they are old things, plus the so-called "inheritance" made up, it is not the price of the object itself... ..."

In the antique business, good or bad depends entirely on one's mouth.

There used to be a joke circulating in the antique shop, saying that there was an antique shop recruiting employees, and two people applied for the job at the same time. The shopkeeper threw the toothpick for picking teeth on the ground and asked the two of them, what is it?
It was obviously a toothpick, one of them quickly answered, it was a toothpick, but to his disappointment, the shopkeeper just waved his hand and let him go.

Just as he walked to the door, the person heard another person's answer, "This is the toothpick used by Lord Qianlong back then. It was preserved by the shopkeeper's ancestors. It is priceless!"

Needless to say, the result was that the last person was admitted on the spot.

It's just that the shopkeeper forgot that apart from the eunuch who was in charge of the emperor's daily life, no one in the palace could keep the toothpick, right?This also became a joke later.

"I understand. These are Buddhist beads, which can be said to be worn by the Buddha." Xie Xuan is not stupid. As soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, he drew inferences.

"Little Fatty, there are no fools in the antique shop. This thing is just a prop, and you can't cheat a lot of money with it."

Qin Feng shook his head with a smile. Although Xie Xuan has a bit of spirituality, it is far from enough. Anyone who plays with antiques is not so easy to be fooled.

Seeing that Xie Xuan still wanted to ask, Qin Feng waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't ask anything now, use your eyes more, use your brain to analyze more, and use your mouth less!"

As the saying goes, it is up to the master to lead the practice. Qin Feng has already said a lot. After this game is over, whether Xie Xuan can really get started depends on whether he has the understanding.

(End of this chapter)