gifted collector

Chapter 1026 Warehouse style?
People who play antiques, when they are interested, they will naturally not wait any longer.Therefore, Fang Ming and Li Hua immediately got into the car and left. As for Annie, she naturally followed Fang Ming.

A hundred kilometers away is not too far away, and Li Hua knows the way, so he will arrive soon.

After getting out of the car, Fang Ming looked up and found that the place Li Hua mentioned was actually a bigger market. A "grocery store."

"Mr. Fang, this place used to be a waste treatment plant. That is to say, the old things in the whole city are collected here and then sorted. Old things will inevitably be reused, so, I don’t know since when, some people have picked out some usable things and put them on sale. As time goes by, the market here is getting bigger and bigger. In recent years, some people have seen the business opportunities here , so it invested in renovation and turned it into a place specializing in selling all kinds of second-hand goods.”

"Let's put it this way, you can find anything you can imagine here, such as daily necessities such as TV sets, or old cars. Of course, it is related to us. Yes, there are a lot of antiques or works of art, such as oil paintings. As for the porcelain street, I usually come here, there are a lot of old porcelain, I just go there to see if there is anything Good thing, the Jianzhan you saw just now, Mr. Fang, was the one I found here."

While walking in, Li Hua introduced the situation here to Fang Ming in a low voice.

"Oh, it seems that at the beginning, there were no antiques from our Huaxia here, right? They came out later?"

Now Fang Ming basically understood how this place came to be.As for having this idea, it is because this is not a domestic place after all. Under normal circumstances, such a place dedicated to selling all kinds of award-winning porcelain will not be formed. The most likely reason is that someone saw the business opportunities here——My heart Duhewei has its own way of doing business—that’s why it opened stores here, and gradually more and more stores were established, finally forming a pattern of "one street".

"Yes, that's right, it's true. I've lived here for many years, and I'm very familiar with the situation here. It's true that such a street has not been formed for too long."

Speaking of this, Li Hua paused for a moment, then smiled, and said: "In recent years, as our country has become stronger, everything in China has aroused the interest of foreigners, of course, including ours. Porcelain, to be honest, what research do most foreigners have on such profound things as porcelain? They will buy it just because it looks good, so in fact, there is a very market for handcrafted porcelain here, and those people will buy it back as Decoration. It is precisely because of this demand that such a place appears here. Of course, some foreigners are now masters, or they are not very interested in modern porcelain, and they also want to buy There are a few old things in my home, so there are a lot of old things here."

Fang Ming also showed a smile on his face. The so-called worn-out things are actually old-fashioned. Over a long period of time, Huaxia has already developed countless old-fashioned methods, and Qinghai said that it is now a high-tech In the era, there are many more methods, and at the same time, the deception is even greater. Not to mention those foreigners who know the superficial facts, even masters who have studied antiques for many years will often punch their eyes!
The place Li Hua is most familiar with here is of course the so-called Porcelain Street, so he directly

Take Fang Ming there.

The so-called "one street" is actually similar to Li Hua's shop before, which is about a hundred meters away. However, unlike traditional antique shops, this place is a warehouse.

On both sides of the street are four-story buildings, which are divided into large warehouses of several hundred square meters. When you walk in, you can find large shelves all over the floor, with a lot of porcelain on them. Some of them are as tall as a person, some are as small as a fist, and even more are piled directly on the ground.

Warehouse, this is a very typical warehouse, the only difference is that the goods are all kinds of porcelain.

"Ha! Mr. Fang, this is the first time you have come to such a place, right?"

Seeing the surprised expression on Fang Ming's face, Li Hua couldn't help being amused.

"Yes, it's really the first time I've come to such a place."

Fang Ming really came to such a place for the first time, "As you know, in the past 30 to [-] years, due to the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living standards, antiques have become extremely popular. The age of the so-called 'Golden Age Antiques' is already here. Therefore, anything related to antiques is very popular, not to mention porcelain."

Fang Ming pointed to the messy pile of porcelain on the ground in front of him, and continued: "These things, if they are in China, they are all very precious, and they are all placed on the stalls of antique shops, at least they are placed in small shops. On the floor, how could it be such a pile of endlessly crowded on the shelf or on the floor?"

Although Li Hua lives abroad, he is a member of the circle after all, so he still knows the domestic situation very well. He nodded immediately and said: "Yes, you are right, it is indeed the case, so In other words, in fact, there is still a certain amount of room for collecting in foreign countries, at least the chances of encountering good things are relatively high, but it depends on the vision.”

"Well, by the way, Boss Li, I have a question. How did so many porcelains here come from? Could it be from China?"

The large and small porcelain in front of me is roughly estimated to be two to three thousand pieces, and this is just one of the "warehouses". There must be ten or eight such warehouses here. Adding up, that is an incredible number. .With such a large amount of porcelain, Fang Ming was very curious about where it came from.

From China?
This possibility is not too great, because it will lead to a great increase in cost. After all, most of the porcelain here is of little value, belonging to modern, imitation, old and so on. It is indeed not an easy task to cross the ocean.

"I've inquired about this issue - I've talked to the boss here, and they basically collect it from all over the place."

"Oh? Collected from various places?"

Fang Ming showed a puzzled expression on his face, and said: "As far as I know, porcelain can be produced in China or only in the East. It's not that the West doesn't have it, but if there are many, it's not true. It’s possible, after all, it can be said to be our specialty.”

Nodding his head, Li Hua said: "That's right, it's true. However, this does not mean that there are no porcelains in the West. Of course, there are not many genuine local porcelains, and the quality cannot be compared with that in our country. So Most of the porcelain here comes from our country. There are three main sources. One is the porcelain that was brought to the West with the trade between the East and the West over a long period of time. You know, from hundreds of years Even for thousands of years, our country has traded with the West, and porcelain is one of the most important items; second, since ancient times, many people have emigrated overseas. Due to the needs of daily life or other reasons, they all brought a large amount of porcelain, and in this way, they gradually accumulated more and more; third, there is another reason, that is, war, a hundred years ago During the several wars, our country was greatly damaged, and many things were plundered, including antiques such as porcelain. Over the years, many of them have flowed out of the market. These things, under the collection of caring people, are naturally They were gathered together, so we have the porcelain we see now."

Fang Ming thought for a while, and realized that this was really the case.There are naturally a lot of porcelain or other antiques accumulated for thousands of years due to various reasons.Of course, more of them may not be of much value, after all, there are relatively few good things in this world. "

Among the three reasons mentioned by Li Hua, if we talk about high-quality goods, the main reason is that there are two lose-lose ones. One is the porcelain in the trade between the East and the West. Because such porcelain is to be "exported", the quality It is very good. The second one is the antiques that were plundered in those wars a hundred years ago.

"It seems that there may still be good things here."

Fang Ming looked at the porcelain in front of him, wondering if he could have such good luck.

"Well, yes, that's right. You can indeed find some good things. I found them here, including the one you saw. However, most of the things here are very ordinary. It depends on the individual's point of view."

Li Hua has come here many times, and he is very clear about everything here, so naturally he has the most right to speak.

This is actually not surprising at all. After all, there are thousands of pieces of porcelain here, and they are piled up in a mess. It is really not easy to find good ones.

"Looks like we have to hurry up."

Fang Ming laughed. For many people, finding good things among so many antiques is like finding a needle in a haystack. It is definitely very difficult, but for him, this is not a problem at all.

(End of this chapter)