Jianbao life

Chapter 448 Morning Market (Continued)

"and many more!"

Just as Chu Chen sighed secretly, he suddenly thought of a problem. The missing fragments were all relatively small, which means that the value of these fragments may not be worth a thousand yuan, but his Baojue set The most important thing is that it will be sensed if it is more than a thousand yuan, so the remaining pieces must not be sensed.

In this way, there is hope that these fragments are also in this pile of porcelain.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen quickly reset Baojue, and then felt the booth. In the blink of an eye, five or sixty yuan worth of porcelain tiles worth more than one hundred yuan appeared in his mind, but there were so many tiles. , and he was not sure that the few missing tiles must be inside.

Fortunately, the reality did not disappoint Chu Chen. Following the surprises again and again, he soon found out the few remaining tiles one by one.

Next, Chu Chen picked out a total of five or sixty pieces of porcelain, including large and small, and except for the 60 pieces of porcelain from the Chenghua Palace bowl, the others were all blue-and-white porcelain from the late Ming Dynasty, and the blue-and-white hair At first glance, the colors are somewhat similar, and they can confuse the eyes when they are put together.

Afterwards, Chu Chen raised his head and asked, "Boss, how much are these tiles?"
The stall owner counted them first, and there were 59 tiles in total. While the stall owner was counting, Chu Chen was quite nervous, for fear that the stall owner would find out something.

Fortunately, the bottom of the Chenghua palace bowl was smashed into three pieces, and the blue and white porcelain was mixed up. In the end, the stall owner sat back after counting. He probably didn't find any problems. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After counting the tiles, the stall owner hesitated for a while, then said with a smile on his face: "Boss, you have a good eye. Taller."

Speaking of which, the stall owner took out one of the tiles, which was relatively large and had a fairly rich blue and white pattern, and said:

"Look, I wouldn't sell a piece of porcelain like this without 80 yuan, and you have a lot of big ones here, but seeing that the boss is taking so much at once, I'll count a little less and make up for it. An integer, 30 yuan will do!"

Don't think that the 30 yuan is really 30 yuan. In the jargon of antiques, one yuan is called a cent, ten yuan is called a dime, and a hundred yuan is only called one yuan, so the 30 yuan refers to 3000 yuan. Some uninformed enthusiasts wait until the price is negotiated to understand, which often leads to disputes.

Chu Chen was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, thinking when did the price of ceramic tiles become so high?
You must know that it is not yet 2002, and there are not many people collecting and playing with porcelain pieces in this year, and few people know about the famous "Pianerbai".

When the market demand is not strong, the price of ceramic tiles is obviously not much higher. Ordinary tiles are only [-] cents, and only the very precious tiles can have a price of more than [-] yuan.

Let’s just talk about the piece of porcelain just now. Although it is very big and has rich blue and white patterns, it is just a piece of folk kiln in the late Ming Dynasty, and the body is rough and the glaze is rough. Let's say it's eighty, no one will buy it even if it's thirty.

Of course, when it comes to the 21 porcelain pieces of the Chenghua Palace bowl, it would be a mistake to buy them for [-] yuan, but if he just agreed to it, then he would be a stick.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen pretended to be displeased and said, "Boss, your price is too outrageous. I have never heard of such a high price for porcelain tiles!"

"Boss, I can't do anything about it!" The stall owner called Qu and said, "You see that you have selected all the high-quality goods. You have picked out all these high-quality goods, so how can I sell the rest? Yes, how about you let me earn some money?"

"But your price is too expensive. A piece of porcelain is in my early fifties. I can't afford it!"

Speaking of this, Chu Chen frowned and hesitated for a while, and then seemed to be a little bit reluctant to pick out all the pieces of porcelain that were about the same size as the piece of porcelain from the late Ming Dynasty just now, leaving some medium or small pieces of porcelain and then said: "Boss, you see that I picked out all the high-quality ones, and the others should be cheaper, right?"

"Uh……"

The stall owner opened his mouth, and really didn't know what to say, but who told him that it would be difficult to sell the high-quality products if they were gone. Now that these so-called high-quality goods have been returned to him, then the reason he just said It doesn't work anymore.

Could it be that the young man in front of him is still an expert?

The stall owner looked at Chu Chen and couldn't help guessing. Chu Chen was not very old, and with the improvement of boxing skills and supernatural powers, he now looked like a young man who was not yet 20 years old. With this appearance, it's no wonder that the stall owner took him for a fool.

Thinking of this, the stall owner said directly: "Boss, you can take these tiles back. You see, I am also a small business. An expert like you can't afford to argue with a small character like us. Please open a real business." Price, okay?"

Chu Chen didn't say much, and smiled slightly: "Boss, what's the situation in the tile market, I don't need to say more after thinking about it? These tiles are divided into two pieces, how about it?"

Hearing the price offered by Chu Chen, the stall owner immediately affirmed that Chu Chen was an expert, which made him mutter to himself, what a pity!However, since he is an expert, even though he can't kill them ruthlessly, the price is easier to negotiate than those who don't know how to do it, so he said:
"Boss, two pieces of one piece are really too few. Look at this piece of porcelain. Although it is from the late Ming Dynasty, whether it is glaze, hair color or painting, it is at the top level at that time. No matter what you do with a piece of porcelain like this Ask anywhere, one corner is the least.”

Chu Chen shrugged his shoulders: "I admit that you are right, but there are not many tiles like this. There are good and bad tiles, and two cents are about the same."

"It's three yuan in total. It can't be lowered. Originally, the porcelain business doesn't make much money. If it's lower, I'll lose money." The stall owner shook his head again and again.

"Two yuan!" Chu Chen continued to counter-offer: "Each tile is more than three cents, which is not bad. If you look at other places, there are ordinary tiles, which one is not five cents a cent."

The boss smiled wryly: "The boss also asks you to be a master, and add a little more. How about it, two yuan and eight, and you can choose another three yuan. If it is lower, I really can't continue this business."

Chu Chen pondered for a while and said, "Okay, boss, your stuff is pretty good, so I'll choose another three yuan!"

In fact, it doesn't matter whether he chooses or not, but the play must be well acted, otherwise it will be easy to pass through.

Next, Chu Chen lowered his head and chose three more good-looking tiles, and said, "Boss, are these tiles okay?"

"Okay!" The boss took a casual look and didn't think that Chu Chen had chosen anything good, so he nodded and agreed.

After paying the money, Chu Chen asked the stall how many newspapers to wrap the things in, and then asked for another bag to pack them, and left.

Getting what he wanted as he wished, Chu Chen originally wanted to go back immediately, but he couldn't deal with these porcelain pieces, and he didn't come here often, so he planned to take a stroll here.

But then he went shopping until the sun was up, but Chu Chen didn't see anything he liked, which made him somewhat depressed.

Seeing that the hawkers were starting to close their stalls, Chu Chen turned his head and saw a small stall selling old books by accident. Among the porcelain stalls, this bookstall looked like a little red among the green bushes. It was so eye-catching, which immediately aroused his interest, so he walked forward and started to look through it.

The stall owner was already ready to close the stall, but even though Chu Chen didn't seem like a customer who would make a sale, he still said politely, "Boss, just take a look. In addition to Ming and Qing editions, there are also Song editions, let me know what you like."

When Chu Chen heard that there was a Song edition, he quickly asked, "Boss, do you still have a Song edition? Can you let me appreciate it?"

Seeing that Chu Chen was very interested, the boss quickly took out a book with tattered surface, yellowed and moldy paper from a box next to it, and placed it in front of Chu Chen.

Seeing the dilapidated appearance of this book, Chu Chen was speechless immediately: "Boss, this is what you said about the Song engraved book. If I buy it back, how do you ask me to store it? I don't think it will take a few years. Is this book useless?"

The stall owner waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, think about it, as early as the Ming Dynasty, Song block editions, especially rare books, were already worth a thousand dollars, and now it's even more difficult to find a Song block edition. I managed to get this Song edition, how can anyone who sells ancient books have such a book?"

"Besides, the technology is so advanced now, you can buy it and send it to the relevant organization for processing! And if you like it, the price is also negotiable!"

For the stall owner's statement, Chu Chen really thinks it is reasonable. Books engraved in the Ming and Qing Dynasties before the Five Dynasties, including some re-engraved Song edition books, because some official engravings and workshop engravings, out of different interests, may add to the original. Or deleted, so that there are many errors and corruptions in these books.

However, there is no such problem in the Song engraved editions. Therefore, many scholars use the original Song engraved editions to correct the corruption of ancient books engraved since the Ming and Qing Dynasties and restore the true appearance of ancient books.However, there are no more than [-] kinds of printed editions from the Song Dynasty that have been handed down to this day, and most of them are remnants and copies, especially the Shu editions, which are even rarer than the Zhejiang editions and Jian editions.

Therefore, the value of a Song edition, even if it is incomplete, is invaluable as long as it records precious content.Just like the book in front of me, although the surface is already very tattered, if it is a rare or unique copy, then Chu Chen will buy it.

(End of this chapter)