PS: Sorry for being a little late for this chapter!

Since there is a good show to watch, everyone is also happy to watch from the wall, watching the confrontation between the two with great interest.

Meng Zitao knew the true price of this thing, so he was not afraid of Xue Wenguang following the quotation at all, and just said calmly: "Ninety thousand two!"

"100,000!" But what Meng Zitao didn't expect was that Xue Wenguang's price increase was so violent, and he jumped directly to 100,000.

Meng Zitao looked over with some confusion, and found that Xue Wenguang was still the appearance of an old god, and Zhu Dachang next to him actually glanced at him with a smile.

This made Meng Zitao realize that something was not good, it seemed that Xue Wenguang had the support of Zhu Dachang, so the price was a little regardless of the cost. The reason why this is the case, he guessed that he must have been influenced by Zhang Jingqiang, otherwise Zhu Dachang had no grudge against him, and there was no reason to help Xue Wenguang deal with him.

"It's really unlucky, if it's something else, give up and give up, and now I can only follow, but I want to see how much support you Xue Wenguang can get!"

Meng Zitao was secretly ruthless in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "One hundred and five thousand!"

"One hundred thousand!"

"One hundred and twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and thirty thousand!"

At the beginning, everyone was just in the mentality of watching a good show, but as the smell of gunpowder between the two became stronger and stronger, they felt that they were fighting a little too much.

In their eyes, this pen holder is only about 100,000 if it dies, and no matter how high it is, there is no need to be high. Now, for the sake of vindictiveness, the two of them have increased to 130,000 not to mention, depending on the situation, they will continue to add it, which is simply a joke with money, which makes some people feel quite unhappy.

On the other side, Xue Wenguang's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, and his heart is even more happy, this kid is so young, he thinks that he doesn't know how thick the sky is after picking up a few leaks, and he has to teach him a lesson today!

"Thirty-five thousand!"

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Meng Zitao glared at Xue Wenguang fiercely, his expression seemed to have lost his rationality, and he didn't even pay attention to Cheng Qiheng's reminder.

"One hundred and sixty thousand!" Xue Wenguang also blew his beard and glared, as if he was going to eat Meng Zitao raw.

"170,000!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand!"

"200,000!" Meng Zitao suddenly shouted, and the price was directly increased by 20,000. This scared everyone, this young man is going crazy!

Xue Wenguang subconsciously wanted to speak, but was kicked by Zhu Dachang and signaled Xue Wenguang to accept it when he saw it.

Xue Wenguang also reacted, whether Meng Zitao's shouting was deliberate, so that he could not react and keep up, but he didn't follow at that time, so he had to jump into this pit by himself.

Thinking of this, Xue Wenguang was frightened into a cold sweat, and said in his heart, this kid is really cunning enough, if it weren't for Zhu Dachang by his side, he would probably suffer a big loss this time. But now......

Xue Wenguang glanced back at Meng Zitao, his eyes were full of banter.

Meng Zitao ignored him, and waited until the auctioneer announced the sale, and then he chuckled and said to Cheng Qiheng: "Brother Cheng, I'll talk about this later, let me use the money first!"

Although Cheng Qiheng had made a bid before, it was not sold, and now it is just enough.

Cheng Qiheng saw Meng Zitao's expression, smiled and shook his head: "I don't know what you guys think, you have to give me a reasonable explanation later!"

"Of course!" Meng Zitao smiled, and took the money to get the pen holder back.

Next, the waiter brought up another lot, which was the finale of the first half, a pair of painted pottery pigs from the Han Dynasty, and most of the paintings have not fallen off, which is very rare in the market.

In the end, after some competition among everyone, the transaction was sold at a price of 1.29 million.

Since there is still the second half of the auction, the organizer has prepared a boxed lunch for everyone, the dishes are good, the taste is also quite delicious, and Meng Zitao eats with relish.

Cheng Qiheng said with a smile: "I said that you guys are still in the mood to eat so happily?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "I bought the baby, what do you say is unhappy?"

"This little brother, can I appreciate your baby?"

As soon as Meng Zitao's words fell, a sentence was inserted from the side, and everyone looked up to see that it was an old man in his fifties, wearing a cloth shirt, and from the temperament he exuded, he knew that he was a person in the antique industry.

"Hello Yu Lao!"

Meng Zitao and the others hurriedly stood up and politely greeted the old man.

The old man's name is Yu Zhiguo, a well-known collector in the antique industry of Lingshi, an expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal, he has a high attainment in the field of calligraphy and painting appraisal, and is very famous in the country.

Yu Zhiguo waved his hand to ask everyone not to be so polite, and then looked at Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao hurriedly took out the pen holder from the gift box prepared by the organizer, put it on the table in front of him, and invited Yu Zhiguo to watch.

Yu Zhiguo solemnly put on his gloves, picked up the pen holder and observed it carefully, and after more than ten minutes, he shook his head with some regret: "It's a pity!

Cheng Qiheng hurriedly asked, "Old Yu, is there something wrong with this thing?"

Yu Zhiguo smiled: "How can there be a problem with such a baby, I am sorry that I don't have enough money today, so I can only miss the baby." ”

Yu Zhiguo's words and deeds just now have already attracted everyone's attention, and now when he says this, there was an uproar at the scene.

Shopkeeper Xia, who had participated in the competition before, was stunned for a moment, then walked over quickly, saluted Yu Zhiguo, and said, "Old Yu, can you explain the mystery of this pen holder?"

Yu Zhiguo smiled: "This kind of thing, of course, let the owner of the baby explain it." ”

After speaking, he gave Meng Zitao an encouraging look.

Meng Zitao is very grateful to Zhiguo in his heart, although this is a bit too showy, but it is very necessary to make a name for himself in the antique world and show some limelight, not to mention a semi-novice like him. And it's also very helpful for him to make connections.

So, Meng Zitao cleared his throat and said, "Then I will say a few words, if there is anything wrong, please correct it." ”

"Hypocrisy!" Xue Wenguang scolded secretly: "However, how can this thing be a treasure? Old man Yu must have seen it wrong, it must be like this!"

I heard Meng Zitao say: "I believe everyone should be familiar with themes such as bachelor's spring pictures, right?"

Some people around nodded, some were not very clear, and asked the insider, only to know that this kind of theme was taken from some paintings with the theme of You Chun Tu, which were very popular from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty. The representative works are well-known for everyone, such as Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Tour" in the Sui Dynasty, and "The Lady of Tang Yuguo's Spring Tour" by Huizong of the Song Dynasty in the Five Dynasties.

Then, Meng Zitao briefly described the pattern on the pen holder to everyone.

The pen holder is highly embossed with five bachelors in spring, far, near, high and low, and the layers are clear. The five bachelors were all dressed in Tang costumes, wearing scarves on their heads, and rode horses to the spring.

Some of them are whipping up, some are looking back, and some are leading horses across the bridge, and they are so uncomfortable. They were followed by two children, one carrying an umbrella on his shoulder, the other carrying a bag and a wrapped piano.

Behind them are craggy cliffs, abrupt boulders, evergreen pines and cypresses, upside-down vines, dead branches in early spring, flowing auspicious clouds and splashing streams.

Meng Zitao finished the introduction and continued: "In terms of engraving, the face of the pen holder, the proportion of the horse, the carving of the pine needles, the shape of the cloud head, etc., are all typical characteristics of the Ming Dynasty carving process, which can be used as one of the standard vessels of this era, and there are some unearthed artifacts as evidence. ”

For example, a bamboo incense tube made of Zhu Ying, unearthed in Shanghai in 1966, was buried in the ninth year of Wanli, and there are many similarities with this cylinder in the details of the carving. ”

When Meng Zitao said this, some people retorted: "We know that in carving, it is not uncommon for the Qing Dynasty to imitate the Ming Dynasty, how can we determine that it must be from the Ming Dynasty?"

"Of course, it's more than that. ”

Meng Zitao pointed to the pen holder and said: "Everyone, please see, this cylinder is in the shape of a 'V' shape, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Its base is exquisitely worked, up the steps, tied down to three legs, and the cylinder wall is dug whole, that is, the so-called 'one wood seat' practice is one of the practices, rather than like most Ming Dynasty pen holders, respectively, after being inserted into one. ”

"The bottom is also a large bottom, with a single piece of wood embedded in the base. The inner cylinder is made by hollowing out method, which is different from the spinning method used later, although it has been polished, the traces of vertical stubble left by the tool can still be seen. The wall is thin and the mouth is flat, which is different from the later wall thickness and excavation, and this method has been in the late Ming Dynasty. ”

In addition, the outer edge of the mouth of the pen holder has a flat wide edge, which is different from the thin line common in the early Qing Dynasty. In short, the overall practice of this cylinder is typical of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, I remember that there was a foreign magazine that had a cast copper pen holder made in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with dragon and phoenix patterns on it, which can corroborate each other with this pen holder in terms of shape and age......"

Next, Mencius talked eloquently, narrated all the details of the pen holder, compared and gave examples one by one, and finally concluded: "To sum up, I think this pen holder should be an out-and-out work of the Jiajing period. ”

The scene was silent for a while, and immediately burst into warm applause, praising Meng Zitao's wonderful explanation.

Ding Zhiguo nodded, and said in his heart: "At such an age, he actually explained so well, and it was clearly organized, it is really terrifying!"

When the applause fell, the shopkeeper asked a little depressedly: "Old Ding, I don't know how much this pen holder is worth?"

Ding Zhiguo pondered for a moment: "Conservative estimate, it should be around 900,000, after all, its material is a little worse, if it is huanghuali or red sandalwood, it must be a hundred and hundreds of thousands." ”

Knowing the price, everyone was very envious of Meng Zitao, but although everyone was envious, there were few who were jealous, and based on Meng Zitao's previous explanation, everyone felt that this was also what Meng Zitao deserved.