The ivory carved floral folding fan that Meng Zitao took a fancy to should be made of more precious ivory materials and carefully carved. Using various techniques such as high relief and openwork, the process is complex and the image is dense and compact, and the layers are clear, which is relatively rare.

From the perspective of craftsmanship and other aspects, this ivory folding fan should be a work of the late Qing Dynasty, and Meng Zitao felt that if the price was right, he could also buy it and collect it.

"Boss, please make a price. Meng Zitao said.

The boss was a middle-aged man, and he didn't know whether he thought Meng Zitao was young or what, so he said with a smile: "Eighty thousand." ”

Meng Zitao frowned slightly, this price is a little different from his psychological price, as far as the current market situation is concerned, just this fan, let alone 80,000, even 8,000 is enough.

Just now, Meng Zitao thought that if this fan was only 5,000, then he could buy it, but now at this price, he didn't dare to agree, so he got up and left.

If you want to say, this ghost market is indeed asking for a sky-high price, and you will pay back the money on the spot, but the psychological price difference is too big, so forget it. If he really repaid the price, he would be caught by the stall owner, saying that you would find out about the market, and in the end you would have to buy it if you didn't buy it, and the people around him would not sympathize with you. At that time, even if you are justified, you will have nowhere to say, who called this a ghost market?

Next, Meng Zitao visited a few more stalls, and finally opened, spent a thousand yuan, and picked up a small leak of eight thousand yuan.

Walking around, Meng Zitao came to a stall specializing in selling cultural toys, the stall owner was a young man in his thirties, and Meng Zitao also had some impressions, because of his dark skin, everyone called him Heizi.

Kuroko is a shovel, and it seems that because his eyesight doesn't seem to be too high, he has bought a few more ordinary things at a high price, and he has also made people pick up a few big leaks, which makes people laugh for a while.

There is a way to eat a trench and rise a wisdom, after that, this person's eyesight began to rise, although there are still some small leaks from time to time, but compared to before, it is a world of difference.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man squatting on the stall of Heizi, Meng Zitao also knew, this person's name was Lu Wenwei, a senior collector in the antique industry of Lingshi, and he also liked to collect cultural toys, and I heard that the collection of cultural toys at home has been piled up in a room, and there are many treasures.

Speaking of which, Meng Zitao used to take Lu Wenwei as his role model, and for a while, he wanted to worship Lu Wenwei as a teacher, but once because of chance, he had contact with Lu Wenwei, and he knew that he was very arrogant, and his words were a little mean.

Although this person's nature is not bad, Mencius Tao has no habit of masochism, so he extinguished the thoughts in his heart.

At this time, Lu Wenwei was holding a pen holder in one hand and a flashlight in the other hand to observe carefully, and while watching, he was still muttering in his mouth, because his voice was low, and Meng Zitao couldn't hear what he was talking about.

It was not yet dawn, and coupled with the rules of antiques, although Meng Zitao was curious about what Lu Wenwei was holding, he didn't come forward to watch, nodded to Heizi, and looked at the other things on the stall.

After looking around, there are two good things, but they are both placed in eye-catching positions, from this point of view, Heizi should know their value, since this is the case, Meng Zitao did not ask much.

Seeing that Lu Wenwei hadn't decided where to leave the pen holder in his hand, and his expression seemed very entangled, Meng Zitao also cared more and more about the things in his hand, but because of the rules and Lu Wenwei's temper, he didn't want to ask more, so he looked at other things.

Although the things on the sunspot stall are mainly cultural toys, he is a shovel, and of course there are other miscellaneous things, and Meng Zitao also saw that there were more than a dozen jade square medals on the stall, red, green, white, black and yellow, and there were a lot of colors, so he didn't know what kind of jade it was.

But judging from the fact that Kuroko put them in an inconspicuous place in the stall, it shouldn't be a good jade.

Meng Zitao picked up a square seal casually, and at first glance it was an ordinary Xiuyu, and there was no word on the printing surface, so it was correct to say that it was an embryo. This kind of print embryo is good to take back and play casually, but it is still a long way from collecting.

returned the embryo and found that Lu Wenwei was still entangled, and Meng Zitao picked up a blank again, this time the material was jasper, and it didn't look good.

Used to kill some time a little, seeing that Lu Wenwei was still like that, Meng Zitao repeated the action just now. In this way, when he got the last embryo, Lu Wenwei finally stopped struggling, but returned the pen holder. Shaking his head and sighing, he got up and left.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao was ready to return the seal embryo in his hand, wanting to see what the pen holder that made Lu Wenwei entangled.

It's just that when he turned around and noticed the seal embryo in his hand, he was suddenly stunned in his heart, and he felt that his heartbeat had also accelerated a little.

I saw that this jade was pure, as smooth as fat, the color was sweet and pure, plus his own feel, if he guessed correctly, this was topaz at all.

may mention topaz, and everyone will think of huanglongyu, but comparing huanglongyu with topaz is really a bit insulting to it.

In fact, Huanglongyu is called yellow wax stone, a few years ago, it was only a few hundred yuan a truck, and the reason why it is so high today is completely artificially hyped.

And the real topaz is actually a kind of Khotanese jade, the color of topaz is original, it is a dignified yellow, a kind of tender yellow with a slight yellow-green hue.

The color is light and cannot be called topaz, and the color is green and is called "yellow mouth material" (yellow-green green jade), and the color is brown and the color is not correct. The production of pure color topaz is very small, and the value is not lower than that of mutton fat white jade. Topaz, a truly precious raw material of Hetian, is extremely rare, and many people rarely see it in their lifetime.

Meng Zitao didn't understand why there was such a high-end product hidden among the dozen or so seal embryos, and the sunspot hadn't discovered it yet.

As for why Mencius thought that Heizi didn't find it, the reason is simple, if Heizi recognized the value of topaz, how could he possibly put something worth millions here?

Although Meng Zitao couldn't wait to put the seal embryo in his hand into his bag, but after thinking about it, he still held back, put the seal embryo back, and picked up the pen holder that Lu Wenwei was tangled with just now.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao was stunned again, and couldn't help but slander: "What kind of luck did I take today, I found a topaz seal embryo, and someone actually sent money to me, am I not dreaming? Or is it because my eyesight is too poor and I see things wrong?"

Thinking of this, Mencius Tao looked at the pen holder carefully inside and out.

I saw that this pen holder is made of high-quality huanghuali, which is straight and cylindrical, and the surface is inlaid with flowers, fruits, trees and stones and other patterns with luodian, dyed teeth and other gemstones.

The composition of the pen holder is dense and compact, delicate and complete. In the picture, plum blossoms are in full bloom, butterflies are flying, red fruits are bright, and branches are hanging. It can be described as full of vitality and quite emotional. The other side of the pen holder is embedded with silver seal poems, and the tail is printed with the seal of "Mei Gong".

Since Meng Zitao is a collector of literary toys, he is still very clear about the more famous readers of various eras, and this "Mei Gong" should represent the Ming Dynasty writer and calligrapher, Chen Jiru.

Chen Ji Confucian poetry, calligraphy and painting, the style of calligraphy is loose and elegant, good at ink plum, landscape, painting plum albums are small, natural and casual, and the mood is sparse. His landscape paintings are mostly ink clouds and mountains, and the brush and ink are moist and loose, which is quite interesting.

Chen Jiru advocated literati painting, held the view of the north-south sect, attached importance to the cultivation of painters, agreed with the homology of calligraphy and painting, and wrote "Ni Gu Lu", "The Complete Works of Chen Meigong", and "The Story of the Small Window".

After this introduction, there may be friends who are not very clear about Chen Jiru's fame. In other words, Chen Jiru was as famous as Dong Qichang at that time, and from this, everyone must know his fame at that time.

Looking at it carefully, no matter what, Meng Zitao felt that this should be a genuine product, and he really couldn't understand why Lu Wenwei put this pen holder back.

Do you think this pen holder is too new? Do you think it's a ghost market, so you're too careful? Or do you simply think that if Kuroko had such a good thing, it would definitely not be sold on the black market?

A few more question marks rose in Meng Zitao's mind, but he immediately let go of these thoughts, and now for him, the most important thing is to take down the pen holder and the printing embryo.

Heizi's surname was Jiang, and Meng Zitao said, "Brother Jiang, please ask for a price." ”

Kuroko looked at it and said, "One hundred thousand!"

When Meng Zitao heard this price, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, because according to the market price, this pen holder is indeed worth 100,000, but if Heizi knew that this thing was genuine, he would definitely ask for a price, how could he give a price of 100,000?

Meng Zitao was sure in his heart, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, you are a little unkind like this, if it is true, how could Teacher Lu leave the pen holder just now?"

Kuroko smiled: "According to what you say, why do you want to buy this pen holder again?"

Meng Zitao smiled bitterly: "That's no way, who told me to be shy in my pocket, I can only pick up some things that Teacher Lu picked up." ”

Kuroko waved his hand: "Come on, do you think I haven't heard that you gambled on the rise of stones?"

Meng Zitao said: "Yes, I did have a big increase, but it was only 100,000 yuan, which was only enough for my father's treatment, how could I have the money to buy good things?

Kuroko said: "Then how much do you want? We are also acquaintances, if it is appropriate, I will give it to you." ”

Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "I think this tube is not bad, it's three thousand, what do you think?"

Heizi shook his head again and again and said: "This price is definitely not good, 100,000 you are still 3,000, and it is also a loss to the export you said, if you really plan to ask for it, even if you are 50,000!"