"The reason why I chose Yuanming blue and white is also because the local people generally liked this kind of porcelain at that time, and there were not many things in Tianminlou. Up to now, 27 years have passed, we have added a lot of things, when there were only four pieces of Yuan blue and white, only one piece of Yongle sweet white glaze, there is no paragraph, now we have more than ten pieces of Yongle sweet white, three of which have "Yongle year" seal book paragraphs. ”

Speaking of this, Ge Shiqiao sighed and said helplessly: "I will accept it now, I will buy it more or less every year, and I will go to every auction, but basically I will check and fill in the gaps." Because Tianmin Building only buys and does not sell, and its financial resources are limited, it cannot be compared with those rich people who can easily contribute hundreds of millions. ”

"There are still a lot of things missing, like some things that I didn't realize that this period was so important before, and now they are slowly being replenished. ”

Su Yuan nodded, carefully picked up a piece of blue and white flowers, Ming Chenghua blue and white inner and outer entwined flower pattern palace bowl, various crafts flashed in his mind, and he said obsessively: "There are patterns inside and outside, and those pieces in the Forbidden City are not so wonderful!"

Ge Shiqiao laughed and said: "I filmed one a few years ago, and it cost more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, we bought this early, it's not that expensive, but it's not cheap either. ”

"This bowl is much finer than the average one, and patterns like this are not uncommon, but many of the others are painted directly flat, and the leaves and flowers have a white edge. ”

"There are very few things like this in the world, let alone one so delicate and complete that it is considered to be one of the more important ones we have here. ”

Then he took out another one, Su Yuan's eyes lit up, Yongle blue and white sixteen bowls, the old man said confidently: "Yongle sixteen bowls, this one may be the best of all blue and white porcelain, after all, painting figures and flower patterns are completely different things." ”

"Sixteen children play games, from the Song Dynasty, but most of them are one or two. There are sixteen children doing various games, in the past, it was said that it was only after Xuande, but in fact, Yongle has it, but it is rare, and this one is the earliest in Yongle. It is said that this one is also available in the National Palace in Taipei, but there is really no other place. ”

"It's not impossible for something good to pop up right now, but you have to be careful to verify it. For example, in the 1930s or earlier, it was exhibited at some important exhibitions, or it was already recorded in a certain book, and there is nothing to say. Like us, the sixteen sons of Yongle, are found in several books. ”

"There is another situation, although it has never appeared, but its circulation experience is relatively reliable, for example, some French ancestors have participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance and visited the Forbidden City, so you can believe what he took out. ”

"Some are completely made up, and the stories are very vivid, but they don't stand up to scrutiny. It has to be carefully verified, and it has to be true to believe it, even if it is written in a book. Nowadays, there are also people who do things with books, so you have to be very careful. ”

"People who see things they like and buy them to play with themselves used to be called players, and those who buy and sell them are called connoisseurs. There is a clear distinction between connoisseurs and players, and connoisseurs think, after I buy this thing, how much can I sell it?"

"Players can just like whatever they want to be fun. Now there is another kind of speculator, who is more powerful than connoisseurs, and they are all local tyrants. In the past, I speculated in stocks and real estate, but now I want to speculate in antiques. ”

"For a true collector, there are only two possibilities for selling something: one is that the business fails and has to sell, and there are many examples of this. Then the person you like is gone, and there is no one to take over below, and the descendants have to divide the family, and it is most convenient to turn it into money. ”

"These things are all selected from what you like, and you can't give up all of them, so unless you die, you will definitely be reluctant!"

The old man took a sip of tea and continued: "Now I can't afford many good things, and my attitude is: it's okay to appreciate it if you can't afford it. ”

"Now whenever there is an auction, I will go, no matter what it is, the good things must be read. Like a chicken bowl cup, I have seen it several times. Every time I come out, I see it and know it well. ”

"To be honest, there are only so many important things, basically all of them have come out, if something suddenly pops up that you have never seen before, you have to be careful about whether it is true or not. ”

Su Yuan listened very carefully, the old collector is still experienced, if he really wants to do it in the future, he must be cautious.

"In the past, I basically bought it at Sotheby's and Christie's, and the auction could still guarantee the authenticity at that time. When we go to buy, we don't need to look at the authenticity, what we care about is whether there are defects, where there is glaze leakage, adhesion, and punching. ”

"But now the direction of these shoots has begun to change, and I am not afraid of mistakes, but I am afraid of fake things. Compared to the past, it is completely different. ”

"The mainland auction market is even deeper, and we generally don't dare to buy anything, because if we don't get it right, we will capsize in the gutter, and there is no way. ”

The old man began to discuss the details with Su Yuan, and soon he was in full swing and was conquered by Su Yuan's level. In fact, identification is a feeling, for example, Kangxi's things, it gives you a particularly heavy feeling, because the structure is very tight and strong.

If it's flirtatious to pick up, it's doubtful. The same is true for the sound of porcelain, the sound is crisp and sharp when the temperature is high, and the sound is a little deeper when the temperature is low.

The reason why Geng Baochang can judge when he picks it up is because he has seen too much, and he doesn't need to look at the details at all.

"In 1984, Jingdezhen had just dug up the Chenghua formation, and because I was afraid of theft, I buried it again after digging. I took the train to Jingdezhen and asked someone to pick up the soil the day before I arrived. At that time, Mr. Liu Xinyuan took me to see that one wall was the same, with a layer of porcelain tiles, which was very clear. He gave me a shovel, digging a piece is Chenghua, digging a piece is Chenghua. ”

"I bought a blue and white pomegranate bottle from the Hongwu era the year before last, which is very large and a heavy weapon. In the 1980s, a Singaporean gentleman surnamed Xie bought it from Paris, and it sat in the Christie's showroom for a while, but it didn't catch my attention. ”

"Because I thought about it, most of the top of it was cut off and a fake inlay was made, and I didn't even look at it during the auction preview. When I had dinner before the auction, the Christie's people told me that most of the heads of the big jar were actually there, but a small piece was added. ”

"After eating, I quickly ran to see it, and it was true. Later, I bought it at a price lower than the reserve price, and the price was very good. Tianmin Building is buying this kind of now, it is more valuable, museum-level, and the price is acceptable to us, so we should buy it. ”

"In the past few years, speculators were keen on bells and whistles like Qianlong's turnaround vase, and we didn't look down on it at all. In the past, these were not worth much, and a Yongle plate could buy a pair of turnaround bottles, but now they are fried too high. ”

"Originally, my dream was to donate to a certain school as a teaching material and to train specialists, as was the case with the David Foundation. But now it seems that the school is also chaotic, and I can't get used to some schools, not to mention the high tuition fees, it is completely confusing the certificate. ”

"After I got the certificate, I signed it indiscriminately. The people who have been cultivated are doing bad things, and if they give the school these things, it will become his deceptive capital. ”

"It's best to have someone from the family take over, but it's not easy to find someone like me, and it's a chore to keep this place, and I don't dare to stay too long when I go out to travel, and I have to check it carefully every day. ”

"The reason why my father dared to hand over Tianmin Tower to me may be because when I was compiling the book, he saw that I was interested in this thing and could get into it, otherwise he might have donated it. ”

"I think the same way now, if the next generation really can't find a successor, then donate it!"