Chapter 401: New Shops and Old Shops

It's not that Jia Yidao and Ah San will feel that they will definitely be able to find so-called good things in such a store.

Even if he is an expert in the antique shop, he doesn't dare to say that he can find something more valuable in a pile of "groceries" with little potential, right?

Therefore, there will be so few "leaks" in the antique industry, and once encountered, they will be recited by peers.

In the final analysis, whether it is "picking up leaks" or "eye-catching", it is all based on the appearance of "things".

As for a famous place like "Tzu Wan Zhai", unless you are going for relatively high-quality porcelain and are ready to spend a lot of money, then you can give it a try. But if you want to detect leaks, you have to go to the antique street stalls.

The same thing, if it appears on the stall, is still ignored by the antique vendors. Then, in a store like "Tzu Yun Zhai", this probability is undoubtedly even less.

However, even so, people like Jia Yidao and Ah San also wander around the store, and they will not let go of the stalls on the antique street. In comparison, there is another situation that will make the two even more happy. That's the "Cloud Pavilion" in front of you.

First of all, it is a shop, and the things displayed in it are naturally not comparable to the things on the stalls in ordinary antique streets. The fact that a shop, in any case, can be opened is enough to show that the financial resources of the owner of this shop are far better than those of antique street vendors. In this way, the principal of what it collects will be slightly higher.

Of course, this is not absolute. Moreover, in the antique industry, the so-called transaction costs are also incalculable. Spending a lot of money to buy worthless things, and only paying a small sum of three or five dollars, but finding some valuable things, such deeds abound, and there are countless such deeds. But in most cases, something with a higher price should always be better than a lower price, right?

The owner's sufficient funds will undoubtedly provide customers with more valuable things. If not, why is it that the things in the antique shops are more numerous and more systematic in terms of value and quantity than those in the antique stalls?

It's like "Tzu Yun Zhai", dealing in porcelain is dealing in porcelain, and there are absolutely no things such as jade in the store.

In the final analysis, this can be regarded as an intangible brand effect.

When it comes to brands, Jia Rudao once saw such a story, saying that someone took a fancy to a dress on Nanjing Road in Shanghai. The clothes are beautiful, whether it is the fabric or the brand, there is nothing to say. However, its price is also expensive to the point of 38,000. This is naturally not a problem for people with large sums of money, but for the average salaryman, it is undoubtedly a luxury to want to wear such clothes. can only mutter, "It's too expensive", and choose to let go. However, on the edge of Nanjing Road, there is a small commodity shop, in the location, it is not good to say good, after all, it is not a storefront on the street of Nanjing Road, you need to turn into an alley to see, say not good, but it is still next to the edge of Nanjing Road, a famous place, isn't it? And in this shop, there is also such a similar clothing, almost exactly the same as the one in the store, at least, the person who was still complaining about the price of the things in the store before could not see the difference between them. Looking at the price again, it was only about 2,000 yuan. Immediately, the man went back with one piece. When I put it on my body in the future, no matter who I met, when I saw someone, I said, "I bought this dress on Nanjing Road, it is worth 38,000, what, don't believe it?" Then you can go to Nanjing Road and see it for yourself......

Putting aside for the time being, whether everyone behaves like this, at least it can be seen that the influence of the brand on the vast majority of people.

Or the things in the specialty stores are indeed better than the things in the stalls, but is it really as big as the price of them indicated?

Jia Rudao would not think that such a lavishly decorated store as a specialty store, and such a beautiful salesperson recruited, would not cost money, or that the company that was simply the brand would pay for it itself. What everyone buys, I'm afraid, is also a kind of psychology.

It doesn't matter if you're wearing a brand-name costume or a brand, even if you bought it somewhere. In the eyes of others, it's all the same. Of course, the premise is that others do not see that your brand is a fake product. But surely you know it yourself?

The same is true for the acquisition of antiques!

When you get something from an antique stall, you always feel that the weight of the thing is not heavy enough, but once you get to the antique shop, you will feel that the thing itself looks more substantial, and you are more willing to believe that the thing is real, old, and valuable. This can be regarded as a kind of "brand" effect.

Secondly, a store like "Yunlai Pavilion", because it is newly opened, does not look as confident as a century-old store, when bargaining, people with the vision of Ah San and Jia Rudao can talk to the shopkeeper well, and they may be able to occupy a certain upper hand and push down the price. This is completely different from Boss Gong and others in "Ciyun Zhai".

Finally, and most importantly, the reason why Jia Yidao and Ah San like the newly opened antique shop is because of its supply!

Don't look at some old shops, there are a lot of things in them, and there are a lot of good things. However, the price is often very expensive. Even if there are some of them because the shopkeeper's eyesight is not enough, and the remaining things placed on the side of the public items have experienced the "Taoteng" of many connoisseurs. If you still want to pick up the leaks after the identification of your predecessors, it is too difficult.

Moreover, some of the supplies of the old stores are actually very stable. It's like selling porcelain, the porcelain in a store won't all be real antiques, right? There must be things like old, big road goods and fakes, and for the channels for these things to be purchased, the old stores are also very stable, and they will not be wanton with some antique vendors, almost what kind of place, what kind of things, as long as they look profitable, they will come in one go.

In other words, if you go to an old store today to see what the quality of the things inside is, you can't say it, if you go to see it after a year and a half, it will really be the same!

The newly opened stores are clearly different. No matter where it comes from, it's always one time. In these stores, if there is anything that can be picked up, it will also be because there are not many connoisseurs who come to "Taoteng", but people will have a greater chance to "pick up leaks".

As for eyesight, whether you can do it or not, whether you are not good enough to pick up this "leak", that is your own problem.

Jia Rudao and Ah Sanke didn't think that they would definitely be able to "find" good things here, but they were still full of expectations when they met a newly opened store, especially when the things inside were relatively miscellaneous.

Immediately, after the two entered the store, they didn't say much, and they didn't even have time to say hello to the shopkeeper, so they checked it out. Even so, the two have a clear division of labor, one looking at the left-hand side and the other on the right-hand side. In this way, no one suffers.

I can only say that I have to try my luck.

After a simple glance at Jia Nidao, there was no special appearance, which made Jia Nidao's heart feel a little disappointed. On the contrary, Ah San stopped for a long time in front of a few things on the lattice on the left-hand side, and carefully observed. Jia Rudao also glanced at it with a little surprise, judging from the impression at a glance, it should be very good, and the thing turned out to be something that Ah San is good at - porcelain!

Why didn't I have such good luck?

Jia Rudao didn't feel a little envious, and after carefully observing the things on the shelf on the right hand, Jia Rudao talked to the store.

For example, ask when the store opened, or where the owner is from, and how did all these things come about......

In general, people who play antiques are more talkative. However, in the past few days, there have been a lot of people who have inquired, and the owner of the antique shop, when faced with Jia Yidao's inquiry, did not have much enthusiasm, but only replied with answers such as the one that opened a week ago, and the things were either received before, or brought from a friend. On the contrary, while talking, he was also paying attention to Ah San's actions, intentionally or unintentionally.

Compared with the vital interests, some things in idle talk are obviously inferior in weight.

Jia seemed to see that he didn't care, shrugged his shoulders and expressed his understanding. Obviously, the shopkeeper, who is already in his mid-fifties, does not have much enthusiasm even if he continues to choose to engage in the antique collecting industry. It's like a high-spirited Tibetan friend when he was young, but when he gets old, he suddenly feels that he is interested, and he doesn't have much achievement.

Some people may be willing to be calm in the collection of antiques, while others like to do something earth-shattering, or bankrupt, or become a member of the team of old counterfeiters. Their circumstances are very different. However, after all, they are still mixed up in the antique industry.

Isn't it a kind of fun to collect the antiques that you used to collect little by little, and then sell them and pour them out little by little?

Jia Rudao didn't feel disappointed in the shopkeeper, or he just felt confused about his career in the antique industry. However, after seeing that Ah San was still carefully appraising over there, Jia Rudao was not good to be idle here alone, so he couldn't help but ask: "Boss, in addition to the things that are put out, are there any other good things?"

The boss looked at Jia Nidao carefully in some surprise, as if he wanted to find something from Jia Nidao's actions just now, and said: "Yes, there is, but it doesn't necessarily mean something particularly good." It's just that the weight is relatively heavy, so I didn't put it out directly......"

While talking, the boss also felt that there was nothing to hide, and they were all open to do business, so he let Jia Rudao into the warehouse. seems to be aware of Jia Yidao and Ah San's words and deeds, they can be regarded as insiders, and the boss is not afraid that Ah San has dropped things outside. Such a move aroused Jia Rudao's admiration for a while.

In terms of heart, if it were Jia Nidao, he would not dare to have other people in his store, and he would choose to lead another customer into the back room of the store, or a place like the second floor.

"That's all, feel free to see. If you like it, take it out yourself and talk about the price. The boss dropped such a sentence and returned to the shop outside, leaving Jia Rudao alone in the warehouse, and for a while, he was a little stunned.

I took a look. Jia Rudao pondered, saying that it was a warehouse, but in fact, it was a storage room, the place was not big, and the things placed were also relatively miscellaneous. At first glance, there are very large vases and large stone carvings, Jia Rudao leaned over and first looked at the vases used for special furnishings, and felt that the glaze and the like were very ordinary, and it was almost impossible to conclude that it was a modern product without careful touching. immediately shifted his attention to the stone carving, but it also appeared, this thing doesn't look very big, it's still not worth a few dollars.

If you transport such a big thing back to Linhai from Lin'an, maybe you will really be laughed at by Ah San to death.

Picking and choosing in the disorder at will, gradually, I also found a few things from this storeroom, which were quite passable, and, what was particularly rare was that the size was still relatively small. It's like a few ancient coins, not to mention very rare, but not ordinary goods.

Jia Rudao guessed that the owner of this "Yunlai Pavilion" himself was an insider, and he knew very well that things such as ancient copper coins could not attract any special customers if they were placed in piles on the counter, and there were already more things outside, so he was too lazy to show these ancient copper coins.

On the edge of the huge vase, there are also a few small pieces of porcelain, most of which are bowls, plates, etc., all of which are stacked together, without too much classification and good maintenance, from the boss's attitude towards them, it is naturally not optimistic. Otherwise, who would choose this way when placing porcelain?

It is estimated that it is the dishes and chopsticks used to hold rice at home, so I will choose such a space-saving way to place it, right?

Jia Rudao stretched out his hand, gently picked up a few pieces and looked at them, basically it can be concluded that they are all "big road goods", which is not of much significance. I guess the boss collected it from some stalls when he first started collecting it in the early years. Because in terms of style, there are almost all kinds of things. From this, we can also know how difficult the process is that people who think that private collectors have gone through.

Sometimes such a pantry is used for one's own memories, not for preparing products for sale.

After all, such things as a few ancient coins, for Jia Nidao, the significance of collecting is not very great, and there is no profit at all, so it is better to let it continue to appear here.

Or waiting for someone who is destined, or waiting for a warm memory from the shop owner!

It's just that, suddenly, just when Jia Nidao was about to leave, it was now, in the corner of the storage room, there was still a box, wooden, about the size of two desktop computer cases, with a few scroll-like things pressed on it, Jia Nidao estimated that it should belong to the calligraphy and painting category. For this kind of thing, Jia Yidao is not very interested. Of course, you can also think that even if you take something from a famous artist like Zhang Daqian and put it in front of Jia Nidao, except for the paper on which he paints, Jia Nidao may still have some ability to make some distinctions, and the rest is just a black eye, and he doesn't know anything.

I removed all the scrolls that had been placed haphazardly, and opened the lid of the box, but there were several inkstones and a pen holder. The material of the pen holder belongs to porcelain, Jia Rudao was overjoyed, and immediately picked it up, opened it carefully, but frowned slightly, at least, in terms of Jia Nidao's eyes, I feel that this thing is likely to be an old imitation, that is, an imitation during the Ming Dynasty.

After playing with it for a while, Jia Rudao was still a little unsure, whether it was really an imitation. I just want to go outside and ask Ah San, after all, Ah San's eyesight on porcelain is still stronger than Jia Yidao. However, at the moment when Jia Nidao wanted to leave, an inkstone in the box attracted Jia Nidao's attention very strangely.