Chapter Ninety-Eight: Appraisal of Calligraphy
It took about 10 minutes or so for Old Man Liu to put down the teacup in his hand and slowly picked up the calligraphy scroll that Li Lin had placed on the table.
Li Lin saw that the old man finally moved, and quickly cheered up, to be honest, if this old man didn't come to see, he would be impatient to wait.
The old man approached the first calligraphy scroll with a magnifying glass, looked at it seriously, shook his head for a while, and nodded his head for a while, which made Li Lin's heart go up and down.
"This old man is playing tricks on himself, what do you mean by nodding your head and shaking your head for a while? What is it, how much is it worth, you can give a word. Li Lin complained silently in his heart.
Of course, Li Lin remained silent on the surface, looking at the old man's rich body language with a calm face.
Finally, after about a quarter of an hour, Old Man Liu finally sat up straight slowly, reassuring the magnifying glass in his hand. Li Lin knew that the result was out, and his heart was raised.
"This calligraphy of yours should have been made at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Old Man Liu spoke.
Li Lin nodded, but did not speak, but the others were muttering in their hearts, "Things at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they should be antiques, but I don't know how much they are worth." ”
"The scroll is also very well preserved, not damaged in the slightest. ”
"Well, it's all good news now, and it looks like it should turn out well. Li Lin muttered, it seems that this first work is very good.
"But!" Old Man Liu deliberately paused after saying these two words, and took another sip of tea calmly.
Li Lin raised his eyebrows when he heard the word "but", he was afraid of hearing the word "but" in everything, especially if the front was good, then the back was often bad news, and what was even more annoying was that the old man was still drinking tea slowly.
"But what, you keep saying. Li Lin couldn't help but ask.
"I thought you really didn't care about that, but you were in a hurry. Old Man Liu looked at Li Lin and said with a smile.
Li Lin looked at this self-satisfied old man speechlessly, this is too bad taste, in order to see that he is in a hurry, he deliberately said half of his words.
However, the owner of this calligraphy work is not a famous person in history, and the value of this calligraphy work has a lot to do with the age, background, preservation integrity, historical significance and identity of its author. Old Man Liu no longer teased Li Lin, so he told him all the following words.
Although Li Lin is not very clear about how to judge the value of antiques, he can still understand Mr. Liu's words, such as a calligraphy work he wrote and a calligraphy work written by a national leader, after a few hundred years, the value is obviously different.
With this judgment, Li Lin was a little disappointed, although he didn't expect his things to be worth much, he still couldn't help but be a little disappointed, after all, deep down in his heart, he was still looking forward to a surprise.
"But!" Old Man Liu took another turn.
"Nima, you're playing with me. Li Lin complained fiercely in his heart.
"However, this author, obviously still has some skills, you look at this whole work, the layout is rigorous and coordinated, the color is bright, the momentum is in one go, every stroke is full of power, and full of variety......" Old man Liu did not deliberately pause to tease Li Lin this time, but kept talking, but, as soon as he said this, it seemed that he did not mean to stop, not only evaluated where this work is good, but also pointed out its flaws, but, he said it wildly, Li Lin listened to it in a daze.
"Well, that, Mr. Liu, just tell me how much this pair of words is worth. Li Lin saw that he had no intention of stopping for a while, so he had to interrupt.
Old Man Liu glanced at Li Lin with a displeased expression, obviously very dissatisfied with his interruption.
"I estimate your character at 30,000 yuan, of course, if you think it's low, you can go to other homes and ask again. Old Man Liu said angrily, obviously, he was still a little dissatisfied with Li Lin interrupting his speech.
"Satisfied, I'm satisfied. Li Lin hurriedly said, before he thought that it would be good for his words to sell for about 10,000, especially after the old man said that its author was not famous, he felt that it might not be 10,000, and now, he estimated it at 30,000, and he was already very satisfied. Moreover, the "Treasure Pavilion" is the authority on this street, he said that 30,000, then the other families will only be less, not more.
Old Man Liu still didn't give Li Lin a good look, snorted, and casually picked up the second calligraphy scroll on the table.
When he skimmed the signature at the bottom of the word, he didn't care, there are a lot of calligraphy works of this person, and the imitations on the market are even more unknown, but he looked at it but slowly became serious, and he didn't care about getting angry with Li Lin, holding a magnifying glass and looking at it word by word.
Li Lin looked at him, he didn't know what was wrong, and he also looked at it, he hadn't read it seriously since he got it, but he didn't see the reason for it, and he didn't even recognize what was written on it, because it was a cursive script. He can recognize the block letters, and this cursive script can only be guessed by reading and reading.
This time, Old Man Liu watched it for a longer time, about half an hour, before slowly putting down the magnifying glass and breathing a sigh of relief.
"Old man, how about this pair?" Li Lin asked cautiously.
"Very nice piece of work. Old Man Liu said slowly.
"It's a modern work. Old Man Liu continued, but as soon as he said this, Li Lin looked disappointed.
Just now the word is still from the Qing Dynasty, the result is estimated at 30,000, and now this character is modern, isn't it cheaper, I just saw this old man Liu with a serious face, and he was full of expectations, and as a result, he got such a result. ,o
"What kind of expression do you have, don't think that if it's a modern work, it's worthless, it's worthless. The value of this work is much higher than the one you just had!" Old Man Liu reprimanded, obviously, what Li Lin wanted, he knew very clearly.
"Do you know who its author is?"
Li Lin shook his head, he really didn't know this.
"It's Yu Youren!"
Li Lin still shook his head, is he very famous? Why haven't I heard of it?
There are many works of Mr. Yu, and there are even more imitations on the market, but I am sure that your painting is genuine, and it is a lost treasure. Old Man Liu said, and after speaking, his attention returned to the pair of words.
Li Lin really didn't know much about this character and Yu Youren, but he knew that this character would be very valuable, and that was enough!