Chapter 30 Wealth
What about the puppy?
Xu Mu reflexively looked around the neighborhood, but did not find the brown-red puppy that had always been inseparable from the teapot. Feng Yuan held a champagne glass and looked at a colorful elephant leg bottle in front of the cabinet next to him, and he didn't mean to come here for the time being.
At this time, no one else was going to cabinet 9, so Xu Mu lowered his voice and asked it sneaky, "Why are you here?"
[Sell me for money.] The teapot monster is a matter of course, and the lid habitually lifts half of it.
Xu Mu was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped it, "Don't move!"
Just kidding, if someone sees an antique teapot in a display case and lifts the lid on its own, you'll have to be scared to pee!
The teapot had to retract the lid aggrievedly, [Didn't you say last time that you could exchange blood with you with money? ใ
Xu Mu: ..................
So, are you the rhythm of the ancients who put grass and sell yourself into slavery? Or were you forced by me, a "bully" who sees money?
[You don't have to worry, when Xiao Jiu gets the money, it will come to save me. ใ
Xu Mu scratched his ears, you don't have to communicate with me every time about the prison escape plan!
On the right side of the teapot is an L-shaped plexiglass card, which is a brief introduction to its age, kiln mouth and main processes, [Song Dynasty, brother kiln, pink and blue flying pot, complete, flawless] The bottom line is written with the starting price, RMB: 100,000 yuan. At the top of the square glass case, the Arabic numeral "15" is affixed to the top, indicating that it is the fifteenth lot to be auctioned at a later auction.
100,000 yuan!!
Xu Mu rubbed his eyes, this teapot monster is so valuable? The starting price is worth 100,000 yuan, so how much is the transaction price?
"What, do you like this teapot?" Feng Yuan walked to Xu Mu's side with a relaxed step, and lowered his eyes to look at the flying pot in the cabinet.
"No, I just think the information is quite interesting, you see, it is said that it is produced in the "Brother Kiln", is there another Brother Kiln?" Xu Mu pointed to the content of the glass card with his finger and casually found an excuse and planned to drag Feng Yuan to the side, for fear that the teapot in the cabinet would jump up in front of Feng Yuan with excitement.
"You're right, there is indeed a kiln. In the Song Dynasty, when the porcelain craftsmanship was exquisite, there were five famous kilns, Ru kiln, Guan kiln, Ge kiln, Jun kiln, Ding kiln, and Ge kiln was one of them. Legend has it that the address of the brother kiln is in Longquan, there were two brothers surnamed Zhang each main kiln, the local people habitually call the kiln presided over by the elder brother Zhang Shengyi as the brother kiln, and the kiln presided over by the younger brother Zhang Shenger as the younger kiln. Although the younger kiln is not one of the five famous kilns, it has also calculated the fine kiln mouth of celadon, and at that time it was known as "a bottle and a bowl, and more than ten gold." "In our current concept, it's absolute brand-name porcelain. Feng Yuan glanced at the teapot monster who was pretending to be hard out of the corner of his eye, and deliberately stood on the edge of the display cabinet and explained a lot to Xu Mu. He has the ability to never forget, and the introduction of porcelain that he casually flipped through at the beginning came in handy today.
[That's right, I was personally burned by Zhangzhang Kiln!] The teapot is a supplementary explanation.
So you're a thousand-year-old monster, right?
Xu Mu couldn't help but glance at it again, originally just casually talking, but he didn't expect the background of the teapot monster to be so "prominent". If it was already worth more than a dozen taels of silver back then, it is indeed worth it now for a price of more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
Feng Yuan didn't make it difficult for Xu Mu and the teapot monster anymore, and turned around with Xu Mu to see the peony Sancai wash next to him.
[Little Taoist, don't go, it's boring here, no one has been talking to me, you can accompany me again. The teapot monster shouted anxiously.
Hearing its words, Xu Mu's steps became faster and faster.
We have an age difference of more than 1,000 years, and it is not a generation gap but the Mariana Trench!
Nine pieces of porcelain, six pieces of calligraphy and painting, seven pieces of jade, according to Wang Letian, the old man of the Song family likes porcelain and calligraphy and painting the most, so the first two types of things are their main focus in the preview now.
After the two of them finished a bunch of bottles, plates, pots, washes, and cans, Feng Yuan was pulled over by Wang Letian, saying that he had met a friend, and he just bought a piece of land to build an office building, and he wanted to consult professionals.
Compared with boring social conversations, Xu Mu is more concerned about antiques worth six or seven figures, it is rare to see so many valuable things at once, and it is good to have a long insight, maybe one day he can see something similar on the stall on the antique street, pick up a leak or something. He is also not greedy, and the four figures are very satisfying.
Most of the paintings and calligraphy are paintings, and there is only one character, which is known as the calligraphy work of the imperial pen of the Daoguang Emperor, which is placed in the first place. The paper faintly reveals a golden floral shading, and the luxury is blowing in the face. Xu Mu looked at the introduction board next to him and realized that the beautiful green paper was called the gold-painted branch pattern pink wax paper, which was the paper for the emperor in the court.
Xu Mu was about to go to the next painting, but he didn't watch out for someone coming out from behind him, and he almost collided with him.
"Boy, ...... you" The man rudely picked up Xu Mu's collar, his face was full of murder, and he was about to curse, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his face, as if he didn't expect to meet him here, "Why are you here?"
Xu Mu was also stunned when he saw the tower-like young man in front of him, isn't this the irontooth gentleman in Qingping Lane who refused to pay the fee?
"Don't let people go yet. A Si Sven voice โกโก and knocked on the arm of the silver-gray haired young man, who was the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop with delicate and elegant eyebrows.
The young man snorted and loosened Xu Mu's collar.
"I'm sorry, he's rude. You also come to buy calligraphy and paintings?" The owner of the handsome calligraphy and painting shop apologized to Xu Mu on behalf of the young man, and apologized for helping the courier brother straighten his collar by the way. Xu Mu smelled a wisp of ink on his body, the smell was indifferent and distant, and the smell was particularly comfortable.
Feng Yuan, who was not far away, quietly glanced over to this side and turned his head.
"I can't afford it, I just follow my friends to see it, and I don't understand this kind of thing. Xu Mu hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he was a soy sauce maker.
"Everything is from shallow to deep, interest is the best teacher, since you have come across, why don't we take a look at these paintings together? If you don't dislike it, I can also help you explain a thing or two. The owner of the calligraphy and painting shop gently invited him, and the iron-gray-haired young man next to him glared at Xu Mu, suggesting that he should stay cool and get out of here.
Xu Mu didn't want to watch it with them, but when he saw the unhappy appearance of the young man, he immediately changed his mind, and said to the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop with a sincere face, "Okay, I can't ask for it, my friend is just busy, and I can't understand it myself." โ
The new "hatred" and the old "hatred" must "take revenge" on the rude big guy, and the courier brother secretly made up his mind.
The exhibit next to it is a four-foot square hanging scroll painting, with heavy brushwork, painting the rolling blue waves and the Sendai Pavilion, and there are three old people standing in the clouds next to it, although the size of the figure is not large in the whole painting, but the eyebrows and eyes are expressive, and the vivid sense of the three people talking about the world jumps on the paper.
"The content of this painting is a very famous picture of the sea house, do you know this allusion?" The owner of the calligraphy and painting shop looked at the young man and then at Xu Mu, and both of them shook their heads blankly.
This allusion comes from the "Dongpo Zhilin" written by Su Shi in the Song Dynasty, it is said that in Penglai Xiandao, there are three old men who met and asked each other about their age, and the answer was interesting. The first old man said, I don't remember my age, but I was good friends with Pangu when I was a child, and the other said that the peach pit I ate was thrown under Kunlun Mountain, and now it is as high as Kunlun Mountain. Another said that whenever the sea water turned into mulberry fields, I would put chips in the house and count them, and now there are ten rooms piled up. โ
It's just three old kids who don't admit defeat to brag about it!
The courier brother nodded knowingly.
Later generations drew many works based on this allusion with the theme of adding chips to the sea house, which was used as a theme to wish the elderly health and longevity. โ
In that case, wouldn't it be appropriate for this painting to be used to celebrate a birthday?
Xu Mu's eyes lit up, looking at Feng Yuan and Wang Letian not far away, the conversation was in full swing, and it seemed that it would take a while to end.
"Then how much does this painting estimate can be auctioned?" Money is always Xu Mu's biggest concern, the starting price on the introduction board is 120,000, but he can't estimate the transaction price.
"This Ming Dynasty Zhongtang painting is very good, the brushwork is skillful, the style is strong, the lines are smooth, and the intention is good, if it comes from the hands of a famous artist, it can be worth at least eight figures. It's a pity that this author is not well-known, and the life paper is also a bit strange, and it may need to be reframed, which is estimated to be a million. The tone of the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop was a little regretful, as if a million was worthless as a hundred.
Xu Mu: ..................
Going around and around, time flies very fast, it is already more than eight o'clock in a blink of an eye, after seeing the remaining few calligraphy and paintings, admiring the appearance of someone who is drumming up, Xu Mu said goodbye to the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop, and went to find Feng Yuan and them, the auction is about to start.
The auction room looks like a small movie theater, with the auction table at the front and the large velvet sofas arranged in a stepped pattern around the auction table.
Song Zhiming took a few small golden signs and distributed them to Wang Letian, Feng Yuan and Xu Mu.
Xu Mu looked at the small sign with 5 written on it, a little confused.
Wang Letian tapped his palm with the sign, and explained to him nonchalantly, "This is a price tag, 50,000 yuan each time, you don't have to be polite to your Brother Song later, whatever you like is lifted, he pays for it anyway." โ
Xu Mu: ..................
50,000 yuan at a time???
It's too wasteful to be lifted!
The courier brother immediately stuffed the sign under his thigh, expressing his determination not to use it
Wang Letian: ..................
The picture of the sea house is the fourth lot, and Song Zhiming and Wang Letian were also very optimistic about it before, so they did not hesitate to raise the price of the sign.
Because it is not a famous work, after Wang Letian increased to 300,000, no one was willing to increase the price. The auctioneer shouted three times, and just as the hammer was about to fall, someone raised the sign violently, "Three million!"