"You seem to know this person very well!" Huo Xiaodong was not very interested in the next lot, and couldn't help but ask on the side. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I don't know much, but I know some legends. Sun Zhongyuan only spent 38,000 to win a calligraphy scroll by Ye Gongxuan, and he was in a good mood, so he told Huo Xiaodong about it.

If you want to say Ye Gongqiu's most famous story, it is naturally this Mao Gongding.

Mao Gongding, a bronze heavy vessel in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, was cast by Mao Gong, so it was named. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Gongding was excavated from Qishan.

This Baoding is 53.8 centimeters high and has a diameter of 47.9 centimeters. The most precious thing about Mao Gongding is the inscription, which is as much as nearly 500 words! This is the record of Mao Gongding's words to King Xuan of Zhou.

Bronze lovers know that the inscription on this bronze not only has historical and cultural relics significance, but also plays a considerable role in market value. Some dealers of cultural relics who collect bronzes sometimes increase the price by tens of thousands according to an inscription!

Although this is a joke, after all, the market value of bronzes should be considered comprehensively, but inscriptions that record major historical events are indeed very valuable. It is worth so much that some of the heavy weapons, an inscription on it, far exceed the price of tens of thousands.

In that year, the Japanese invaded China and Shanghai fell, and Ye Gongqiu prepared to leave Shanghai for refuge in Hong Kong. It is easy for others to walk away, but it is difficult to take away the treasured antiques for a while. So, he deposited seven large boxes of antiques in the warehouse of a company in the concession.

There was a box with only one thing in it - Mao Gongding.

The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring. At that time, foreigners tried all kinds of ways to collect Chinese cultural relics. And Mao Gongding is undoubtedly one of the most eye-catching.

Previously, the United States and Japan had found Ye Gongqiu and offered high prices, but Ye Gongqiu did not agree. After the fall of Shanghai and Ye Gongqiu's escape, the Japanese military began to use more methods to find Mao Gongding.

Ye Gongxuan entrusted Mao Gongding to his nephew Ye Gongchao. Ye Gongchao is not an ordinary person, he once served as the foreign minister of the Republic of China. Ye Gongchao instructed Ye Gongchao: Mao Gongding must not be sold, let alone flow out of the country. Someday, it can be dedicated to the country!

However, when Ye Gongchao arrived in Shanghai, he was arrested by the Japanese gendarmerie before he saw Mao Gongding!

Ye Gongchao is also a man, he has been in the Japanese gendarmerie for nearly two months, and he has suffered a lot, but he didn't tell Mao Gongding's true whereabouts.

At this time, things took a turn for the better, and there was an antique master who helped make a Mao Gongding that was enough to be fake!

The Ye family is a big family, and through the relationship between many parties, they handed over this fake tripod to the Japanese people, which rescued Ye Gongchao.

Later, Ye Gongqiu finally transported Mao Gongding to Hong Kong Island. As a result, Hong Kong Island also fell, and Ye Gongqiu transported Mao Gongding back to Shanghai.

The next process was also more tortuous. Ye Gongxuan was displaced, seriously ill, and in the end, he mortgaged Mao Gongding to the bank, but he was unable to redeem it. However, Ye Gongqiu still contacted a wealthy businessman surnamed Chen and asked him to spend a huge amount of money to redeem Mao Gongding.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, a wealthy businessman surnamed Chen donated Mao Gongding to the Nationalist Government.

Today, Mao Gongding is the treasure of the National Palace Museum on Taiwan Island.

"I said, Mao Gongding is legendary enough, and this Ye Gongqiu is even more legendary!" Huo Xiaodong pointed to a Qing Dynasty calligraphy that was being auctioned on the stage, and said: "I heard that "Duck Head Pill Post" was also bought by Ye Gongqiu and donated to the country?"

"It's not that he bought it and donated it to the country. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ye Gongqiu was the president of the painting academy, but his life was also very poor, and it was he who sold the treasured "Duck Head Pill Post" to the state at a low price. ”

Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, the two are called "two kings", and their status is needless to say.

Originally, duck head pills are an ordinary Chinese medicine pills, and it is said that the main effect is diuresis and swelling.

Wang Xianzhi's "Duck Head Pill Post" has a total of more than a dozen words: duck head pill, so it is not good, it must be collected when it is clear, and it should be met with you. said that he had eaten duck head pills, and he didn't think it worked well, so he wrote back to a friend, and we will meet tomorrow to talk about it.

The text is very boring, but because of Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy art, "Duck Head Pill Post" can be glorified through the ages!

At that time, Ye Gongxuan treasured "Duck Head Pill Post" in his hand, and people in the circle knew it. I heard that he sold some old collections in order to supplement his family, and Xu Senyu, director of the Shanghai Cultural Protection Management Committee at that time, asked him if he could buy the "Duck Head Pill Post" as state-owned.

Xu Senyuto's person is Xie Zhiliu. Xie Zhiliu's fame is actually very great, he is a great calligrapher and painter, and in the appraisal of ancient calligraphy and painting, he is a grandmaster-level figure, known as "North Zhang Nan Xie" (North Zhang refers to Zhang Heng).

But for Ye Gongxuan, Xie Zhiliu is respected as an elder. When he saw Ye Gongqiu, he didn't dare to mention it directly, first chatting about calligraphy and painting, and later talking about the old collection sold by Ye Gongqiu. Finally, I asked, can "Duck Head Pill Post" be shot?

Ye Gongqiu was not happy at that time, because he had sold calligraphy and paintings before, and the experts of the Cultural Management Committee did not mark the grade. Xie Zhiliu explained that this time it was mentioned by Director Xu Senyu, and there was absolutely no problem.

Ye Gongxuan put another sentence: "Duck Head Pill Post" is a thousand words, even if I can sell it, you don't dare to buy it if you are afraid!

Xie Zhiliu immediately made a decision, then a thousand yuan per word!

In fact, what Ye Gongqiu said was just angry words, and it was not too much to say that "Duck Head Pill Post" was priceless. A thousand yuan per word is not expensive at all. In the end, he agreed.

Today, "Duck Head Pill Post" is the treasure of the Shanghai Museum.

"A legendary figure like Ye Gongqiu, a generation of everyone, his works must be collectible. At present, the market price is low and unstable, it is a good time to collect, perhaps, it will not take many years, it will be possible to soar!" Sun Zhongyuan smiled and whispered to Huo Xiaodong.

"Damn! I just said that I mainly admired this person! The fox's tail was exposed, right?" Huo Xiaodong scolded in a low voice, and then sighed again, "The world wants to pick up the leak and complain that they can't find a good opportunity, but this kind of potential stock is not recognized in front of them!"

"At auctions, the chances of picking up a slip are almost zero. Sun Zhongyuan responded, "The market value of Ye Gongqiu's calligraphy is now this price." As for the estimation of the future, this is all risky. So, in the final analysis, it's still because of admiration, the main thing is to collect, not to wait for the price to rise. ”

"Alright, you'll say. Huo Xiaodong moved his neck, "Let's go, don't wait until it's over." You've got your hands on the good stuff again, a treat. ”

Sun Zhongyuan has already flipped through the auction album in detail, and there is really nothing to plan to sell. The calligraphy, painting and furniture field had nothing to do with them, so he decided to have a good meal at noon and go home to rest in the afternoon.

The two of them went out of the auction venue, but they ran into Kangning in the hotel lobby, "Hey, Mr. Sun, it's been a long time, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I'll be the east at noon, let's sit and talk together?"