Seeing Ah Shuibo's mysterious expression, Lin Yi knew that the other party must still have some good treasures, so he couldn't wait to say: "Please take out something so that I can open my eyes." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The offspring can speak, so you can wait a minute." Ah Shuibo plans to make persistent efforts to strike while the iron is hot and make another "big business".

After a while, I saw him come out of the back room, this time he just took a letter sleeve out, but the letter cover was packed in a transparent sealed bag, and it was wrapped in soft paper, which looked extremely precious, he handed the things in his hand to Lin Yi and said, "Look at it, this set of doll book clocks is not ......"

Lin Yi saw that his expression was solemn, just like the ancient pioneers who took over the big seal, carefully and respectfully took the things in his hands, thinking that he would come up with some rare version this time, but he didn't expect it to be a set of comic books.

Lin Yi thinks that he doesn't have a deep study of comic books, and the set of "Romance of Di Qing" just now is also a price given by intuition, and what is this in front of him needs to be examined carefully.

Gently opening the transparent plastic bag, Lin Yi opened the wrapped soft paper again, and then saw an old letter cover slightly larger than a 10-folio book, the cover of the letter cover is navy blue, which looks simple and generous, and there is a handwritten nomination on it--- Cao Hanmei painted the first strange book of the golden bottle plum full picture!

Seeing this, Lin Yi was taken aback, because as a real "Golden Bottle Plum Control", Lin Yi could not be aware of other comic books, comic strips, and doll books, but he could not be more familiar with the whole picture of the Golden Bottle Plum, because he had seen it on the web countless times, heard about it in books and miscellaneous notes countless times, and missed it in his dreams countless times......

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Time goes back to 70 years ago, and in 1936, Shanghai Times Book Company released a publication preview of Cao Hanmei's painting "The Complete Picture of the Golden Plum Bottle". Referring to the illustration of the ancient version, it said, "The restaurant tea house and the Xiuge deep courtyard are difficult to distinguish between the rich and the poor; The pious prodigal monk and the prodigal son of the slut, laughing at the same formula; The figure is too sluggish, where does the style come from? The eyebrows failed to convey affection, and they were naturally angry and all injured; Needless to say, the mood is not meandering, even the posture is not godless; It is a great pity in the art forest that the pen and ink are immature, that is, the structure is simple and straightforward, and those who do not have strange knowledge think that it is a defect." The painter Cao Hanmei outlines the essence of this strange book with her exquisite brushwork, and dozens of pages of concise line drawings present the outline of the whole book in front of the reader's eyes.

Cao Hanmei and comic book masters Zhang Guangyu and Zhang Zhengyu were originally siblings, Cao Hanmei ranked second, and his surname change was due to the fact that he was born to his uncle who had no queen. The three brothers are all famous cartoonists in the 30s of the 20th century, known as "one family and three masters". The cartoons of Zhang Guangyu and Zhang Zhengyu are not only influenced by the Mexican painter Cofropis, but also absorb the characteristics of folk crafts, and are rich in the decorative flavor of combining Chinese and Western. Cao Hanmei does not draw comics, he is good at painting people, buildings, utensils and landscapes with the brushstrokes of Chinese painting and gongbi painting. His illustration of "Dream of Red Mansions" was published on the cover of "Sound and Sex Weekly" published by the Times; His illustration for "The Golden Vase of Plums" was serialized in "Times Comics".

During this period, the illustrations of "The Golden Vase of Plums" were deeply loved by readers. Not only did readers rush to buy "Times Comics" and frequently requested the publication of a single book, but as the behind-the-scenes boss of "Times Comics" and other publications, Shanghai celebrity Shao Xunmei also praised it and encouraged the painter to collect it into a book. He chose an attractive name for this album: "The Complete Picture of the Golden Vase Plum in the First Strange Book of Cao Hanmei's Paintings", and wrote the preface for it himself. He also excitedly participated in the writing of the advertising slogan, thinking that it was exquisitely written: each character, with his eyebrows and eyes and expressions vivid, and his own identity, was cleverly written to blow the desire, laughing and scolding; The layout is peculiar, the Huaxia Shenyuan neighborhood teahouse is clear at a glance, and the other miscellaneous items have their own explanations, and each has its own emotions; And it is unique, and it is a family of its own, although it uses the old rules, there are indeed new creations. What is even more rare and commendable is that you can draw verses by section according to the meaning of the book, and you can know the details of the whole book without reading the original text.

The advertising slogan is: "Wen Guqi book, painting is also a masterpiece." Cao painting without the original text of the golden bottle plum, it cannot show the ability of Cao painting; The original text of the Golden Bottle Plum without Cao painting, you can't be poor of the original text of the Golden Bottle Plum! If you read Cao Hua, you can read the original text, because it has been conveyed at a glance; If you don't read Cao's paintings, you can't read the original text, it's like you haven't been addicted to it. ”

However, the above is not the point, the point is that there are two versions of this set of Golden Vase Plum Comic Strips of the Republic of China, Cao Hanmei's "Golden Vase Plum" was first serialized in February 1934 on the "Times Comics", one per issue, serialized 39 issues ("Times Comics" only 39 issues), and then a single episode of the book, note, only one episode of the single book, the single book by the heavy beige coated paper two-color overlay fine printing, silk thread in the binding, antique. There is the author's "Ba" in the back, and there are two "prefaces" in front, one of which is from the painter He Tianjian, and the other is Shao Xunmei's cursive handwriting.

Then, the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the two Zhang brothers evacuated Shanghai, Cao Hanmei left behind, during that time, Cao Hanmei once again picked up the pen to redraw the "Golden Bottle Plum", note that it is a re-painting--- this comic strip was serialized in the "New China Daily" in 1942, and the serialization was completed by the newspaper to publish a single book of ten volumes, so far, Cao Hanmei's "Golden Bottle Plum" comic strip is really completed.

Therefore, it can be said that this set of "Golden Vase Plum" was painted from scratch by Cao Hanmei, and the style has also undergone a sudden change, achieving a unique personal style, and using a hard pen to outline with thick lines, rather than the fine painting method of "Golden Vase Plum" in the 30s of the last century.

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Looking back, Lin Yi didn't know much about other comic books or comic strips, and he didn't know much about the value, but he couldn't be more familiar with this set of "Cao Hanmei's First Strange Book Golden Vase Plum Quantu".

Not to mention anything else, in the online auction last year, such a set of ten volumes, the slightly better condition of the Republic of China rare books were auctioned at a high price of 28,000 yuan, and the scattered single books could also be auctioned at a price of 1,500 yuan to 1,800 yuan.

This is not counting, in 2003, the Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House photocopied the ten volumes of comic books again, and then the letter cover hardcover two large volumes, the picture above and below, can be described as illustrated and illustrated, the price is 150 yuan, now eight years later, this set of printing volume of only about 2000 copies of the first edition, according to the different conditions, the price has soared to 450 yuan to 980 yuan.

At this moment, Lin Yi took a deep breath, gently opened the navy blue envelope in his hand, and then the ten-volume "Golden Vase Plum Complete Map" immediately came into view.

Different from the two-color overprint of the beige heavy coated paper of the "single book", these ten volumes are all covered with twill checkered gray leather paper, which is more simple and unpretentious, dignified and generous, and the cover is written with a thick pen: Cao Hanmei painted the first strange book Golden Bottle Plum.

That's right, this is the 10-volume "Golden Plum Picture" published by the "National News Book Printing Company" in 1942, looking at it carefully, Cao Hanmei's rough painting style has been formed, different from his previous imitation of fine brush painting delicate and plain, the overall painting style gives people a strong visual impact.

Lin Yi held the book, feeling that his fingers were trembling slightly, his heart was fluttering, he tried to suppress it, trying not to let himself reveal the ecstasy and excitement in his heart, and asked Ah Shuibo very calmly: "How much do you want for this set of doll books?" ”

Ah Shuibo had been paying attention to Lin Yi's expression, thinking that he could see him surprised, and then he could propose a big price, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to be so calm, and said in his heart, doesn't he like this set of books? No, this is a doll book of the Republic of China.

"Hehe, you are a guest from afar, or you come to bid, if it is suitable, we will make the same deal as just now, if it is not suitable, we are still good friends, a family in the mainland of Macau!" Ah Shuibo responded to all changes with no change, and continued to use the previous move.

Lin Yi smiled, and then said very unceremoniously: "18,000 yuan, how about it?" ”

Ah Shuibo said with a smile on his face: "How is it possible, this is a book of the Republic of China, which is even older than the one just now." "But I thought that it would be sold for about 50,000 yuan, after all, it has been hidden for so many years.

Lin Yi said: "It's always old, but it's not the first version, the first version is like this......" Lin Yi opened his mobile phone as he spoke, only to see that there was a picture in the phone, but it was a picture of the two-color overprint on the beige heavy coated paper of the "single book".

Ah Shuibo rubbed his eyes, and looked at his doll book again, the two are not the same, what's the matter? (To be continued.) )