Chapter Ninety-Four. Liu Danzhai "Stone Character Painting"
(Surprised!) I just complained for a while, and there were so many book friends who gave rewards, and I burst into tears! )
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Lin Yi is now a figure with a head and a face in the southern capital, he thought that he could be low-key in this kind of antique city, and there would not be too many people who knew him, but he was wrong, as long as he walked around like this, someone would greet him from time to time, either calling him "the king of leakage", or calling him "the god hand of gold", which made Lin Yi's face hot, and the bosses who set up stalls around him inexplicably looked at him with strange eyes, and when he squatted down and looked at a certain book, he was extra vigilant. Lin Yi couldn't help sighing, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and if they want to carry on the leakage, low-key is the last word.
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Lin Yi continued to stroll around the used book stalls, cruising in the sea of used books like idle clouds and wild cranes.
Seeing that there are more and more people around, it can be seen that the whole antique city has been completely lively, those who ride electric cars, help the old and the young, and carry bags of Taoke, began to rub shoulders one after another, densely, when walking into the old book area, the steps are becoming more and more immobile.
Along the route of Taoshu, Lin Yi continued to find a few more books, because of the large number of people in front, he occasionally went to the nearby antique area to see, you know, some antique areas will also be mixed with some old books for sale,
No, Lin Yi soon saw a "miniature bookstall" in the "antique area", and saw "Stone Character Painting" published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House in May 1975.
The stall owner was very angry and asked for 180 yuan directly.
Compared with the consumption of eating and drinking once, the price of a high-quality book that has gone through decades of vicissitudes cannot be said to be expensive, but what made Lin Yi more depressed was that he just asked if it could be cheap, and the stall owner's expression immediately became serious, and he said resolutely no.
Generally speaking, the things on the stalls can be bargained more or less, so the cow's coaxing refusal makes people feel uncomfortable. What's more, Lin Yi is an expert in buying used books, and knows that this "Stone Character Painting" has a large number of publications, and the online price is about seventy or eighty, and the postage is at most ninety.
What's more, Lin Yi bargained all the way, basically everyone is kind to negotiate, as the saying goes, if you don't buy and sell, you won't be benevolent, and you won't hurt your anger, but the stall owner's tough temper makes you feel like a fish in your throat, so Lin Yi left in a bad mood.
Now that he is leaving, Lin Yi is thinking more and more about the book in his heart, his steps are flickering back and forth, constantly grabbing his hair, and the small abacus is fast in his heart, and he really has no other negative results when he goes back to buy it except for his face, not to mention for a book he loves.
The old Huang Huang sect leader followed behind his buttocks, not understanding what evil Lin Yi had fallen into, how he scratched his ears and cheeks, and walked around; Then I saw Lin Yi turn back and turn around to find the "miniature bookstall".
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "miniature bookstall", a newspaper with 4 or 5 old books on it, it is such a bookstall, Lin Yi saw "Stone Character Painting" at a glance, if you don't buy it, it is estimated that there will not be too many opportunities in the future, and it is inevitable to regret it.
There are too many such things, Lin Yi saw a 1993 edition of "Yonglu Book Words" published by Nanjing University Press in the Temple of Wealth, the print run is very small, only more than 1,000 copies, the seller asked for 20 yuan, Lin Yi cut 15 did not cut it down, so I didn't buy it, I turned around the market and thought 20 on 20, and then I went back to the book and there was no it, and then I checked the old book network, and the ordinary version of this book could be sold for 500 yuan, and the rough-edged signature book was as high as 3000 yuan!
So far, Lin Yi has not figured out how there are so many people who like "Yonglu Shuhua", a new book with modern lead printing, there is the price code of ancient books, and I don't know if it is a lot of hype, or if the current readers are rich.
In short, this matter has made him regret it so far, the so-called eat a trench to grow a wisdom, and learn well in the future, what book to read quickly make a small calculation in his heart, if he can bear it, he will not hesitate, rather than put this book in his heart in the future and leave regrets in vain, it is better to wear less new clothes, eat a few less restaurants, buy it back and put it in his own home.
What's more, now Lin Yi's net worth is more than one million, and he actually doesn't care about the difference between five and ten yuan, mainly because he can't get over it on face, especially because he knows the actual value of this "Stone Character Painting" very well, and he always feels uncomfortable when he is asked for too much price.
Turning back, Lin Yi returned along the road, fortunately, the book was also there, and he still looked serious when he asked the price, and it was resolutely not cheap. Lin Yi was not unwilling, pretending to walk away again, this is how his mother taught him to bargain, turned his back and walked slowly, thinking: "Call me-call me-".
"Still don't call me, hey! I was defeated, the strategy was wrong, and other people's books were not sold, how could I use the strategy of buying cabbage to buy books. Thinking of this, Lin Yi couldn't help but blame himself, it was simply an insult to Sven, if it's not cheap, it's not cheap, so he cheekily went back and had an exchange with the stall owner about the book.
In the end, the stall owner sold the book for 90 yuan.
Halo, what kind of strategy is this? My mother didn't teach.
The fun of reading books lies in this, how much tossing, how twisting, how tangled, this is the taste.
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Handed over the money, Lin Yi finally got the book "Stone Character Painting", I love it very much, this album is the best in the Dream of Red Mansions album, 23.2 cm × 13 cm, the first edition of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House in May 1979. Color picture of "Daiyu Funeral Flowers" on the cover of the book, inscribed by Comrade Guo Moruo. Zhou Ruchang inscribed poems, Liu Danzhai paintings.
Liu Danzhai, born in 1931, is a Chinese painter from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, who has been fond of painting since childhood. In 1941, the "Ten-year-old Child Liu Xiaosu Painting Exhibition" was held in Wenzhou. In 1951, he went to Shanghai to illustrate books, teaching wall charts, etc., for the private China Picture Publishing House, and also made comic books. Later, he worked at Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Good at characters, flowers and birds, take the characters of the Han and Tang dynasties, the landscapes of the Song and Yuan dynasties, Chen Laolian and the flowers and birds of the Eight Greats, widely absorb the strengths of the ancients and integrate them, work and write both long, and create more classical themes and historical figures, the shape is handsome, the sentiment is elegant, the show is clumsy, vivid and elegant, and the style is unique; It also makes a reduction pen and splashes ink, and melts the pen, line drawing, and splash ink as a whole, which is particularly simple and refined, and intriguing. In the spring of 1979, he visited Japan and held a solo exhibition in Shanghai in October. His works have been selected for many large-scale art exhibitions at home and abroad and published in a variety of professional newspapers and periodicals, and have been collected by art museums, museums and art galleries for many times.
Even if many people are not familiar with this book, I believe that people who see this book must have a lot of déjà vu, in 1981 the Ministry of Posts issued "Dream of Red Mansions - Jinling Twelve Hairpins", a total of 12 stamps and a souvenir sheet "Double Jade Reading". This set of stamps is a drawing by Mr. Liu Danzhai. This set of stamps has been appreciated and collected by the majority of stamp collectors from the theme to the design, and was rated as "the best special stamp in 1981".
In the mid-1980s, designed by China National Tobacco Corporation and Nanjing Cigarette Factory, the "Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" in "Dream of Red Mansions" were printed on cigarette cases. People can not only appreciate Liu Danzhai's famous Chinese paintings of the twelve hairpins, but also recite the seven-character poems specially composed by the red scholar Zhou Ruchang for the twelve hairpins, and also appreciate the vigorous calligraphy art of Mr. Chen Dayu. Integrating poetry, calligraphy and painting, this set of standards can be called the most beautiful Chinese set of standards with its elegant artistic taste.
In 1985, Master Liu was awarded the Honorary Award of "China Sports Art Exhibition" by the Chinese Olympic Committee. His works include "Liu Dan's House Talking about Zhai Hundred Pictures", "Stone Character Album" and so on. The book "Stone Character Painting" is a poem and a painting, a total of 81 pages, there are 40 pictures, the album contains a total of "Nuwa Mending the Sky", "Police Illusion Finger Fans", "Keqing Spring Sleepy", "Ruizhu Touching the Pillar", "Sister Feng Gets the Power", "Yuanchun Province", "Four Children Suffer Slander", "Baoyu Enlightenment", "Little Red Relic", "Baochai Fluttering Butterfly", the picture is not big, only a few strokes, but joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and resentment are on the paper, which is really a fine product.
The book that Lin Yi purchased is well preserved, and the quality is absolutely nine high-quality, it belongs to a rare good collection, even on the old book network, there are at least hundreds of such a good collection, the problem is, although this album has a large print run, but more than one billion people in China, there are many people who like Liu Dan's house, even if this album has a print run of tens of thousands, sooner or later it will appreciate significantly.
What is a Collection?
Good or bad, it's all about time.
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It's rare to buy something that he likes so much, Lin Yi is in a high mood, and feels that this time he came to the antique city in vain, even if he can't buy anything else, it's worth it.
However, today's antique city coincides with a grand event, good things continue, fine products continue, whether it is an antique stall or a used book stall, from time to time burst out of exclamations, as if 365 days a year, good things are breaking ground today, attracting countless collectors to bend their waists.
In fact, because this is a super event that only happens once a year, those who set up stalls will basically take out the treasures they have treasured for many years, and prepare to sell them at a good price while there are many people.
For example, this stall sells ancient paintings of the Qing Dynasty, saying that it is the bamboo of the great painter Zheng Banqiao, and there are people selling calligraphy on the stall, saying that it is the authenticity of Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty, as well as selling the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, selling the Empress Dowager Cixi's hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, and the edict of Yuan Shikai when he was called emperor.
In short, any treasure has taken on its original form here, as if it had all been drilled out of the ground overnight.
One of the descendants of his hometown in the Northeast, with a black head and a black face, is tall and big, nicknamed "Zhao Sanpao", it is said that it is Tieling's handsome, and the old man Zhao is the king of sketches. Why is he called "Zhao Sanpao", it is said that on the night of Xiao Zhao's wedding, he tossed with his daughter-in-law for a night, and made three back and forth, making his daughter-in-law comfortable and despised. From then on, he was in charge of the major affairs of his family, and the small matters were taken care of by his daughter-in-law. The name of "Zhao Sanpao" also spread widely. Quietly spread in this line as well.
When "Zhao Sanpao" first entered the industry, selling books was like selling vegetables, no matter what books he earned, he would sell them. So he also missed a lot of good books in his hands. The whole set of seventy-odd editions, "History of the Ming Dynasty" by Jiupin Zhonghua Book Company, was charged for 30 yuan, and he was asked to sell it for 60 yuan.
But now Zhao Sanpao is different, young and vigorous, and he runs diligently, plus he has seen more of the world, and if he wants to pick up leaks from him, there is no door.
Today, Zhao Sanpao borrowed a Dayang motorcycle from a friend early in the morning, and went to the antique city with a bang, bringing a mysterious, sixties, thread-bound, Rong Bao Zhai watermark edition, a set of two volumes with a letter sleeve, a heavyweight rare book album - "A Hundred Flowers Bloom".