After Lin Yi and Haitang stayed at the hotel, they got in touch with the Taipei branch of New Century Auction House and obtained some information about the treasures in this auction from them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the data, the treasures in this auction include more than 150 pieces of jade, gold and stone, and more than 300 ancient books of calligraphy and painting. Perhaps when he fled Taiwan from the mainland, it was difficult to bring those bulky antiques, so he brought more ancient books of calligraphy and painting that were lighter and easier to carry. This is not a joke, you must know that the Kuomintang government even wanted to carry the cumbersome "Simu Mao Dafang Ding" to Taiwan, but it was because it was too heavy.

After all, Lin Yi's ability to identify ancient books of calligraphy and painting is deeper than that of gold and stone, so he quickly roughly identified the approximate prices of these ancient collections of calligraphy and painting, and then formulated a floating strategy for bidding according to the price codes given in auctions over the years.

Among these ancient books of calligraphy and painting, among the 30 collections that will be auctioned, Lin Yi is most optimistic about a handscroll of copying in the late Qing Dynasty, and the author of the handscroll is Liu Chunlin, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty.

Liu Chunlin is good at calligraphy, especially in small letters. The small block pen is delicate and strong, and it is deeply respected by the world. From time to time, it has the reputation of "big Kai learning Yan (Yan Zhenqing), small Kai learning Liu (Liu Chunlin)". He has published many small block characters such as "The Order of the Three Tibetan Saints of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Order of the Orchid Pavilion"; Large-print stickers are also published. And this auction is the small block handscroll "Great Compassion Guanyin Sutra" written by him himself.

To say that this handscroll is not very special except for the handwriting, but those who really know it do not see it that way. Why? Because the handscroll was written by Liu Chunlin for Cixi Lafayette, and it was written in one go after he was appointed as the champion, bathed and changed clothes, and fasted and recited the Buddha for seven days.

Why is this happening? Because anyone who knows a little bit of history knows that Liu Chunlin's champion was hand-picked by Cixi Lafayette back then.

It is said that the thirtieth year of Guangxu happened to be the seventieth birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, which was called the "Wanshou Festival" at that time, and the whole world celebrated together. The imperial examination is naturally no exception, and the imperial court has a special exception to the "Enke". Because it coincides with the year of Jiachen, this family is called Jiachen family. This time, Enko participated in the temple examination, and a total of 273 tribute students were born. After a big competition, the top three in the end were: champion Liu Chunlin, Bangyan Zhu Ruzhen, and Tanhua Shang Yanliu.

In addition, the tribute students who participated in the pre-palace examination also included Tan Yanhong, Tang Hualong, Pu Dianjun, Shen Junru and others. Liu Chunlin, who is from Suning, Zhili, won the title and ranked first in the seventeenth place in the examination, while Tan Yanmin, Zhu Ruzhen and others were not the champion because of their names and origins. After the news came out, there was a sensation in the government and the opposition. All kinds of rumors about the birth of this last champion have smeared this imperial examination with a thick layer of mystery.

It turned out that the first place in the entrance examination was Tan Yanhong, a native of Chaling, Hunan, during the palace examination, because his own surname Tan was the same as Tan Sitong who participated in the Wuxu Reform, he was worried that the Empress Dowager Cixi would blame, and the examiners did not list him in the 10 examination papers given to the Empress Dowager Cixi, but listed Zhu Ruzhen as the first place. In this way, Tan Yanmin not only missed the champion because of his surname, but also passed by the list and Tanhua.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi opened the examination paper listed as the first place by the examiner, and saw that the text of the paper was smooth and gorgeous, and she was very happy. But as soon as I saw the payment, a cloud suddenly rose in my heart. The winner of the championship was Zhu Ruzhen, a native of Qingyuan, Guangdong, which reminded the Empress Dowager Cixi of Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao of the Restoration, and Sun Yat-sen who held high the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty...... These people are all from Guangdong, and in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Guangdong is a place of frequent rebellion. In addition, there is a word "Zhen" in Zhu Ruzhen's name, and "Zhu" is the same as "Zhu". Thinking of Concubine Zhen's support for Emperor Guangxu's reform and reform, the three words "Zhu Ruzhen" immediately touched the sensitive nerve of the Empress Dowager Cixi. So she threw Zhu Ruzhen's test paper aside and replaced it with Liu Chunlin, who was the fifth place in the palace exam.

This Liu Chunlin is good at Xiaokai, and he was quite famous in the calligraphy industry at that time, and it happened that Cixi liked sparse and fresh fonts, so when he opened the test paper of Liu Chunlin in Suning, he was greatly appreciated. At the same time, there was a major drought this year, and the government and the opposition were eagerly looking forward to a spring rain. The word "Chunlin" contains the meaning of spring breeze and rain, and the meaning of Ganlin is universal, and its place of origin is Zhili Suning, located in Gyeonggi, "Suning" symbolizes the peaceful scene of tranquility and tranquility, which is naturally an "auspicious" omen for the Qing Dynasty that is full of flames and crumbling. So Cixi put a little vermilion on the name of Liu Chunlin's palace test paper, ranking first on the list, the champion and the first, and became famous all over the world for a while. After the chief examiner's performance, in order to take care of public opinion, although Zhu Ruzhen's name was not erased, she had to be named after Liu Chunlin.

Afterwards, as the new champion of the Fish Leaping Dragon Gate, Liu Chunlin wrote this volume of "Great Compassion and Great Compassion Guanyin Sutra" for her old man's 70th birthday in order to express his hand-picked kindness to Cixi Lafayette.

Cixi believed in Buddhism, so after receiving this volume, she liked it very much, not only published her personal seal "Treasure of the Empress Dowager Cixi" Zhu Wen Dayin on it, but also personally used a pen on the back of the scroll to make up a portrait of Guanyin, and the appearance of Guanyin was actually painted according to herself. It can be said that this handscroll has doubled its value because of the calligraphy and painting handwriting of Cixi, a great celebrity.

Lin Yi has studied previous auction reports, and the Empress Dowager Cixi's calligraphy and painting works were often ignored by collectors in the past, probably because Cixi herself was not popular, which brought disaster to the country and the people, and people have always been prejudiced against her calligraphy and painting level, so the auction price of her calligraphy and painting works is not too high.

But Lin Yi, who likes to read, remembers clearly, "The Last Stories of the Qing Palace" records that after the middle of Guangxu, Cixi suddenly loved Hanmo, learned to paint flowers, and learned to make big characters. Cixi's calligraphy foundation is not very good, but she is talented, after a period of practice and exploration, she has made great progress, especially after Miao Jiahui and other famous painters entered the palace to guide, the level of calligraphy and painting is improving day by day. Studying under the famous painter Miao Jiahui is undoubtedly a significant event in Cixi's calligraphy and painting career, but it also gives future generations a guess: Will Cixi's calligraphy and painting works be Miao Jiahui's knife? In fact, some people now also think that Cixi is uneducated and unskilled, and it is difficult to reach such a high level in the art of calligraphy and painting, including some auction companies, who also prefer to think that most of Cixi's calligraphy and painting works are not completed by her own hands. As a result, very low auction prices were offered. For example, in 2004, she sold for 165,000 yuan for the scroll of "Shou" in her official book, and 27,500 yuan for the banner of "Yanhuan Nayu" in regular script.

But in Lin Yi's view, Cixi spent so much energy on calligraphy and painting, is it just a vassal elegance and deception to the world? Or is it that some people say that they are too busy to ask someone to catch a knife in order to give it to the minister? In his view, these claims are not very credible. Lin Yi is willing to think that Cixi created those works by herself. People who have been in contact with creation more or less have the feeling of cherishing themselves, that is, no matter how bad they write and how bad they paint, they will cherish their own works, but they will not take other people's works and stamp their own seals.

As the de facto supreme ruler, Cixi did not need to please anyone, and most of her writing and painting were for her own amusement. Why bother spending so much time for a false name? So in Lin Yi's view, in fact, many works that mark the Empress Dowager Cixi are her true level nine times out of ten.

Therefore, Lin Yi is very optimistic about the auction potential of this handscroll, looking at the current auction price, it is only about 20,000, in Lin Yi's eyes, even if it is 2 million, it is worth it. Because there are many new wealthy classes in China today, the requirements for the quality of calligraphy and painting are not high, on the contrary, they have begun to be particularly interested in the handwriting of celebrities, especially those who are authoritative and prominent in Chinese history, and they are highly sought after. Undoubtedly, the handscroll composed of two celebrities, the champion of the Qing Dynasty and the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, is enough to attract the attention of those who are rich. To put it bluntly, they don't want artistic taste, but celebrity popularity.

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In addition to this handscroll of "The Great Compassion and Great Compassion of Guanyin Sutra", Lin Yi also focused on two collections, one is the early Qing Dynasty engraved version of "Wenmu Shanfang Poems"; The other is Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting work "Ink Grapes" in the Ming Dynasty.

Let's talk about the "Wenmu Shanfang Poems" first, the author is a literary cow who is often ignored, he is Wu Jingzi. Speaking of Wu Jingzi, the first thing that comes to people's mind is his satirical novel "The History of Confucianism", but they don't know that Lao Wu is still an academic master, especially in poetry.

Since modern times, the academic community has thought that "Wenmu Shanfang Poems" has long been lost, and it is deeply regrettable. It was not until June 1999 that someone found a copy of "Wenmu Shanfang Poems" in the Shanghai Library, and then the literary world was greatly revitalized.

However, this is a Qing Dynasty engraving that is more precious than a manuscript, which shows that this work has not really been lost, but has not been found. The most important thing is that Wu Jingzi is too famous for "The Outer History of Confucianism", so the price of this lot is not very high, only about 30,000 yuan, so it can be said that it is also a potential stock to pick up leaks.

Not to mention the Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting work "Ink Grapes", as the "Van Gogh" of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Wei was also crazy all his life, until he was poor, only a dog accompanied him before he died, and he didn't even have a mat on the bed.

Xu Wei lived a lifetime and was poor all his life, and after his death, his calligraphy and painting works really shined, and later followed. Because of this, Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting works have been auctioned at a high price, but this "Ink Grapes" was only set at an auction price of 100,000 yuan.

How so? Which one is true and which one is false? Because Xu Wei's fame is too great, and the number of fakes over the centuries is also too many, it is estimated that even the auctioneer is not sure whether his piece is genuine or fake, so he tentatively set a starting price of 100,000 yuan and prepared to wait and see.

But in Lin Yi's view, this work is very in line with Xu Wei's style in terms of concept and brushwork, and the real degree is slightly higher, so it is also a potential stock that can be picked up.

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For the appraisal and suggestions given by Lin Yi, Begonia accepted them all, on the one hand, out of trust in Lin Yi, and on the other hand, where Lin Yi's appraisal ability was.

However, after receiving Lin Yi's appraisal results, Haitang still compared the opinions given by other appraisers in the company.

In the end, Lin Yi's appraisal suggestion was the most complete and most in line with the company's bidding needs.

But just when Begonia was about to call the company's people and continue to follow up according to the appraisal results given by Lin Yi, she suddenly received news that the auctioneer had withdrawn more than a dozen of the collections, and they included three collections that Lin Yi marked as "missing".

How so?

No matter how shrewd Begonia is, she can't figure out what's wrong. In the end, I dredged up the relationship and found an insider, only to know that the original owner had encountered a master's guidance, saying that there was no need for those lots to be auctioned publicly, and that it was possible to bid frantically in a small circle.

This not only saves a lot of fees, but also allows you to observe the strength of those bidders, and then establish contacts and reach future cooperation intentions.

When Begonia understood this situation, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, since people didn't inform themselves, wouldn't it mean that New Century Company had not started yet, and New Century Company had been excluded from the competition?! (To be continued.) )