At this time, Sikong Zhe was even more puzzled, and said, "Huh? You can't be short on money lately, are you? No money? Impossible. Besides, you really want to talk to Lu Yao, there's always a way, right?! ”

As soon as Fang Ming heard it, he knew that Sikong Zhe had misunderstood what he meant, "It's not because of this reason, it's that it's inconvenient for me to shoot by myself, not only that it's inconvenient for me to bid, but it's also inconvenient for you." ”

"This ......"

Seeing Sikong Zhe's confused appearance, Fang Ming smiled and explained to him what had happened.

"So that's it? Do you mean to say that those two pieces of porcelain are good things, and now they are worried about falling into the hands of the islanders? ”

This and Sikong Zhe finally understood.

"Yes, as the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, those two pieces of porcelain have to be left in our own hands, at least when they are auctioned, they should be bought by our people, and if they are from other countries, at least they should pay enough price, right?"

Fang Ming had no way to stop the antiques from falling into anyone's hands in the end, even if someone from his own country bought it, he might eventually sell it to someone from another country, he knew that his hand was not that long and he couldn't manage it so much. But he still wants to see people from his own country buy these two "eye-catching" porcelain pieces today, and if people from other countries buy them, they should also buy them at a price that reflects their true value, not a price far lower than their true value.

But this is the case now, because the appraiser invited by Lu Yao did not identify the true value of the two pieces of porcelain, and the starting price of the auction was very low, and what was even more troublesome was that from the perspective of the people on the scene, there were not many people interested in the two pieces of porcelain, and it was likely that they would be sold at a relatively low price in the end.

If Fang Ming didn't see the true value of these two pieces of porcelain, then there was nothing to say, but it was always him who saw it, if he didn't take some measures, he wouldn't be able to pass his own level, in fact, Shang Ming had already thought about it, if it really didn't work, then he would come forward to take a picture of it, and as for the problems that would cause it later, I would talk about it later.

"Heh, Mr. Fang Ming, why don't I come forward to take pictures of these two pieces of porcelain? There shouldn't be anything wrong with my identity. ”

Sikong Zhe slapped his head with a "snap", and then said, "Ha! Fang Ming, this is Xu Ming, my old friend for many years, and it is most appropriate for him to come forward to take pictures of the matter you mentioned. ”

Fang Ming stretched out his hand to Xu Ming and said, "Mr. Xu, then I'm welcome, I'll invite you to dinner after the matter is over." ”

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Since Kong Zhe said that he is a friend who has been very familiar with Xu Ming for many years, he is absolutely trustworthy, and Xu Ming will not join the auction company in the future, so there is no problem at all.

"You're welcome, I'm here today to get an antique, and I'm pulling Sikong Zhe over because he is an expert in this area, and I want him to help me take a look, in fact, I want to invite you, but it's too presumptuous, and it's not too good to trouble you."

Xu Ming was not a kind word, he really wanted to invite Fang Ming, and he also knew the relationship between Sikong Zhe and Fang Ming, but it was not good to trouble Fang Ming to take his hands for a while, after all, they had not met before, and they had not even eaten together, so it was not too appropriate to trouble people immediately. However, he didn't expect to run into Fang Ming after coming here.

The matter was solved, Fang Ming also relaxed, found an empty table with Sikong Zhe and Xu Ming and sat down, and said, "Mr. Xu, which antique do you like?" ”

"White ground and black flowers entwined with branches and branches peony plum vase."

Encountering a large number of appraisals like Shang Ming, Xu Ming was not polite, and directly stated his goal.

The so-called plum vase refers to a porcelain vase with a small mouth, short neck, plump shoulders, thin bottom, and circle foot style, and the reason why it is called is because its mouth is relatively small, and it can only be used to insert plum branches.

Fang Ming had already seen all the antiques here before, so as soon as Xu Ming said this, he knew which one it was.

"This bottle is from the Northern Song Dynasty, it's not bad, the starting price is 1.5 million, it's a real thing, if you can get it at a good price, it's still quite good."

"Oh?"

Xu Ming heard a hint of strangeness in Fang Ming's tone, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mr. Fang Ming, what do you mean by this?" Shouldn't this bottle be bought? ”

Fang Ming said: "Of course I don't mean that. It depends on what you bought the bottle for, whether you give it away or collect it yourself, the two are exactly the same. ”

"Collect it yourself."

"That'...... Think about this bottle, but let's not focus on it. ”

Hearing Xu Ming say that he had bought it for his collection, Fang Ming suddenly shook his head slightly. Since this Xu Ming is Sikong Zhe's friend, Fang Ming also directly stated his opinion, of course, it is not that this bottle is bad, but if it is used as a collection, it is another matter.

"Oh? Isn't it worth buying because of the collection? ”

Fang Ming glanced at Sikong Zhe,

Then he looked at Xu Ming again and said, "I'll see it...... Mr. Xu, you are also a businessman, right? I mean, you're not in the antiques business, right? ”

Fang Ming's judgment is not without any basis. First, Xu Ming came with Sikong Zhe and was likely to be friends in the business field; Second, if it is a professional play collection, it is impossible not to know about it before, and it is impossible not to have heard of it.

"That's right, it is."

Xu Ming nodded lightly, but he was curious as to why Fang Ming had suddenly been involved in this aspect.

"If you're in the antique business, you can buy the bottle and sell it at a good price in a short period of time. But if you're not in the antique business, but only play with antiques for your own interests, then the bottle doesn't make much sense. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

When Fang Ming spoke just now, Sikong Zhe didn't interject, but after hearing this, he couldn't help it, because he was also confused, and he didn't understand what Fang Ming's purpose of "going around" was talking about.

"One of the characteristics of collecting antiques as an amateur is that they are rarely or at least not sold very often. This determines that we must be cautious when choosing collectibles, not to see good ones to buy, but to have a standard. ”

Xu Ming sat on a chair at first, but at this time, he couldn't help but straighten up, and his expression became more and more serious, "Mr. Fang Ming, I don't know what the principle is?" ”

"The first one, of course, is that I like it. This principle is the most important, an antique, no matter how much it is worth, if you don't like it, there is no point in buying it back, because you hate it when you look at it all day. After all, antiques are meant to be played with, and this is one of the important pleasures of collecting antiques. ”

The second is to collect those antiques that have a relatively large appreciation space. There are a lot of antiques in this world, no matter how rich you are, you can't collect it, you can't see one and buy one, right? Collecting antiques that have a huge appreciation space is the way to go. This is mainly related to the fact that after the general things that are collected, they often do not sell for a few years or even more than ten years or a lifetime. In this way, what is the point of buying an antique that is worth 1 million and will only be worth 1.2 million ten years later? “

Xu Ming and Sikong Zhe were both smart people, and they had already understood what Fang Ming meant at this time.

"Mr. Fang Ming, do you mean that this bottle in front of you is not an antique with high growth potential?"

Fang Ming nodded lightly and said, "Yes, of course this bottle is worth 1.5 million, and even if it can be taken between 2 million and 2.3 million, then there is still room for appreciation, but the problem is that in this way, there is not much room for appreciation." The appreciation of antiques is not proportional to time, although time is a factor, but what really determines its value is its scarcity, that is to say, if there are ten such bottles in this world, even if it is a hundred years, it will not appreciate much, but if there are only two or even one, then its value will continue to rise, and the longer the time, the more valuable it is. There is no doubt about that. ”

"So...... I plan to photograph this white ground and black flowers entwined branches peony plum vase is a lot of people? ”

If Xu Ming didn't understand what Fang Ming meant at this time, he would be a fool, of course, he liked this bottle first, but after looking at an expert, the results of the identification were indeed as Fang Ming said, even if it was about 2.5 million to take out, it was okay, so he was moved. However, the two experts I invited did not tell me that there was not much room for appreciation in this peony plum vase with white ground and black flowers.

It's not the first time he's participated in the auction, and he knows that under the auction situation, it's not too difficult for the transaction price of the peony plum vase with white ground and black flowers to rise to about 2.5 million, and even if several people look at it at the same time, it is very likely to rise to more than 3 million. In this case, after the shooting, there is really not much room for appreciation as Fang Ming said.

In this way, whether you want to bid for this peony plum vase with white ground and black flowers is really hard to say, and the meaning is really not much.

Nodding slightly, he said: "There are not a lot of them, but although such a white ground and black flowers are entwined with branches and branches of peony plum vase from the Northern Song Dynasty, it cannot represent the highest level in terms of quality, so the value of such a porcelain collection is not too great." ”

"If you run an antique store and buy it at the right auction price and then sell it, you can consider it, but if you plan to collect it for yourself, or even want to pass it on to future generations, then there is really not much need."