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As a popular project in the field of Chinese antique collecting, the inkstone can be said to have been the favorite of those literati from ancient times to the present.

The use and collection of exquisite inkstones has been in China for hundreds or even thousands of years.

After so many years of use and collection, Chinese naturally have their own unique preferences and opinions on inkstones, and in the circle of Chinese antique inkstones, there have long been four varieties of inkstones that have been passed down to the world.

They are the Tao Yan of Gan @ Su, the She Yan of An @ Hui, the Yan of Mountain @ Xicheng Ni, and the Duan Yan of Eastern Guangdong!

And the inkstone that Jin Muchen is holding in his hand, he has just tested the characteristics of this inkstone, and the characteristics of this inkstone are exactly the same as the characteristics of the four famous inkstones, so this should be a side inkstone.

Thinking of this, Jin Muchen couldn't help but feel an irrepressible excitement in his heart, looking at the position of these inkstones on this stall, but they were stacked on top of each other, large and small, about a dozen of these inkstones.

Jin Muchen was silent, put down the inkstone in his hand, and then took the dozen inkstones in his hand, and roughly checked them, even if he was able to hold it up, he had to let out a long breath.

Because he found that these dozen inkstones are all veritable inkstones.

And they are all very good workmanship, and there are no good flaws in the quality, he can no longer hold back the joy in his heart, originally thought that this trip to Little Havana would return empty-handed.

Now it seems. It seems that this time I have encountered an unexpected surprise.

It was said before that this inkstone is a crazy stone. This is not nonsense.

In recent years, the domestic antique collection has skyrocketed. The price of all kinds of antique cultural toys has risen sharply, including this inkstone.

In the past, the most popular stone products, of course, were gemstones, especially jadeite and jade, because of the characteristics of cultural jewelry, in recent years, it has been very popular in China.

It belongs to the most popular batch of stone products in the antique entertainment market. And the quality is good, even if it is a modern work, it has no historical value, but the price is often speculated to be sky-high.

Especially jadeite, when the market was hot in the past few years, it was once speculated to sky-high prices in China, and jadeite the size of a fingernail was hundreds of thousands, millions.

Needless to say, jade is not much to say, as long as it can be stained with the edge of mutton fat white jade. That can not buy tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. Or even the price of millions.

However, most of these stones belong to the category of gemstones, and they are all born with a kind of protagonist aura, so no matter what time it is, it is the favorite of people who like to collect.

Sometimes such gems don't have to be antiques, even modern-made cultural accessories, and they are just as popular.

And just when most people focus on this gemstone, they don't find that at this time, another kind of stone is also quietly heating up.

And this kind of stone is Duan Yan!

Unlike the other three famous inkstones, most of the other inkstones have become extinct because of overexploitation, but Duanyan is well protected, and even now there are resources available for exploitation.

It's just that because of the protective attitude of the local government, many mines have been closed and forbidden, and it is precisely because of this protectionist attitude that the price of raw materials for the production of Duan Yan has risen wildly, and the price of Duan Yan is also soaring in the market.

As early as when it was changed, the market price of the inkstone at that time was only about a thousand dollars, but now, a good inkstone, even if it is the smallest in size and the kind of carving in general, now the starting price is about 400,000 yuan, and the size is large and the carving is exquisite, not to mention, it can easily reach millions.

This is still to say that modern products, if it is an ancient inkstone, with excellent workmanship and a long history, the starting price has to start from one million.

If you can get a little bit of the name of a historical celebrity, it will be even more amazing, if you send it to auction, it is basically not millions, or even tens of millions, you can't shoot it at all.

It can be seen that this inkstone is now crazy in the domestic market.

And today, Jin Muchen never expected that he would be able to see so many high-quality inkstones in an inconspicuous small market on the other side of the ocean.

And the most important thing is that these inkstones, after his inspection, are of very good quality.

Look at the production level, it is absolutely superior, in the size, it is even more amazing, are the most popular large-size works, so many inkstones, even in China, you can not see it in the same booth.

Jin Muchen roughly calculated, and now there were about thirteen Duan inkstones in front of him.

These inkstones, depending on the age of production, should not be the kind of ancient products, they should be modern products, but they should also be some years old.

The older ones should be fifty or sixty years old, and the more recent ones should be almost twenty years old.

In this way, it is not wrong, it is in line with the development history of this inkstone.

It turned out that after the establishment of New China, the country was in ruins at that time, because of the blockade of China by European and American countries, the domestic economic construction at that time was very difficult.

In order to raise funds in exchange for foreign exchange, to import the machinery and technology that we urgently need from abroad, and to develop the domestic economy, the government at that time tried its best to earn foreign exchange.

The large-scale exchange of export resources is not less, and there are many things that make our future generations of Chinese feel heartache.

For example, at that time, we exported a large amount of oil in exchange for foreign exchange, and in the end, our own oil was not enough, and we became the world's number one oil importer, which was stuck by Europe and the United States in this regard.

Needless to say, there are no longer a few other export resources, including the famous Duan Yan.

At that time, people did not have the awareness of the protection of such cultural resources at all, so from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guangdong Province organized manpower to mine a large number of ores in the pit of the end of the inkstone, produce and make the end inkstone, and export it for foreign exchange.

What is even more distressing is that at that time, people did not realize the value of this inkstone at all, but they just exported it as a relatively high-end handicraft.

It was not until later that the domestic collection trend became hot, people realized that this kind of inkstone, it turned out to be a scarce resource, at that time the local government realized the importance of the original ore, and began to close the mine to prohibit mining for protection, but unfortunately at this time the raw ore of this inkstone has been almost exhausted.

This is also the main reason why the price of Duan inkstone has risen in the market in recent years.

Especially in its birthplace of eastern Guangdong Province, where the antique collectors have an almost paranoid crazy preference for this kind of inkstone, which is worth millions of dollars in the capital, if it is in eastern Guangdong, it can often be auctioned for tens of millions of high prices.

This is also the main reason why in recent years, the end inkstone, which was exported to all over the world, began to return frantically.

It's just that the stall owner in front of him obviously shouldn't know that this inkstone will be so famous and popular in China, otherwise he wouldn't have sold these dozen pieces of inkstone so aggressively.

Jin Muchen probably checked it, these inkstones are all flawless boutiques, and they should all be high-end handicrafts that have been passed down from China to overseas one after another over the years.

Although it is not an antique, this discovery also makes him very happy.

He turned his head to look at Tanaka, who had been with him, and asked, "Tanaka, how are you going to sell these things?" ”

He didn't call out the name of this inkstone, in fact, he just wanted to see how much Tanaka knew about these things, whether he knew them in detail, or if he was just a straw bale who accidentally obtained these treasures.

And this Tanaka is obviously a smart person, hearing Jin Muchen ask this, he deliberately named and said: "Jim, these things, but the Chinese used to write auxiliary tools, their names are inkstones." These are treasures from my grandfather's collection, and I only got them some time ago......"

As soon as Tanaka said this, Jin Muchen also heard it, it seems that this guy shouldn't have no understanding of this inkstone, but he doesn't know how to understand it very deeply, he should be just a bucket and a half of water.

Knowing this, Jin Muchen has a bottom in his heart, but before he starts, he still wants to know more about the origin of these inkstones.

"What? These things, your grandfather's collection? ”

"Yes, that old man has always liked to collect these things, and he is in the antique business in Japan, but it's a pity that the old guy has always disliked me, otherwise I wouldn't have to set up a stall here. Hehe, I don't know if that damn racist will jump out of the grave in anger after knowing that his lifelong collection finally fell into my hands. Hehe, sorry, that's impossible, because he's already turned to ashes......"

This Tanaka, talking about his grandfather's attitude, surprised Jin Muchen, no matter what, that's your grandfather?

You guy, how can you say that about your own grandfather?

Seeing the curiosity on Jin Muchen's face, this Tanaka raised his eyebrows, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, took out one and lit it for himself: "Anyway, it's okay to talk to you now." Actually, Tanaka is my mother's last name, and my real name should be Jordan, but because of my irresponsible father, I don't like to use this last name......"

As soon as he heard this, Jin Muchen basically understood that this guy should be a typical black abandoned baby, black people in the United States have such a common disease, leaving seeds everywhere, but they are irresponsible.

As far as he knows, more than 60 percent of the children in the black population in the United States have never seen their fathers since they were children...... (To be continued......)