Chapter 126: Chenghua Porcelain
Asakusa antique market in Tokyo, an island country
Jiang Yelin waved his hand and spent 3.6 million yen on the remaining 24 pieces of Ming blue and white on the boss Inoue's stall in a pot of stew, and the beautiful police inspector who appeared as a personal assistant was full of reluctance, and counted three new 100-yuan bills from the Kun bag to pay the bill.
According to the exchange rate of 123:1 between the yen and the US dollar that month, the boss Inoue accepted 29,200 US dollars with mixed feelings and worries, and Bai Suzhen angrily put back the 8 100 yuan bills drawn out of the last dollar bill, and her face was gloomy and dripping.
"Invoices and receipts ......" The cold-faced beautiful police inspector unceremoniously stretched out her hand to the well.
Fortunately, Inoue's own house is a serious century-old antique shop, so the blue and white porcelain, 24 pieces, 3.6 million yen worth of stamped and signed receipts and invoice documents, and even the certificate with a photo for each piece, were quickly sent to Bai Suzhen's hands, and the girl carefully put it away.
muttered in my heart if I had to change to a hotel tonight, the five-star Park Hyatt was only afraid that it would not be able to live, and Jiang Yelin would spend too much money and ignore it! How do you pay for it this time? More than half of the working capital was exchanged for 24 inconspicuous Ming blue and white porcelain! What is the use of not being able to eat or spend, is it really a stall in this Tokyo market to raise money?!
"Ye Sang, may I ask if these blue and white porcelains are put into the box for you, do you want to call a car to send them to the house?"
Inoue's mood is as heavy as the three dollars in his hand, not that he hasn't seen a lot of money, but it's rare to see so many dollars in cash, and generally large transactions are made with checks or credit cards.
"No, no, I'll see, hmm, where is the box for this blue and white bowl? Please bring it, I'll put it on myself,......" Jiang Yelin picked up a 30 cm flower-shaped blue and white bowl on the stall, on which was a courtyard painting of figures.
The boss Inoue was moved when he saw it, and while telling Keiko and them to find the original packaging brocade box of this bowl, he couldn't help but ask,
"Ye Sang also thinks this bowl is good? It's a pity that there is no knowledge, although it feels like it is Ming Qinghua, but it is a little more difficult to set the year...... This bowl has been in my house for decades, but this is the first time it has been seen......"
Speaking of which, this bowl is the old collection of Inoue's father thirty years ago, but one has no knowledge, and the other is unwilling, just as a bargain and sold as a copy of the future generations and unwilling, so it has been lying in the warehouse of "Inoya Shiki", and it was turned out by Inoue's wife not long ago, and this time the stall was put out with a sense of luck.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yelin packed it and bought it together, but at this moment, the young big buyer in front of him said that he would pack it alone, and Inoue felt even more unstable as if he was scratched by a cat's claws.
"Most of the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties have a sense of style, this bowl is indeed a pity that there is no model, with the temper of the boss Inoue, it is estimated that he will not collect such porcelain, it turns out that this bowl is your father's generation in your house, which is reasonable......"
Jiang Yelin pondered how this bowl of vessel type, color, painting and glaze pulp was also something in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was likely to be Chenghua porcelain, although there was no "Ming Dynasty Adulthood" double round and double-row model at the bottom.
However, Jiang Yelin still felt that he had to take out this bowl separately and put it away, the energy of his palm golden eye was currently maintained at Cheng DΓΉ, which could only be used once in 24-48 hours, and Bai Suzhen said that he could only stay in Tokyo for three days, so Jiang Yelin was not ready to use up the energy of the palm golden eye lightly.
"Ye Sang, although you are young, you are knowledgeable and talented, and even your assistant is deeply influenced by the antique industry, I don't know what year you think this bowl is?" If Inoue doesn't ask clearly, it is estimated that he will have insomnia when he goes back tonight......
"It's hard to say, either before Yongle, or during the Chenghua period, Ming porcelain from the middle of Yongle gradually have a paragraph, the early years of Ming porcelain and Yuan blue and white are the same, most of them have no money, in addition, the official kiln ware and folk ware are different, most of the official kiln after Yongle is a style, the folk ware is mostly imitated in private, and some really dare not go up to the money to recognize......"
At this moment, not only did Inoue understand, but the beautiful police inspector on the side also came back to his senses, and Jiang Yelin's main interest was this blue and white porcelain bowl without a model, and the others were bought casually with the packaging. ? ?
Now Inoue is a little distressed, this bowl has been collected by his old man for decades, and it has been placed in the corner of the corner no one looks at it, it turns out that it may only be Chenghua porcelain or Ming porcelain before Yongle? This...... Ay! If it is really Chenghua porcelain, such a good condition, delicate painting style, and soft color Ming Chenghua porcelain, it can be sold for at least 800 to 10 million yen, or even more!
Now Inoue's whole person is sluggish, Nima himself has been in charge of the family business for 20 years, and one guy has lost more than 8 million family funds? !
"Boss Inoue, I walked around this Asakusa antique market before, it seems that there are only forty or fifty stalls here, and the font size is not good, but there are really not many good things, Ming Chenghua's blue and white porcelain, in your Tokyo, like this 30 cm of excellent quality bowl, how much can it be sold?!"
When Jiang Yelin asked this, Bai Suzhen's ears beside him were erected together with Inoue, Bai Suzhen felt that there seemed to be a way out of things, Jiang Yelin didn't know what his idea was, but it must be inseparable from picking up leaks and making a lot of money.
Inoue is even more energetic, he originally thought that Jiang Yelin bought blue and white porcelain for collection, but there was no chance to get it back if he just sold it, what's the matter, the son of the Maple Leaf Country in front of him, bought it with his left hand and prepared to sell it with his right hand? ? It's a good opportunity to take advantage of......
It's also strange to say, this bowl is resting on the stall, and it is not obvious in more than 20 pieces of blue and white porcelain, at this time, Jiang Yelin is alone in his hand, and it looks different immediately, Inoue rubbed his hands, his eyes rolled wildly, and he quickly weighed how to answer, if the price was too high, Jiang Yelin was happy, but how to bargain if he really wanted to buy it back?
If you talk about a low price, can you blindfold this big customer with extraordinary eyesight and grace to himself, then I really don't know, don't look at Inoue, this guy has always been honest and not the material of being the owner of an antique shop, but the one who is close to Zhu is red and the one who is close to the ink is black, and he has also been a shopkeeper for 20 years......
"Inoue-kun, what are you wondering? You are not the only one who sells antiques in this Tokyo stall, just now our boss also made a big bag for you to earn 1.5 million yen, you see that you were supposed to keep the stall for two days may not be able to sell a few pieces, the next 25 pieces of small half a day to clear the sale, holding 30,000 US dollars and 1 million yen in your hands, you directly led the two flower-like female clerks to the park have become ......"
Bai Suzhen, the beautiful police inspector, belongs to the master of what kind of character she plays, and at this moment she noticed that Inoue, who looked honest and wooden, might be making some calculations, and couldn't help but squeeze the other party with words like a beautiful eyebrow, as soon as she said this fluent and skillful Japanese, Inoue was embarrassed, and the faces of Keiko and Qinzi, who were still good, rose red.
"Ye Sang, I won't hide it from you, in recent years, the economic development of the island country has been too fast, and the price of real estate under the bubble has been going up, and the market of Ming and Qing porcelain has also risen day by day......
If it is really a fine product of Ming Chenghua porcelain, I estimate that the asking price of 800 to 10 million yen is possible, and if you go to the auction house, you may be able to get a better price, and of course, the auction house commission is also very expensive...... If the reserve price is too high, there is a possibility that the auction will fail! "It's only worth 10 million yen? That's how much is it......" Jiang Yelin turned to look at his beautiful assistant, Bai Suzhen pouted and said, "123 yen to 1 dollar, 10 million yen is almost more than 80,000 US dollars, of course, it's not much......"
Just spent $30,000 to buy a bunch of porcelain, so that the beautiful police inspector who quickly deflated her pocket was upset, and when she turned around at this moment, what, just this broken bowl can be sold for $80,000?? The girl suddenly came to her senses, and of course she was slandering in her heart, the antique industry is too dark! It is no wonder that the cultural relics smuggling gang spends so much money to smuggle cultural relics abroad! "Ye Sang, 10 million yen is not less, Ming porcelain is not as high as the market price of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, under normal circumstances, the declared transaction price in the market is about 2 percent higher than the actual transaction price, in order to reserve the buyer's appreciation and transfer of profit space......"
Inoue's words are true, but at this time, the eyes of the middle-aged kimono boss are mostly on the big bowl in Jiang Yelin's hand, which is likely to be Ming Chenghua porcelain, and he regrets that he actually looked away, his father passed this thing down, then there must be a reason, if it is worth 10 million yen or even more Chenghua porcelain, then this reason is very sufficient...... "Okay, I didn't expect such a perfect Ming Chenghua character courtyard flower bowl, only worth 80,000 US dollars, I remember this year's Hong Kong Island Christie's autumn auction, even the Qing Guangxu imitation Ming blue and white plate was auctioned at a price of 4 or 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, so can it be compared with the real Ming Chenghua porcelain? ! β
Jiang Yelin looked regretful at this time, waved his hand at the female shopkeeper who was holding the brocade packaging box and didn't know whether to hand it over or not, and turned to Bai Suzhen, "In this way, Susu, borrow the four treasures of the study room of the boss of Inoue to write a post, indicating: Ming blue and white porcelain special auction, the main Ming Chenghua blue and white porcelain inner and outer courtyard Gao Shitu flower-shaped bowl, the admission deposit is 1 million yen, and the reserve price starts at 10 million yen, I want to make a temporary auction on the spot to see how many buyers who know the goods, it is only worth 80,000 US dollars." It's amazing! β
Bai Suzhen agreed, and leaned over to write an advertising post with the help of the pen and ink on the stall, and the boss here felt his handkerchief and stuck the sweat on his forehead, looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't make up his mind.