Chapter 52: Panjiayuan Treasure Hunt
The sharp increase in aura has made obvious changes in the aura mass in Fang Yong's sea of consciousness, Fang Yong is happy, and has the idea of treasure hunting, just the appreciation will be held in the Panjiayuan antique market, with this favorable condition, it is more convenient for treasure hunting.
In the ceramic display area, there are ancient pottery, primitive porcelain and porcelain, and what surprised Fang Yong was that he saw his "Water Floating Sinan" on the display stand.
The jade exhibition area mainly displays jade carvings from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.
It may be because calligraphy and painting are not easy to preserve, the authentic works of the Song and Yuan dynasties are rare, and the paintings and calligraphy of the Ming and Qing dynasties are also scarce, so the collections displayed in the calligraphy and painting area of this appreciation meeting are mostly works of modern and modern calligraphers and painters, and the rare books are also mostly in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
As for the miscellaneous area, the four treasures of the study room are mostly ancient inkstones, and the prices are relatively low. There are also dozens of items such as gold and silverware, musical instruments, ritual utensils, snuff bottles, weights and measures, and old clocks, which make people dazzled.
Absorb the aura on the ceramics, calligraphy and painting area, jade area, and miscellaneous area in the main venue one by one, and feel that every time he absorbs the aura, Fang Yong's mood will become much more comfortable, just like eating ice cream on dog days. After Fang Yong quickly absorbed the aura on the collection, the time had already reached the end of the venue.
I went back to the hotel arranged by the organizer of the appreciation party, had a simple dinner, watched TV for a while, and then washed up and went to sleep.
The next day, because all the aura of the collections in the exhibition area of the venue had been absorbed yesterday, there was no special event today, and it was the weekend, and the Panjiayuan Market was open, so Fang Yong wanted to go treasure hunting.
When Fang Yong came to Panjiayuan Market, the antique red wall was already crowded with people, and many domestic and foreign tourists and Taobao people came one after another.
The reason for the popularity of Panjiayuan old goods is that one is "old", and the other is "strange". An old clock, an old fan bone, and a carved window lattice in an old house are full of vicissitudes and long-term charm. All kinds of folk curiosities, antiques and handicrafts, as well as ancient books and paintings, old books and periodicals, shadow puppet masks, relics of "special periods" and daily necessities of different eras, there are new lanterns, and there are also a variety of Tibetan ornaments that attract women, so that people of different colors, different languages, different classes, and different beliefs can take what they need and enjoy themselves.
The owner of the antique furniture store is cleaning his furniture with a feather duster, there is a very old man shopping for brushes, a foreign friend has taken a fancy to a copper horse and is bargaining with the seller, and several women are attracted by a Tibetan jewelry stall......
As he walked, he suddenly saw shadow puppets that were becoming more and more rare now, and this stall made Fang Yong stop. When I was a child, the shadow puppet master who walked the streets and alleys also performed shadow puppets in their village? At that time, Fang Yong and a group of their little children ran to the courtyard of the brigade to find a good place to occupy it without taking care of eating, and couldn't wait for the wonderful performance of the shadow puppet master. Seeing shadow puppets now reminds Fang Yong of the good times when he was a child.
Shadow puppetry has a long history, the earliest was born in the Western Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, also known as sheepskin play, commonly known as human head play, shadow play, originated in China's ShanX Province, matured in the Tang and Song dynasties of Qin, Jinyu and Yu, and flourished in the Qing Dynasty HeB Province, is China's folk ancient and magical opera art.
In line with the nostalgia of his childhood, he spent 800 oceans to buy a shadow puppet "Journey to the East" craft gift box, that is, the story of the eight immortals crossing the sea. The shadow puppet is made of cooked donkey skin, and the whole set of shadow puppets is carved by hand, and the craftsmanship is exquisite and meticulous.
I bought a shadow puppet gift box and walked to a bookstall that bought comic books, the owner of the bookstall was a middle-aged man, and he deliberately placed the comic book boutiques in a conspicuous position in the front row, and other old books of the Republic of China were placed at his feet.
After reading a few comic books, I felt good, and bargained with the boss to buy four comic books, "Crossing the River Reconnaissance", "The Legend of the White Snake", "Qin Qiong Selling Horses", and "Flooded Seventh Army". After the deal, when Fang Yong got up to leave, he suddenly saw a translation of Lu Xun's preface "The Liberated Dong Quixote". In his previous life, Fang Yong liked Mr. Lu Xun's works very much, and he was a little excited when he saw this translation of Lu Xun's preface.
So Fang Yong began to use his usual trick again-sonic strikes. casually picked up the old books of the Republic of China and asked the price one by one, but he only remembered the translation of "The Liberated Dong Quixote" written by Lu Xun. asked the price of the book, and the middle-aged boss replied: "This book is expensive, it is a good book for Lu Xun to write a preface, and you will be counted as a thousand yuan for the sake of the basic comic book, and you will not bargain."
I'm dizzy, so expensive! I probed it with my consciousness, and there was no aura on it. wanted to put it down, and suddenly Fang Yong saw that this book was the April 1934 edition of S City Lianhua Book Company, with a print run of 1,000 copies. 1,000 copies, limited edition! After so many years, it is estimated that there will not be many people who are in such a complete condition, and maybe it will be worth a lot in the future. Buy it first!
Pay with one hand, deliver with the other. I asked the boss for a handy bag and put the books I bought. The boss counted the money, but he was still unwilling, and muttered: "If this thing is auctioned, it can be sold for a better price!" ”。
Came to a stall selling ancient coins again, and after absorbing the aura on a few ancient coins, Fang Yong picked up a five-baht coin from the Han Dynasty and looked at it repeatedly. In fact, Fang Yong is thinking about the problem of aura in ancient coins, the red mist on ancient coins is indeed thick, but the aura can be said to be negligible, it seems that this circulating currency, the artist's hard work condensed on it is not much, so there is not necessarily any aura.
The stall owner saw Fang Yong looking over and over with a five-baht coin, thinking that he had taken a fancy to this coin, so he said, "Young man, do you want it?" This is a coin of the Han Dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago, you have to count you for a hundred yuan. ”
Fang Yong listened, good guy! This stall owner dares to kill people so much, more than 2,000 years ago, but it has been unearthed in large quantities, and it is also a common thing among the common people in the Han Dynasty. Fang Yong ignored the stall owner, put down the coin, and got up to leave.
After what happened just now, Fang Yong didn't have the idea of looking at each stall from one stall to another. When I opened my consciousness detection, all the antiques within a hundred meters around me came into my mind, and most of the antiques did not have any red or green mist, which should be fakes. Fang Yong looked at the antiques that emitted mist, absorbing the aura inside one by one. After asking about the prices of these antiques, they were not cheap, and the value of the appreciation of the collection was not high, so Fang Yong had no desire to buy them.
Looking at the vendors dressed as peasant uncles and aunts, I always thought that they didn't understand the value of antiques, and foreign goods were sold at a local price. According to Fang Yong's several bargains with many hawkers, there are also many masters among these hawkers who sell antique and second-hand goods. They all know how much they can buy a good good product that looks old, and they even know the auction price of similar goods from various major auction companies. Therefore, the matter of picking up the missing can only be encountered.