Chapter 39 Antique Exchange
"Brother Liu, I'm Wang Chao, I have time tomorrow, where is the antique exchange conference convened by the Japanese people in Xicheng District?" Wang Chao sent Zhang Xinyu home to call Liu Dejin.
"You can get there, that's great, it's at the Guluowang Club in Xicheng District, well, it's here on Chengfu Road, Xicheng District, starting at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll be waiting for you there then"
"Okay, see you tomorrow"
Hanging up the phone, Wang Chao saw that the time was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon, thought about it, took out the three wood carvings when he was in his hometown, and took out three blue and white porcelain, packed them, sealed them in a box and put them directly in the car, thought about it, and asked Zhao Dahai to come over and go together tomorrow.
The next day was Wednesday, Wang Chao and Zhao Dahai drove straight to Xicheng, after spending the rush hour of work, the speed was raised, at 9:50 to Chengfu Road, at the intersection saw Liu Dejin waiting, Wang Chao got out of the car and let Zhao Dahai follow Liu Dejin's driver to the door of a club next to it, the red painted gate, antique, the top is a red tile carving, hanging a plaque "Gu Luowang" three words, I don't know what it is, Liu Dejin knocked on the door, only to see a camera on the door turned its head to Liu Dejin to take a photo, Then the door slowly opened.
Step into the gate, the blue bricks on the ground, at the end is a shadow wall, painted on the nine carp waves, turn to the back is a hall house, walk into the hall, the ground is covered with red carpet, a spacious hall house, nearly 100 square meters, from the left side of the bypass, the back is a courtyard, more wide, there is a faint sound of someone talking inside.
Liu Dejin took Wang Chao in, followed by his driver and Zhao Dahai, carrying a large box containing porcelain and wood carvings, four people walked in, and found that there were already 7 or 8 people sitting inside, Wang Chao saw the Japanese and his translator at a glance, and the translator was next to a young man in his 20s, who was Zhang Xinyu's male classmate, and the road was narrow.
Wang Chao just glanced at it, and the people inside stopped and stared at Liu Dejin and Wang Chao together, "Haha, Mr. Fujimoto, let me introduce you to a good friend of mine, Mr. Wang Chao, a rookie in the antique world, but he has a good eye and a lot of collections, you have to get to know him"
Wang Chao took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "Lucky Mr. Fujimoto"
This Fujimoto glanced at Wang Chao, as if something suddenly sounded, and also stretched out his hand, with a smile on his face, "Mr. Wang, fortunately, I am friends with Mr. Liu, I heard him introduce you, you are really young and promising"
"Introduce me? I haven't dismissed him a few times, and he doesn't understand me, what to introduce me" Wang Chao thought so in his heart, but said "It's over, Mr. Liu is a real expert, and I came here today mainly to learn from everyone"
Wang Chao replied a few words without being humble or arrogant, and then people came in one after another, and this Fujimoto greeted him with a smile on his face and bowed repeatedly.
Wang Chao sat down, and asked Zhao Dahai to sit next to him, swept his eyes, and found that Zhang Xinyu's classmate was looking at Wang Chao with hateful eyes, it seems that he regarded Wang Chao as a rival in love, Wang Chao was not only secretly vigilant
It was close to half past ten o'clock, and the translator came to the front desk, and pressed his hand Xiangxia, "Everyone, you are very welcome to take time out of your busy schedule to participate in this antique exchange conference, this conference is sponsored by Mr. Fujimoto from the Japanese country and Mr. Liu Dejin, a domestic antique connoisseur, I hope you can achieve something today, and return satisfied", he paused and continued:
"There are still a few people who haven't arrived, but we won't wait for time, let's start first, first of all, I will ask Mr. Fujimoto to bring you his collection"
Fujimoto was not polite, he came up directly and bowed to everyone, and then took a scroll from his side, and then took out a white hand from his pocket, and then gently opened the scroll after putting it on, and found that it was a painting inside, which was about 50 centimeters long and about 30 centimeters wide, and was painted on silk cloth, looking at the color and painting style, unlike modern things, the painting was three figures sitting on the ground, these three people were wearing monk's clothes, but there was no ordination on their heads, and their expressions were calm and high-spirited. The left side of these three people is a circle, on which several volumes of calligraphy and paintings are neatly stacked, and the upper left corner of the innermost is a large painting tube, in which there are scrolls of calligraphy and painting, the background of the whole picture is simple, and the pen is concise.
"Everyone, please see, here is a famous painting of the painter Ren Yi during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty of your country, "Sanyou Image", this Ren Yizi Xiaolou, the number of mountains ** people, is a rare all-round talent at that time, in flowers and birds, landscapes, people, all fine, it is said that the later Qi Shi, Daqian is influenced by his painting style, and what is more commendable is that this person abandons the difference between China and the West, and is known as the first person to be a Chinese painter after Qiu Shizhou, this painting was made by him at the age of 45. If you like calligraphy and painting, you can come and see."
After saying that, he stepped aside. Wang Chao did not study much about painting and calligraphy, but this Ren Yi did hear of it, he was a very famous painter in the late Qing Dynasty, this person studied both Chinese and Western, many paintings have both traditional skills, and the shape of Western paintings is realistic, and there are many posthumous paintings.
During this time, people came to observe one after another, and Fujimoto saw that people had almost gone to see it, so he began to ask for the price, "The reserve price of this painting is 500,000 yuan, and you can start if you have friends who like it."
"550,000"
"570,000"
"600,000"
…… zuihou sold for 720,000 yuan, but I didn't expect this first collection to get off to a good start, it seems that the overall level of the collection today is relatively high, and everyone is looking forward to the back.
Then he took out a second piece of the collection, which was still in a box, and when he opened it, he unfolded it and found another painting, which was nearly 1.5 meters long and about 50 miles wide.
Behind the painting are several majestic mountains, with peaks and peaks, and in the distance, you can see the mountains in the distance, and there are courtyards at the foot of the mountains and in the mountains. In front of the mountain is an ancient pine forest, vigorous and vigorous, and the whole painting is meticulous and meticulous, with a sharp contrast of light and dark colors.
"Everyone, this is the famous painter Wang Shimin in the early Qing Dynasty of your country, who is known as one of the six great families in the early Qing Dynasty, with this person as a representative of the painting style is quite good, affecting the entire generation of the early Qing Dynasty, the base price of this painting is 850,000, and interested friends can come up and take a look."
The one who got the "Three Friends Image" continued to come up to watch, and then bit his ears with his friends, and raised the card again to offer, the painting was sold for 1.35 million, which shows the status of this painting in the minds of Tibetan friends, and through the auction of these two paintings, the atmosphere of the scene was also mobilized, and even Wang Chao was a little looking forward to the auction later.
I saw that Mr. Fujimoto took out another thing, this time it was not a painting, but a small box of yellow satin, and after opening it, he took out a bracelet from it, this thing was crystal clear, with a faint light green on it, and it was not an ordinary thing at first glance.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a jade bracelet, which also flowed out from the late Qing Dynasty in your country, and it is said that it was given to my princess by Mr. Sun Shan of your country when he was in my country, and it was later collected by my family. This jadeite has a history of more than 200 years, but the appearance is still round and jade, wearing it on the wrist is cool and spleen, it is a rare piece of jadeite genuine, the starting price is 8 million yuan, each increase is not less than 200,000 yuan, interested friends can come and see"
"Huh? This Japanese people actually have such good things, I'll take a look" Thinking of this, Wang Chao got up and walked over, there were already two people around him watching, and he sighed while watching, I don't know if he was praising this thing for being good, or praising the price, Wang Chao walked over to take a look, and didn't find anything unusual, and then took advantage of the people around him to have no idea, held his breath and looked through the past, and found that this thing was black?
"Huh? How can this be, is this thing a fake", thinking of this, Wang Chao secretly glanced at Liu Dejin beside him, only to see the translator who was staring at Fujimoto directly, and the translator was staring at Wang Chao tightly, not knowing what he was muttering.
"Is this the translation of this trick for me?" Thinking of this, Wang Chao turned his head again to look at the jade jade bracelet, under the perspective of the ability, it was still dark and unclear, Wang Chao understood, "It seems that this is the pit, it is really painstaking, even if this thing is fake, this level is not low"
Thinking about it, Liu Dejin next to him secretly stabbed Wang Chao, "Brother Wang Chao, how do you feel?" Do you want to do it, this thing looks good."
"Brother Liu, I can't see this thing accurately, and the price is a bit too high, and it doesn't have that much money"
"Brother, I think this is good, crystal clear, it must be a rare imperial green, if you buy it and give it to your brother and sister, you can also take it"
"Brother Liu, the key is that I don't have that much money now, so I want to sell what I have in my hand, and then participate in the auction"
"Oh, you brought good things too, remember to leave some good things for me at the auction later"
After Wang Chao finished speaking, he secretly glanced at him when he turned his head, and found that the other party had a regretful look on his face, and he was even more sure that this was a game set up by the other party.
The two of them each have their own ghosts, wary of each other, and on the surface, they pretend to be very close, Wang Chao pretends to be hard, and the other party seems to be from the bottom of his heart.
Start bidding below
"8.2 million"
"8.6 million"
"8.8 million"
……
The record was refreshed again and again, and the climax was set off again and again, and finally after 25 rounds of fierce bidding, it was sold at 10.4 million, it was a fat man in his 40s with a big belly and a fat brain, and there was a woman in his 40s standing next to him, it seemed that the woman looked at the bracelet and her eyes were red light, and she had stood up excitedly.
"I came in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring too many things, but I have seen the enthusiasm of your collection, so I am ready to return to China and will bring back with a heavy treasure again, and I invite everyone to come to Yunyun at that time."
After he came down, the second person on the stage was an old man in his 50s, who walked up steadily, carrying a small box in his hand, and when he arrived on the stage, he opened the box and took out a three-legged incense burner from it, "Everyone, there may be people here who know me, I will first introduce myself, I am a native of Yanjing, surnamed Zhang, and currently run a small porcelain shop, mainly collecting all kinds of porcelain, but they are not large objects, mainly small pieces and loose pieces, and my friends gave me a nickname 'Porcelain Zhang'." This is a piece of the Yuan Dynasty 'Gaozu furnace' that I collected two years ago, which came out of the ancient Yuezhou Longquan kiln, and the quality is good, but there are also flaws, and there are hidden lines in it, so the starting price is 300,000, and interested friends can come and have a look."
After speaking, this porcelain Zhang stood a little farther away, let everyone come up to watch, Wang Chaoxin said, "This is really a sincere person, what flaws in things have been said, I don't know if there is enough confidence or nature, if it is the latter, then it can be delivered."
I was thinking that there were people around me who followed him to see it, Liu Dejin also walked over this time, Wang Chao was not very interested in this, but he secretly watched it with his ability while people were not paying attention, and found that this thing did emit a milky white color under the perspective, it seems to be a genuine product, but the quality is a little different, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to sell at a price.
I was thinking that the auction had already begun, "350,000", "370,000", ...... Zuihou sold for 470,000 yuan, and then this Shi Shiran stepped down, as if to cope with an errand.
Subsequently, a few more people went up one after another, and took out jade, manuscripts, bronzes and other utensils to trade, but the price did not exceed the jade of the Japanese people.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people below, Wang Chao stood up and asked Zhao Dahai to carry the box, and the two of them walked up to the stage in a hurry, put the box away, and first arched their hands below and said: "Everyone, my name is Wang Chao, bring a few things this time, please palm", after speaking, he opened the box and first took out a Buddha sculpture of Huanghuali and put it on the platform:
"This is a statue of Guanyin of Huanghuali, 1 foot 6 inches high, the carving is lifelike, the young leaves and buds on the willow branches in the hands of Guanyin are clearly visible, it is a rare Buddha carving boutique"
"Ah, pineapple? It's rare."
"It's true, the carving of the knife is really good, see the subtle knowledge, it can be seen that this Buddha carving is not carved by ordinary people, it is estimated which one is everyone"
After a pause, seeing that the voice of the discussion was quieter, Wang Chao thought about it and continued to add
"I picked up this Buddha carving, it is said that the Buddha carving that Cixi Lafayette enshrined in the ancestral hall, I don't know whether it is true or not, if you have a favorite friend, you can come and see"
"Ah, what comes out of the palace, is it really fake? Then we have to go over and take a look", the discussion below became louder again, none of them were in the royal family for half a day, many people felt a little bored, and finally heard that it was used by the queen, whether it was true or not, come over and take a look at it first, even including the Japanese people, also ran over and took out a magnifying glass with wide eyes and looked at it for a long time.
Seeing that it was almost over, Wang Chao then said again, "The reserve price of this Buddha sculpture is 2.6 million, and you can ask for it if you like it."
The reason why Wang Chao set such a high price is a bit tentative, after all, he only spent 1.2 million yuan to buy the three pieces, and he used his ability to open it, which is still the lowest value among the three wood carvings, so he threw stones to ask for directions, and first tested the vision and affordability of the people present.
"I'll give 3 million", seeing that it was an old man surnamed Yu who had come to the stage to sell a bronze.
"Hehe, Lao Yu, so see the Buddha carvings flowing out of the palace, you want to take 3 million yuan, I will pay 3.5 million", which porcelain Zhang is shouting with him, and then the bidding sound comes and goes, zuihou sold for 5.2 million, and was pocketed by the old man surnamed Yu, who was satisfied.