The next day, Chu Chen got up early, and after breakfast, he drove to the Panjiayuan Ghost Market, ready to ask the seller where he got the box that contained the clues to Wei Zhongxian's treasure.

Speaking of which, it was precisely because he wanted to find out where the box came from that Chu Chen was in a hurry to come back from the porcelain capital, you know, it was related to Wei Zhongxian's remaining treasures, if it weren't for the fact that the trip to the porcelain capital was more important, he would have come back a long time ago.

There was nothing to do all the way, Chu Chen got out of the car in the parking lot, and then walked straight into Panjiayuan.

As soon as he entered the gate of Panjiayuan Market, Chu Chen was immediately infected by the familiar atmosphere, although it was early in the morning, the market was very lively, and I saw an endless stream of Taobao crowds, many people were holding flashlights and cloth bags, and they were collectors at a glance.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Chu Chen's enthusiasm for Taobao in his heart was suddenly ignited, but unfortunately the purpose of coming today was not mainly for Taobao, he could only press the love in his heart and start looking for the seller.

The seller Chu Chen was looking for was called Dasha, and the reason why he was named the famous star in Xiangjiang was because he did look more like a fool, and he sometimes had a stupid energy when he did things.

However, don't think that he is really a fool because of his appearance and name, he is not stupid, especially when it comes to money, that shrewdness, let alone a buyer, even the seller can't stand it.

It was precisely because Dasha was more shrewd that although Chu Chen saw him from afar, he didn't dare to walk straight over, otherwise he would have to think crankily if he couldn't keep it.

So, Chu Chen slowly and leisurely looked at the things on the stall from time to time. While walking towards Dasha's stall.

"Hey, Boss Chu. How do you have time to come over today? ”

Chu Chen was about to squat down and check on the things in a stall. Unexpectedly, the stall owner happened to be an acquaintance, so he greeted him with a smile.

Chu Chen looked up and found that the other party was also an old frequent visitor to Panjiayuan, and he often saw it when he used to set up stalls, and he would communicate from time to time, and the relationship was not bad.

Chu Chen said hello to the other party with a smile, and said, "It's not that I've been out for a while, and I'm panicking about our strange thoughts, but I happen to be free today." Just come and have a look. ”

The stall owner nodded with a smile, and said a few more words of greeting before saying: "Boss Chu, I have a few new pieces of light colored porcelain, all of which are the works of famous artists, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

"Okay!"

Chu Chen glanced at Dasha with his spare eyes, and found that there were more customers in his stall, and he was not in a hurry to go over now, so he planned to take a look at the stall owner's things. I smiled and agreed.

The stall owner was very happy to see Chu Chen agree, and now Chu Chen's name is very loud in the antique world in the capital. And he is also the Jade King, he is not bad at all, and he is more refreshing to buy things. Such a buyer can be said to be loved by everyone.

Of course. The stall owner didn't want to deceive Chu Chen, after all, Chu Chen's eyesight was not covered. If you want to lie to him, isn't it boring to be self-deprecating!

"Hey, I'm also doing a friend a favor, his large pile of light colored porcelain, said that he was not going to ask for it, so let me help sell it."

As he spoke, the stall owner turned around and took things out of the box in the back.

Hearing this, Chu Chen asked with some curiosity: "What, is your friend in trouble at home?" ”

The stall owner shook his head: "Is this not, the reason why he used to buy a large number of light silk porcelain, is ready to invest and wait for appreciation, I didn't expect that the value of other things on the market has risen very quickly in the past two years, but although this light color porcelain has also appreciated, but compared with blue and white porcelain and other porcelain, the gap is too big, so he is ready to sell his collection of light silk porcelain, and then invest in blue and white porcelain." ”

After listening to the stall owner's story, Chu Chen understood what was going on.

This light color is different from the five colors, pastel another kind of glaze color, it was produced in the Xianfeng Tongzhi period, the end of the twenties of the twentieth century, in the folk popularity for more than half a century.

However, the collecting world has not paid much attention to the collection of light colored porcelain. First, in the past, the light color was not valued by the court, and there was no light color in the porcelain of the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty; Second, the age of the light color is too recent, and the historical value is not high; The third is that the light color is either defective in the process, or because the glaze is too thin, the glaze is easy to fall off during use, which reduces the aesthetics.

Therefore, although there are a large number of Qiancai porcelain on the market, and there are many genuine products and the price is cheap, collectors are willing to spend a lot of money to buy the so-called official kiln porcelain with many doubts, and do not care about the genuine and inexpensive Qiancai porcelain.

Chu Chen estimated that the stall owner's friend bought those because the light colored porcelain was genuine and cheap, so he bought a lot of them and waited for the value-added. However, he estimated that he did not expect the market to suddenly begin to erupt, and now buyers are chasing up and not chasing down, although this light color porcelain is genuine, but because of the low price, it is not liked by buyers.

Speaking of which, this is the difference between domestic collectors and Western collectors, like Western collectors, they have a high preference for art, and often get a collection, they must do a lot of research to find out the source value of things.

For example, two Kangxi blue and white vases are placed together, their shapes and decorations are exactly the same, but the price may be high and low, and the difference, even if it is very subtle and difficult to see, they must study it thoroughly.

In addition to the difference in the treatment of the collection, the collectors in China and the West are also different in the way they purchase the collection.

In the West, it is the collector who deals with the connoisseurs, who use the expertise of the connoisseurs to help them build a complete collection system, and in addition, the connoisseurs will also deal with the connoisseurs, and the connoisseurs will deal with the auction houses, and each connoisseur will try to create his own brand, which is the way to survive.

But domestic collectors seem to be more willing to let the public know, and they go to auction houses in person to participate in auctions and buy things with the most expensive money, which is a good way to quickly become famous.

Although there are factors that are different between Eastern and Western cultures, it can also be seen that the Chinese people are utilitarian and impetuous in their approach to collecting.

Getting back to the point, the stall owner took out a total of three pieces of the collection and said hello. Chu Chen picked up one of the light colored landscape figure image earring-style bottles and looked at it.

this bottle. Round mouth, thick neck. Quadrangular bottle with hoop feet and elephant earrings on both sides of the shoulders. This vessel is in good condition and has a fine glaze. The composition is layered, the color is light and elegant, the mountains are far away, and the thatched huts are low and hidden among the green hills and green trees. The fisherman's boat, with a pleasant expression lying on the breeze and river waves, is quite a realm of forgetting things and me.

Other than that. The bottle body is inscribed with a poem in ink, and the "Huanzhang" Zhu article at the end is Ren Huanzhang's paragraph.

Ren Huanzhang, the word Weishan, the number of Nanqiaozi, the name of the spring breeze room, the famous light color porcelain painter of the imperial kiln factory of the two dynasties of Tongguang. His painting path is broad, and his works are rich in themes, including landscapes, figures, flowers and birds. The pen is concise, both work and writing, delicate and meticulous, chic and handsome. It is comparable to Cheng Men, Wang Shaowei and Jin Pinqing, and is known as the "fourth house of light color".

Chu Chen carefully observed the artifact and confirmed that it was indeed genuine. At the same time, it is also a masterpiece.

The other two things are Wang Shaowei's light color landscape pattern elephant ear zun. As well as Chengmen's light color landscape square pen holder. These two authors and Jin Pinqing are known as the "Three Masters of Light Porcelain Painting", and of course these two things are not different.

Because of the characteristics of light colored porcelain. In addition, the stall owner did not dare to fool Chu Chen, so these two utensils are real at first sight, and they are also perfect boutiques.

Chu Chen was very satisfied with the three pieces of light colored porcelain, and he said with a smile: "Boss Wang, I like these three things very much, give me a real price." However, as you know, early in the morning, I am unlikely to bring that much cash, and I don't think it's enough to buy three pieces together. ”

When the stall owner heard this, he was very excited, as for Chu Chen saying that the cash was not enough, he said that it didn't matter, he could owe it first, they were all people in the industry, and Chu Chen's shop was not far away, so he was not afraid that Chu Chen would pay the bill. Then he offered a price, not too expensive, but not cheap either.

In the end, Chu Chen bargained, and the two sides traded for 60,000 yuan.

wrote an IOU to the stall owner, and Chu Chen said: "Boss Wang, has your friend's Qianjiang colored porcelain been fully transferred?" If not, I can do it all. ”

"Ahh All-inclusive? When the stall owner heard this, he looked surprised.

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's all inclusive!" ”

Seeing that Chu Chen didn't mean to joke, the stall owner was very happy, he helped sell these things, but he also needed some commissions, if this business could be successful, there was no doubt that he could also get a lot of income.

However, he didn't understand Chu Chen's intentions for doing this, so he cautiously asked, "Boss Chu, is it possible that the price of this light colored porcelain will rise?" ”

Chu Chen said with a smile when he heard this: "Boss Wang, isn't it the first day you are here, just the market of light colored porcelain, do you say that the price will suddenly rise?" ”

The stall owner smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and Chu Chen saw that there was still a strange look in his eyes, so he explained: "I don't know if you know, I am going to open a private museum, and these light colored porcelains are prepared for my museum." ”

Hearing this, the stall owner showed a sudden look on his face, and said in his heart, it turns out that this is the case.

"Okay, Boss Chu, I'll relay your words to my friend in a while."

"Then thank you, Boss Wang." Chu Chen smiled and nodded.

In fact, the reason why Chu Chen bought those light colored porcelain, in addition to the fact that he was really going to use it as a museum exhibit, another reason was that he was very optimistic about the appreciation potential of light colored porcelain. There are several reasons for this.

First, there are few people in the light color porcelain market, so the price is low, although Chu Chen's family has a big business, but he can spend a small amount of money to invest, of course he is willing.

Second, it is the first time in the history of our country that a ceramic artist has signed the author's name on the work, which is of great significance in the history of ceramics, and it is enough to collect it.

Thirdly, the light color porcelain represents the high level of ceramic painting art in the past dynasties, and is the best example of the organic combination of traditional calligraphy and painting art and ceramic art in China. There are many works of high-level artists on the light colored porcelain, which are vivid and lively, and are not comparable to the stereotypical and complicated official kiln paintings, nor can they be imitated by today's forgers.

Based on the above three points, Chu Chen felt that the appreciation space of light colored porcelain was very large, even if it was not valued now, there would always be a brilliant day. And the development of history is indeed as Chu Chen thought, ten years later, the three light colors that Chu Chen bought today have appreciated by thirty or forty times, and in terms of investment alone, it is a successful example.

Moreover, in addition to the above three points, for some beginners and collectors who are not very wealthy, there are other benefits of buying light silk porcelain, for example, because the light color is not cared for, the price is low, there is no artificial fake, and the collection of light color porcelain can save the danger of paying tuition fees to the imitator.

Of course, as the price of light color porcelain is getting higher and higher, counterfeiters also set the goal on this aspect, but because the high technical level embodied in light color porcelain is difficult for those counterfeiters to reach, as long as you don't let down your vigilance, it is not difficult to identify fakes.

In addition, people abandon me to take it, and win by surprise, which is also a trick for collecting investment.

Another point is to have food with an expert, of course, this expert has to be a real expert.

Just like this stall owner, although Chu Chen has already explained, and at the same time, he also investigated the value of light silk porcelain There is indeed little room for growth in the short term, but since Chu Chen dares to buy it, there is always a certain amount of truth, plus the price of this thing is cheap, so he also bought it and prepared to hold it for a long time.

Unexpectedly, this step really gave him the right step, and after a few years, the value of the light colored porcelain he bought has greatly improved, and this has become one of the most proud decisions in his life. (To be continued......)