Volume 2 Southern Xinjiang Itsuka Chapter 9 Antiques
"Three thousand...... For 300,000 ......" Tan Zi muttered quietly, "This deal is suitable no matter how it is calculated......"
Zhang Dongwei then took down a palm-sized milky porcelain wine jug from the shelf: "Look at this again." ”
I saw that the porcelain pot was white and delicate, the tire was thin and symmetrical, and the whole wine pot was white, but it still had a faint beige.
A flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, and I asked in surprise, "Is this ...... White porcelain from the Song Dynasty kiln? ”
Zhang Dongwei laughed: "If this wine pot was the white porcelain of the Song Dynasty Dingyao, I would have sold it a long time ago." With the appearance, composition, and carving of this porcelain pot, the money from the sale is more than enough to exchange for a large villa, how can you still live in this small broken house here? ”
Tanzi smiled: "That's also true." If I sold it as well, it would be safest and safer to cash in. Money is the most practical thing to hold in your hand. ”
Zhang Dongwei said: "This is a carved pot imitated by the Song Dynasty kiln in the Qing Dynasty. Although it is not a thing of the Song Dynasty Dingyao, it is also a rare treasure, which is worth a lot of money, and it is not a problem to sell it for hundreds of thousands. ”
"This is what you got from the tomb robbers?" Jar asked.
"This is not a pit product, you look at the color on it, the color is pure and clear, where does it seem to come out of the pit?" Zhang Dongwei hurriedly said, "This is what I bought from an old man in the remote countryside a few years ago, and it cost me a thousand yuan!" Although he said that he had spent a thousand dollars, he had a smug look on his face, obviously showing us his eyes.
"A thousand...... Hundreds of thousands of ......" said to me: "This business of turning antiquities is really a million profits!" Poor ghost, why don't we do this too? ”
"What do you do? I'm afraid you'll lose so much that you don't even have pants to wear! I poured a basin of cold water on the top of the jar.
Zhang Dongwei also smiled and said to the altar: "Brother Pei is right! This line of work is not something that can be done by saying it, it requires years of experience and unique vision. In the beginning, you have to have someone to take you for five or six years, accumulate experience before you can go out to work alone. You can see the glory of my money, but you can't see my hardships and difficulties before. ”
"Hardship?"
"Ten years ago, I had just made my debut. By chance, I heard that there was a collector from other places who wanted to sell a piece of Song Dynasty calligraphy and painting, so I made a relationship and found a disciple to get acquainted with that person. He said that he was in a hurry to use the money, so his painting asked for 800,000 yuan, and it was a fixed price, and he would never bargain. I was very confident in my vision, and I knew that the price was definitely not too high for that painting. As long as I can take it, it is definitely not a problem to make another two or three hundred thousand. But how could I have so much money on hand at that time? So, I sold the house and borrowed a lot from relatives and friends, so I could scrape together enough money and take the painting down. Zhang Dongwei sighed and said, "But when I was about to sell this painting for me, I was told that the painting was from the Republic of China period, although it was worth twenty or thirty thousand, but ...... But...... Alas~"
"The debt of 800,000 yuan has weighed me down for many ......years," Zhang Dongwei said, "but I have grown wise, and since then I have been very careful in everything." Maybe it was a blessing in disguise, but I was relatively smooth for the next ten years, and I never encountered the same thing again...... But among the people I know in this industry, there are still many people who often look away, including those who have been in the business for many years......"
"See!" I said to the altar, "Don't think that this business is easy to make money, do you hear, you will go bankrupt at every turn!" ”
"Look at this again!" Zhang Dongwei picked up an incense burner and handed it to us, "This is also out of the pit, I have found someone to see it, it is a copper incense burner in the Ming Dynasty, and the estimated value must be more than 200,000 yuan." ”
Tanzi took the copper incense burner, looked left and right and handed it to me, and he asked Zhang Dongwei directly: "Big brother, do you think our incense burner can catch up with this?" ”
I looked at the incense burner in my hand, and saw that on the top of the furnace was a nest of a rui beast, the lid of the furnace was hollowed out with entwined flowers, and the body of the furnace was carved with lotus flowers, which were scattered; The two ears are two rising dragons, and the three legs are three auspicious lions, which are lifelike. The whole incense burner looks ancient, elegant and beautiful. At the bottom of the incense burner, the words "Ming Chenghua Year" are printed. The only drawback is that there is a lot of patina on the incense burner, which is thought to be caused by being buried in the ground for many years and soaked by moisture.
This incense burner is a bit lacking, but it still looks much better than our bronze incense burner. But there is no harm if there is no comparison, and as soon as the altar saw the appearance of this incense burner, his heart suddenly had no bottom. Originally, we thought it was a good bronze incense burner, but now compared with this one, it seems to be a bit "unsightly". In our opinion, this bronze incense burner not only looks "rough" in appearance, but also does not have as fine workmanship as the copper incense burner, which is easy to inlay with a piece of jade, and has a lot of flaws. The only advantage may be that it's a little older.
Tanzi hurriedly took out the bronze incense burner in his bag, handed it to Zhang Dongwei, and asked him tentatively: "Big brother, how about you look at us?" ”
Zhang Dongwei took the incense burner and walked back to the living room, where there was plenty of light for easy identification. He held the bronze incense burner and looked at it for a long time, and then said to us: "This thing looks like it should be before the Warring States period." Judging from the production of bronzes, it is also elegant, and the shape is peculiar and the decoration is delicate, so it should be able to sell for a good price......"
In the end, interlacing is like a mountain, and Zhang Dongwei is also an expert no matter what. This bronze incense burner no longer has any advantages in our eyes, but it is constantly praised by others. But Zhang Dongwei's next words made me and the hope that rose in the hearts of Tanzi fall again.
"It's just...... This piece of green jade is really a bit ...... It's a bit of an eyesore, and I'm afraid it will affect the price of this bronze incense burner. Zhang Dongwei told the truth.
"Big brother, if you give a bottom, how much can you sell it for?" Tanzi asked through gritted teeth.
Zhang Dongwei laughed: "This can't be said, after all, this thing is not like a commodity, and there is no fixed market price to refer to. If you don't like it, a hundred dollars is too much, don't you say? ”
"That's just as well." Jar nodded.
"If you can rest assured, leave this thing with me to sell it to you, and if there is a good buyer, I will inform you as soon as possible!" As for the cost in the middle, we are all relatives, so it is easy to discuss. Zhang Dongwei said, "Look, what do you think? ”
The jar and I glanced at each other.
Zhang Dongwei continued: "Of course, I will do my best to fight for your interests, you can rest assured of this. ”
The altar and I nodded and agreed. Anyway, there was not much hope.