Chapter 41: Baby in hand
My name is Yan Shunlu and I am in an antique shop, and there is a special item here that attracts me.
This is an authentic century-old shop, you can feel a simple atmosphere as soon as you enter the door, all the display shelves are also mahogany Ming style, simple lines but revealing the beauty of simplicity, but more hanging on the wall of all kinds of calligraphy and painting works, here is the original gathering place of foreign exams, so the antiques here are full of literati atmosphere, mainly the four treasures of the study, but there are also other types of cultural relics, such as bracelets and other small pieces that are easy to play.
As soon as I entered, I heard the shopkeeper come over and greet him, "Here, you, do you have a favorite object?" ”
An authentic Beijing flavor came, and even the tone of greeting guests continued the style of the past. Even though it was my first time here, his voice was warm, as if I were a regular visitor.
"No need to say hello, I'll take a look at random." I thanked him for his enthusiasm, and I didn't need to pretend, I didn't know anything about it.
"Okay, if you have a good eye, just say it." Seeing that I wasn't interested, the guy went back to the counter.
I looked curiously at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, although I did not have artistic attainments in this area, but I had already heard of the authors of these works, after all, they were all people who left a great name in history, the bamboo of Banqiao, the shrimp of Baishi, the donkey of Huangzhou, and the eagle of Li Kuchan...... Of course, these are imitations, and the real thing has long been included in the museum. The rest of the paintings are not well-known, at least I haven't heard of them.
I looked around the wall, then walked to the counter and looked at it, and that was my purpose. Pretend to look at it casually, copper coins, bracelets, paperweights, etc.
"How do you sell this?" I asked, pointing to a copper coin.
"You really have eyesight, this Xianfeng heavy treasure is rare, you can listen to the whole street, we have such a one." The guy picked up the thumb and said with pride. turned to a stroke in his hand and signaled, this heavy treasure is 10,000 yuan.
"I'll take another look. What's the price? I asked for another small piece, a pair of stuffy pointed lion heads, which looked to be some years old, because they had been covered with pulp, and the whole body was a dark red.
The stuffy lion head is a kind of walnut, and in the early years, the flag people liked the walnut in their hands. The price range of this thing is very large, from a few hundred pairs to more than 10,000, and it is said that the maximum can exceed a million, depending on its size and the degree of pairing. As the saying goes, there are no two identical leaves in the world, walnuts are naturally grown, and it is difficult to find a pair of highly similar patterns from a large number of them.
The guy gestured with his hand again, and introduced, "This pair of stuffy 50 has been on the plate for some years, and it was only collected a few days ago, you can be considered to have caught up." ”
I couldn't help but smack my tongue when I saw it, just this pair of walnuts was actually worth several thousand. The so-called 50 refers to the size of the walnut, and the plate is covered with pulp, and the price is so high. It seems that I really don't understand the world of rich people.
Then I asked a few more things, and the guy took the trouble to introduce them to me, and he was as enthusiastic as before. Maybe it's because there are no other guests coming to the door now, so he is free to accompany me to introduce him.
"This thing looks pretty nice to the eye." Finally, I pointed to a wrench and asked, this is what attracted me.
This wrench looks inconspicuous, extremely simple shape, straight tube, without any pattern decoration, the material is not too top-notch, and it looks obvious.
"This thing ......," the man paused, and seemed a little embarrassed, "This is what an old customer sent to us a few days ago to sell." ”
"Oh, can you cut love?" I still asked.
"I can sell it, but it's not convenient for me to make decisions at this price." The guy continued.
"And what price did he quote?"
"At the time, he said the price." The guy gestured with his hand.
"What? That's not the right price. I watched his gesture, and the wrench was clearly inflated.
"That's what he said at the time, or I'll get you in touch." The guy saw that I was really moved this time, so he offered to help me contact the seller.
After saying that, he walked aside and made a call, and came back in two minutes, "You're so lucky, just in time for him to walk nearby, and you'll be there in a while." Why don't you sit down in it for a while? ”
He led me inside, and there was a pair of Taishi chairs beside him, and I sat down and rubbed it, "Yo, yes, it's still black sour branch wood?" ”
"You're really a connoisseur, I'll make you a pot of tea." The guy said and raised my hand slightly.
That's all I can say, and I'm timid. This knowledge is also thanks to the furniture factory in my house, where there are all kinds of imitation mahogany furniture, as well as authentic mahogany furniture. This kind of black sour branch is a kind of sour branch wood, second only to red sandalwood and huanghuali, the wooden structure is fine, the texture is very clear, the furniture made is durable and durable, and it is not deformed after a hundred years, so it is widely used in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Today, black sour furniture is still highly valued. Moreover, sour branch wood has a special sour fragrance, and many people deliberately sell black sour branches as rosewood, and there is a lot of difference in the middle price. When I say this, it naturally shows that I am not a mallet, and I hope not to be cheated.
Turning around, the guy brought a cup of tea, white porcelain, which is modern craftsmanship at a glance, and it should be produced by the famous Jingdezhen.
I took it, lifted the lid, and a fresh fragrance came to my nose. It is worthy of being a cultural toy shop, and even this tea has a grade, or Longjing.
While I was leisurely drinking tea, an old man with gray hair but full of energy came in, holding a bird cage covered with a blue cloth in one hand and wearing a neat gown.
"Uncle Yu, you're here, please come here." The guy hurried to greet him.
"Is that the lad?" Uncle Yu put the bird cage aside, looked at me and said.
"That's it, I've got your baby." The guy introduced.
"What do you call a young man?" Uncle Yu asked me kindly.
"You are polite, the little surname is strict, and the serious is strict." I hurriedly got up and introduced myself, which was basic courtesy.
"Come sit and talk, you hit my wrench?" Uncle Yu sat down and said.
"To tell you the truth, I was also curious, looking fresh, I didn't want to surprise you."
"Hehehe, don't be modest, young man. Acquaintance is fate, don't think the old man is long-winded, just chat with him. Uncle Yu took the tea brought by the guy and drank it leisurely.
"Then I'm asking you a thing or two. I think your wrench is pretty good, I like it a little, I don't know if I can cut love? ”
"Since I am here to stay, of course I have the intention to make a move, and I can't talk about cutting love." Uncle Yu waved his hand and said.
"But this price, don't take it to heart, I think it's a little hard to bear." I've worded it a bit.
"It's okay, I also said casually at this price, what do you think is the right price?" He looked at me and turned me into an army.
"I can't say this ......, I don't understand it very well." I said that I really didn't know the actual price of this thing, and I thought the price was high.
"Bring me that wrench." Uncle Yu called the guy and instructed.
The man put his wrench on a piece of red flannel, came over with the red cloth, and carefully placed it on the coffee table.
This is the rule of the industry, you can't give it directly, you are afraid that you will accidentally miss and fall in the process of handover, and it will not be your responsibility.
I glanced at the wrench, and then at Uncle Yu, embarrassed to reach out.
"Let's get started." Uncle Yu said with a finger.
"Then you're welcome." I picked up the wrench and observed the light carefully, then took out my mobile phone and clicked on the flashlight, and stuck it on the wrench to observe.
"Your wrench doesn't seem to be of the highest quality, but it has been around for a while, and it came out of the car of the stone machine." I'm not so sure.
"It's kind of interesting." Uncle Yu nodded and said, motioning for me to continue.
"You see this material is a piece of white jade, the Qing Dynasty system. In the Qing Dynasty, the aristocracy used the jade color as the top, and this white jade indicates that the user's identity is not very noble. Secondly, the wrench is very plain, it is used by military generals, and there is a trace of strangulation marks on a closer look, it should be used, so this wrench time can be pushed forward more, and furthermore, there are obviously a few locks in this material, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of jade cracks, you are afraid of locks. So the value of this wrench should not be as good as you said...... "I organized the language to speak, for fear of upsetting people.
"The young man is right, this wrench was handed down in the early years, and the ancestors also immediately made meritorious service to the flag." Uncle Yu said slowly.
"Then don't dare to win people's love, this wrench means a lot to you." When I heard this, I hurriedly put away the idea of buying. Ancestral heirlooms, it is not suitable to buy it.
"Okay, although it was passed down by the ancestors, but it is one of the inconspicuous ones, and I got a lot of treasures after entering the flag, otherwise I wouldn't have taken it out. Secondly, it is also the ancestor who has explained, I don't remember the specific year, one night the ancestors dreamed, saying that they would take out this thing and hand it over to a destined person. ”
"If you're dreaming, can you take it seriously?" I said.
"Of course, it's not because of a dream, it's just that I want to make friends, this circle is not big, it's not small, and there is always something to gain from communicating more."
"Then look at the price......
"You said so much, praise and disapproval are buyers. It can be seen that I really like it, so the old rule is to ask for the price to sit on the ground and pay back. Uncle Yu squinted at me.
He said it all at once, he had never seen such a seller, and he directly said it to death. There's nothing to say about it, bargain.
After some negotiations, both parties were finally satisfied, and a price acceptable to everyone was closed. 50,000!
"Young man, you have time to sit with me, there are not many young people like you these days." Uncle Yu said goodbye to me.
"Uncle, don't hide it, today is my first baby, so as you said, you have lifted it."
"It's okay, old man, I see that you are pleasing to the eye, don't think the old man is verbose, just come and sit."
"Okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey, then I won't bother you more in the future."
Uncle Yu left his contact information, and went back with the birdcage step by step, and I also said goodbye to the store and went home. Why is this wrench appealing to me? Because I feel the fluctuations in energy, I can't wait to take it in.
Of course, Uncle Yu brought me not only this jade wrench, but also other harvests later......