The Stone Shadow of Qionglong Chapter 8 A Feast for the Collecting World
As I watched the tables and displays begin to be set up on the stage below, I immediately knew that the auction I had just seen on the notice below was about to begin. The sudden darkness and the restless voices made me feel a little weak, and when I saw the old woman's unyin and non-yang expression, I had a hunch that I might have done something stupid, and that it must have something to do with the auction.
Lightning flashed in my head, but for a moment I couldn't understand the strangeness, I just felt that the stool under my butt seemed to be a little thorny, and I began to feel uncomfortable.
Self-esteem makes me pretend to be calm, but I believe that it is difficult to completely hide it in front of this old Jianghu with my determination, but at this time, it is better to stand up and admit it and leave, I am very conflicted in my heart, and after thinking about it, I can only wait hard.
I looked at the fat man's courage, and the fat man was also a little nervous, this is not his land, and it seems that he is also weak-hearted, but I thought about it, we have all broken through the sword mountain and the sea of fire, what can happen here? The worst thing to be kicked out of is that he will never lose his head.
Thinking of this, I immediately relaxed, smiled at the old woman, and said in my heart You underestimate me too much, how can I count myself as life and death line back and forth several times, this scene is nothing.
So he sat upright and looked intently at what was going on.
The stage was quickly set up with an auction table and a display base, and a staff member came up to the stage with a microphone to debug, and someone else was adjusting the lights, all of whom were wearing waiters' uniforms. It seems that it is not done by the auction company, it should be a private internal auction as rumored, and it is a place for everyone in the industry to play.
The fat man told me when he was waiting just now that the most special thing about the auction here is that he doesn't recognize any experts and scholars, and he talks about eyesight and connections, because most of the things auctioned here can't be estimated, and no one has even seen them.
In other words, if you want to play here, first you have to know what you are shooting, and then you have to know how much it is worth, and then you can speak, and you need to react in a very short time, so it can be said that this is the most heart-pounding place for antiques in Beijing.
And, the most terrible thing is that you can buy fakes in this place, and you have to be a person who can afford to do the work, because the fakes that can be mixed in this place may be beyond the scope of fakes. In popular terms, it is a kind of thing called "original single goods", which is still a new concept on the Internet, that is, this batch of goods is the genuine product produced by the genuine factory, but it is not shipped, but the factory bypasses the brand owner and sells it itself. So there is an embarrassing thing that has exactly the same quality and details as the original, but is not the original.
Of course, the original order in the collecting world is not the tail order of the ancient factory, but the fact that the counterfeiters have copied exactly the same thing as the real thing with extremely superb technology, this thing is definitely a fake, but you can't find its flaws through any identification. In today's antiques world, such a thing has appeared. The cost of this kind of thing is also very amazing, and it is possible to make a thousand of them and only one of them, so we will inevitably find ways to maximize the profit of this one. So, it will inevitably appear in the highest-end market.
It is almost impossible to distinguish this kind of fake, the only way is to rely on intuition, one is the intuition of the seller, whether the person's demeanor and psychological details are ghosts, and the other is the sixth sense of this kind of antiques, in addition, there are a few people who can judge through some artistic details, such as blue and white porcelain, the whole porcelain is perfect, but some artists can see the problem from the blue and white brushwork, after all, the ancient porcelain masters on the blue and white glaze kung fu, that kind of charm is the current master can not imitate. However, this aspect is often difficult to corroborate, because the quality of a work of art is different.
In short, the auction here can be said to be a top-level feast of insight, anything can happen, anything can appear, and this time the fat man saw several imperial figures in the collecting world, plus Mrs. Huo is also here, obviously flies smell fishy, there must be something great here. I can't help but get a little excited when I think about it.
Soon, the noise below became louder and louder, and the equipment was also adjusted, and a female master of ceremonies wearing a cheongsam tried the sound, and said to the surroundings: "The auction is about to start, please leave the venue with idle people, we are about to close, the venue is quiet, and the waiters can start distributing the auction list and making handprints." ”
The female emcee has long hair and shawl, it can be seen that the waist is very thin, the legs are very long, wearing a cheongsam is very the feeling of a noble lady of the Republic of China, this quality of beauty is here as a master of ceremonies, and it makes me feel more, I remember that the two knockers on the door of my grandfather's old hometown are two gilded lion head knockers of the Song Dynasty, these two knockers are different from other knockers, their rings are carved into a ring-shaped ancient jade, and it is double-layered, that is, openwork, there is a jade ring inside the hollow of the jade ring, and the jade ring inside is carved into a hitch.
As soon as you see this knocker, you know that it is worth a lot of money, I am afraid that it is several times more expensive than the whole house, which is specially designed by grandpa, to tell others the power of this house: you see, such an expensive thing, I make the knocker directly, not afraid of others stealing or being knocked down, that means, this house must be much more expensive than this knocker, and friends who want to come to bargain do not dare to enter when they see this knocker. When doing business in China, you still have to pay attention to your face.
Thinking about it, no wonder his shop is so depressed, it hasn't been renovated for a few years, next time do you want Wang Meng to wear a cheongsam to try?
The noise downstairs was getting louder and louder, and I saw people leaving the theater one after another, and the second floor was a circular structure, with countless rooms similar to ours forming a ring facing the stage below the center, and I saw that many screens were removed from the dining table and opposite us, and many people shifted from the dining table to the theater seats.
I looked closely, and I saw that the pink shirt was in a box on the left of us, and it seemed that he was alone, playing with his mobile phone, and on the other side, the fat man alluded to me to look at the box as big as ours on the other side, and he whispered: "Liulisun." ”
That position was a little far away from us, and I couldn't see it clearly, and then I found that all the other boxes were similarly furnished, a carved table, and a few chairs. But no matter how many people there are, everyone is sitting on the chair on the left, but the chair on the right, which is the position I sit, is not sitting, and I can't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Just when I was in a state of flux, someone helped us remove the screen behind us, and a waiter came up with a tray lined with a red cloth and a hard-cover pamphlet in the tray. As soon as I saw him, he was the one who had come to invite us, and when he came to the old lady, he suddenly saw me, and then I saw that his face turned green, and he was completely stunned.
It took him a long time to react, and he immediately asked, "Madam, is your friend sitting in the wrong place?" ”
The old woman looked at him: "What? It's been a long time since I've seen anything like this, and you don't believe anyone would dare to sit here? Also, for more than ten years, since Lao Changsheng sat here, no one dared to sit in this position for a long time, but these things taken today can be regarded as a once-in-a-century encounter, and it is appropriate to have a few deaths. ”
"Come on!" The waiter gave me a frightened look, turned around at once, and soon the same roster arrived in my hand, along with a pot of the best Biluochun and four plates of very delicate snacks.
I remember that this pot of tea cost more than 7,000, and I thought it was strange, so I asked him with my eyes, and he said: "Boss, this is sent by our foreman, you use it slowly, if you have any orders, call us immediately." After saying that, he immediately left.
I looked at the fat man, and felt inexplicable, and very bad, and the fat man gave me a look, telling me not to be afraid, saying that he had opened the roster, and looked impatiently, and only turned two pages, and I found that the corners of his mouth twitched.