Chapter 93: Five Oil Paintings (2/3)
"Bang!"
Putting the box on the ground, Juan wiped his sweat, opened the box, and said to Zheng Jing: "Mr. Zheng, this box is full of oil paintings, all of which are fine works that I have collected for many years, can you see if you have a fancy to it?"
Zheng Jing walked over and looked inside the box.
There are a lot of oil paintings in the box, and these oil paintings are already on the watch.
"Can you get started?" Zheng Jing asked.
Juan took out a pair of white gloves and handed them to him, nodding.
"Absolutely."
"It's a bit of a lot, just look at it, if you like it, you can take it out, there are still customers in the store, I'll go and entertain it first."
"No problem, you're busy."
Putting on white gloves, Zheng Jing took out an oil painting from the box.
It is a landscape painting with towering buildings and cityscapes, and a canal running through it.
On the canal pier, there is also a wooden boat floating.
In the lower left corner of the painting, there is the name of the painter of this painting.
M. Schroeder
Seeing this unfamiliar name, Zheng Jing said that he had not heard of the name of this painter.
I think it's just an ordinary painter.
I just don't know what year this oil painting was created.
After looking for it, Zheng Jing found a piece of paper in the box, on which was written the information of each oil painting.
Works: Cityscapes
Painter: M. Schroeder
Year: 1953
Size: 23×28.5 cm
Finding the information about this oil painting, Zheng Jing found that the creation date of this oil painting is only 70 years old.
Isn't this just a modern painting?
The painting looks good, but it doesn't meet his requirements.
Putting the painting on the table next to him, Zheng Jing took out another oil painting.
This oil painting is good.
This is an oil painting on canvas, which is different from painting on paper, oil painting on canvas has higher requirements for painters, and there are generally few painters painting on canvas.
Judging by the signs of wear on the frame, this oil painting should have been created a long time ago.
The edges of the frame are badly worn, and so is the back.
The painting depicts a beautiful young white woman holding her baby in swaddling clothes.
The lady in the painting is beautiful, and her white silk pajamas barely cover her breasts.
I searched on the oil painting, but I couldn't find the painter who created the oil painting.
After looking on the information card, Zheng Jing found the information of this oil painting.
Artwork: Flora (Tiziano)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1832
Size: 50×45 cm
On the information card, Zheng Jing also did not find out who the painter was.
I think he should be a painter who is not well-known.
Otherwise, the painter forgot to write his name on it after finishing the painting.
Touching this oil painting, Zheng Jing decided to buy it.
As long as the price isn't too outrageous.
Found an eye-catching oil painting, Zheng Jing was already immersed in Taobao.
Juan, who was introducing items to the guests, saw Zheng Jing put the oil painting on the table, and a smile appeared on his face.
Next, Zheng Jing looked at most of the oil paintings in the box.
He took it out and put it on the table, and he put it back if he didn't.
Soon, he looked at all the oil paintings in the box, and among these oil paintings, Zheng Jing selected five oil paintings.
These five oil paintings were carefully selected by him.
Although the painters are not famous, they like Zheng Jing very much.
As long as they are collected for a few decades, the value of these five paintings will definitely increase a lot.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't add to it, he can hang these paintings in the museum as decoration.
These five oil paintings are two landscape paintings and three figure paintings.
With the exception of the one on canvas, the other four oil paintings are all oil paintings on ordinary paper.
Sending off a guest back, Juan saw Zheng Jing sitting on the sofa and thought he had finished choosing.
"Mr. Zheng, have you chosen?"
"I've chosen, Boss Hu will take a look at how much it is."
Juan nodded, picked up an oil painting and said, "Mr. Zheng is really good eye, this canvas oil painting is my masterpiece."
Hearing this, Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Boss Hu, I also know a little bit, don't say compliments, you just say how much it is."
Juan picked up the eyes on his chest and put them on, and said a price.
"Four hundred thousand pesos!"
Hearing this price, Zheng Jing first thought about how much it would be converted into RMB.
Forty-nine thousand.
400,000 pesos converted into renminbi is 49,000 yuan, which is less.
The price is a bit high.
Zheng Jing decided to cut a knife.
"This price is high, this painting is not signed by the artist, and it is not worth this price, so let's say a number and you can listen to it."
Juan took the tea handed by the waiter and said, "Tell me!"
"Two hundred thousand pesos!"
"Ahem, ahem!"
Hearing the price, Juan almost choked on the tea.
"Mr. Zheng, the price you said is too outrageous, and it was cut in half.
You are also knowledgeable, this price will definitely not work, if you really want it, you can take 380,000 pesos. ”
"Okay, it's 380,000." Being able to talk about 20,000 is something Zheng Jing couldn't have imagined.
Hearing that Zheng Jing didn't bargain anymore, Juan's face looked much better.
The price of the next four oil paintings was much lower, and the combined price of the four oil paintings was only 630,000 yuan.
Although I don't know if the price is high or low, Zheng Jing doesn't care.
Five million pesos were called, and Juan looked at Zheng Jing as if he had seen the God of Wealth.
Zheng Jing saw Juan's eyes, his heart moved, and asked, "Boss Hu, do you have any Huaxia items in your store, take them out and let me see."
"Mr. Zheng said with a smile, our store has been open for more than 40 years, how can there be no items from Huaxia, you wait a minute, I will bring you the things."
When Juan heard that Zheng Jing wanted to see Huaxia's items, the wrinkles on his face disappeared when he smiled.
"Sir, you drink tea."
"Okay, let it go."
"Hello, can I take a look at these paintings?"
Just then, a white woman in her forties walked over.
Zheng Jing looked up and found that she was asking about the oil painting inside the box.
"I'm sorry, I don't know about this, you can ask Juan."
After speaking, Zheng Jing lowered his head and brushed Douyin.
Soon, Juan came over with a stack of brochures.
"Mr. Zheng, this is the most convenient item in our shop, these booklets are full of stamps and coins related to China.
There are also some items that are quite large, so I didn't bring them with me, so if you're interested, I'll show you them later. ”
Juan said, placing three boxy booklets on the table.
Zheng Jing put away his mobile phone, glanced at the white woman sitting on the sofa and said, "Just now this lady asked me if I could see the oil painting in the box, but I didn't agree, and said that when you come over, you can ask her."
Oh? Hearing this, Juan looked at the white woman on the side, he thought that this woman was tired of sitting here to rest, but it turned out that she was waiting for him.
Zheng Jing saw that the two of them had already chatted, picked up a booklet and opened it.
Lots of coins.
This collection book contains some coins from ancient China.
He couldn't tell if it was real or not, but judging from Juan's protection of the coins, most of them should be genuine.
There are many coins, but the most common ones are copper coins.
"! Are there all such coins? ”
Seeing this coin that occupied an entire page, Zheng Jing's eyes were about to pop out.
On the second page of the booklet, a knife coin in perfect shape suddenly appeared in front of me.
Through the protective film, Zheng Jing carefully looked at the money on the knife coin.
Seeing the four words "Qi Zhifa" on the knife coin, Zheng Jing's heart has already set off waves.
The sword coin of the Qi country?
Is this true or false?
When Zheng Jing read the Encyclopedia of Chinese Antiques last night, he happened to see an introduction to the Warring States Sword Coins.
I didn't expect to come across one today.
In order to determine the authenticity, Zheng Jing asked Juan for a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.
Judging from the money on the knife, this knife coin is the sword coin of the Qi country.
The four words "legalization of Qi" are only found on the sword coins of Qi State.
The size and material of the coin are the same as those described in the book.
Sixteen centimeters high, made of copper.
In order not to let himself be dazzled, Zheng Jing looked very carefully.
It's a pity.
After reading it as a whole, Zheng Jing shook his head regretfully.
Originally, he thought that this knife coin was real, but when he saw the back of the coin, he suddenly realized that there were only two of the three lines that this knife coin should have.
And, from some subtleties, Zheng Jing also found some traces of aging.
Seeing this, Zheng Jing's excited heart instantly cooled.
Juan, who was introducing oil paintings to a white woman, saw Zheng Jing shaking his head, and knew that he had seen the authenticity of the knife coin.
There is some pity in my heart.
Fat sheep.
From the moment Zheng Jing entered the antique shop, Juan had already seen that Zheng Jing was from China, so he already had the idea of killing him in his heart.
In order to make it less obvious, Juan always gave the most suitable price when trading for the first time.
The second trade is his backhand.
At this time, he will take out some treasured items for a long time.
The items looked just like the real thing, but he knew that they were fake.
Because most of the tourists who come here are tourists, these tourists don't understand antiques, and they can't stay here for many days, so they don't have to worry about being discovered.
Even if he was found out that something was fake, he was not afraid, and he looked away and blamed anyone.
This line is like this, and I can't complain about others even if I make an eye.
With this method, Juan has cheated many foreigners over the years.
It's a lot of money.
Zheng Jing didn't know what Juan was thinking, and he was now flipping through the booklet.
There are a lot of coins, and most of them can't be understood, so he searches for information on coins on his phone while looking at them.
Juan's eyelids jumped when he saw such a sassy operation.
After reading a storage book, Zheng Jing was very disappointed, the coins in this book are very large in the world, and there is no collection value.
It's a pity that the knife coin, if it were really good.
After taking a sip of water, he put aside the finished booklet and brought another booklet.
This booklet also contains coins, and this booklet is very thin, and there are not many coins in it.
This time, Zheng Jing watched it very quickly, and it took more than ten minutes to finish it.
There are not many types of coins in this booklet, only two or three.
The most is Yuan Datou during the Republic of China, and there is a female tractor driver in the third set of RMB banknotes.
It's just that the one-yuan note is an ordinary version, and the price is not very high, and Zheng Jing is not sure whether to buy it or not.
The last booklet contains a variety of stamps.
Many of the stamps he found had traces of use.
The booklet is thick and there are a lot of stamps.
Even monkey tickets are available.
It's a pity that there is only one, and it is still used.
There is no value anymore.
Zheng Jing called it a pity.
If he hadn't used it, he would have bought it for everything, which would be a pity.
This kind of stamp is used with one less than one, and the collection value is extremely high.
After reading the entire book, Zheng Jing found that he had not found a single collectible stamp.
Although some stamps are old, they are not of much value because they are not famous, and it is not cost-effective to buy.
The mountains and rivers of the whole country that he misses most are red, and there is no one on it.
Thinking of this, Zheng Jing suddenly remembered that the last time he went to the antique store in Seattle, he didn't seem to ask if there were any stamps?
As the largest antique store in Seattle, there must have been a lot of stamps there, and he didn't even think about it that time.
This made Zheng Jing feel that he had missed 100 million.
Juan sent the white woman away and sat down on the couch with a smile on her face.
"Mr. Zheng, I've finished reading it so quickly, if you have a fancy one, I can give you a cheaper price."
Zheng Jing sighed and said with a depressed face: "Everything is very good, but it has no eye for me." ”
Juan understood.
Doesn't that mean that his stuff doesn't work?
"Okay, Boss Hu, it's not too early, you can help me wrap up these five oil paintings." Zheng Jing looked at the time, stood up and said.
Seeing that Zheng Jing was leaving, Juan was very uncomfortable, and the tricks that had been tried and tested were actually not effective this time.
didn't kill Zheng Jing with a knife, and Juan felt very uncomfortable.
But he couldn't force him to buy and sell, so he could only ask the waiter to come and wrap the oil painting for him with an uncomfortable face.
Zheng Jing didn't see Juan's old face with a constipated look.
Even if you know, it's just to comfort him.
It's okay, elderly, constipation is normal.
Before leaving, Juan personally delivered Zheng Jing to the door.
"Mr. Zheng is really not looking?"
"No need, I've seen everything in your shop, and I really don't like anything else except these five oil paintings."
"Okay then, Mr. Zheng walks slowly, welcome to come back next time."
Since he couldn't be killed, Juan didn't force it, so he could only put a long line to catch a big fish.
I hope Zheng Jing will come back next time.
Seeing the students coming home from school at the school gate opposite, Zheng Jing knew that he couldn't get a taxi here, so he could only walk in the direction he was going to and fro.
Walked to an intersection, where Zheng Jing saw a jeepney going to the vicinity of the hotel.
Zheng Jing hurriedly paid the money and sat down.
Staggering to the vicinity of the hotel, Zheng Jing jumped out of the car.
Rubbing his buttocks, Zheng Jing grinned and walked towards the hotel.
Made, he'll not be sitting in a jeepney next time.
His ass was swollen.
Back at the hotel, Zheng Jing saw Cecilia walking towards him.
Seeing Zheng Jing walking, Cecilia trotted over and asked, "Mr. Zheng, what's wrong with you?" ”
What did Zheng Jing say, could it be that the buttocks were swollen when he sat in the car?
He was going to say this without being laughed to death by the people in the hall.
"It's okay, my leg just had a cramp."
Hearing that it was a leg cramp, Cecilia put her arm around him and said, "I'll take you back to your room!" ”
Hearing Cecilia's words, Zheng Jing felt that his brother had a tendency to raise his head.