Blue and white porcelain is definitely famous in the antique collection industry, and is often auctioned at a sky-high price of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan, which makes collectors crazy.

In 2005, a blue and white porcelain jar was auctioned at a sky-high price of 2030 million yuan, setting a world record for Chinese art auctions, and it was in the limelight. This record lasted for a full five years, and it was not until 10 years before it was broken by a collection of calligraphy and paintings from the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, Wang Zhuo’s understanding of blue and white porcelain is limited to knowing that this thing is indeed valuable, and there is a popular song that sounds pretty good, also called blue and white porcelain.

Li Shangdong pulled down the light hanging in the air for Guan Shichen and Qiu Nanyang to take a closer look. The two of them each held a magnifying glass and observed carefully around the wine cup, focusing on them.

While looking, Qiu Nanyang asked, "Boss Li, where did this thing come from?"

Li Shangdong said slowly: "A friend who is playing collecting something happened at home. In order to raise money, he transferred some things. This is one of his treasures. He found it from an old village in Henan more than ten years ago. He has been providing it at home. If he hadn't been short of money, he wouldn't have sold it."

When it comes to collecting, the most important thing is to pay attention to the origin and source of the collection. Good origin can increase the value of the collection. Things with unknown origins have limited appreciation space. At present, this blue and white porcelain wine cup is a relatively ordinary source and origin, but the price of 500,000 yuan also corresponds to this origin, otherwise it would be even higher.

"It seems like a treasure." After studying for a long time, Qiu Nanyang began to evaluate: "Chenghua blue and white blue are thin, have delicate feel, have a high degree of porcelain, and have thick glaze. This cup is very consistent with the characteristics of Chenghua blue and white blue. What is commendable is that it is well preserved. Except for an inconspicuous defect in the inconspicuous place, there are no other damaged places. Although the blue color is a little lighter than the official kiln, the pomegranate painting is lifelike and its level is not inferior to that of the official kiln."

Wang Zhuo now understands some of the alternatives in antique collections. Even if you want to quit the price, you must be realistic when evaluating other people's things. You cannot say nonsense and make things worthless. Otherwise, the seller would have swept you out of the house and would not serve you no matter how much you give it.

Antiques are like collectors' children. They are worthless to criticize other people's children. Isn't it a naked slap in the face? Of course, it is another matter to pick up bargains on the street stalls, and it is another matter to fool outsiders.

Listening to Qiu Nanyang's evaluation, Guan Shichen nodded repeatedly: "Boutique, indeed, is a fine product."

Li Shangdong smiled slightly and asked, "How about it, Lao Qiu, how about this cup?"

"It's an old thing." Qiu Nanyang nodded affirmatively, and then changed his tone: "But the price is high."

"Don't hurry up and talk about the price." Li Shangdong waved his hand with a smile: "You can take a look more. By the way, I still have something to do."

As he said that, Li Shangdong took out a stack of paper from the wooden box and several photos.

Qiu Nanyang picked it up and looked at it. He thought that Li Shangdong was really flawless in his work. On the paper were the signatures of several famous artists who had a high attainment in the appreciation of blue and white porcelain, and the photos were also taken by these people with this wine cup.

Li Shangdong still had that smiling expression: "How about it, these things are valuable, right?"

Qiu Nanyang nodded. With these things, he immediately added a lot of color to this blue and white porcelain wine cup. Moreover, with Shangdonglou's reputation, it is impossible to replace the prince with the raccoon, and use imitation to pretend to be the original. It seems that the authentic identity of this blue and white porcelain is a foregone conclusion.

In this way, the room for bargaining is much smaller, but the appreciation space of this wine cup has also increased accordingly, which is considered to be gains and losses.

"Mr. Guan, do you think?" Qiu Nanyang's mission has been completed more than half, and Guan Shichen will be the one who will decide next.

Guan Shichen pondered for a moment. The price of this wine cup was indeed beyond his budget. However, the old man who was a birthday boy liked the things in the cup. This blue and white porcelain happened to be a wine cup, which immediately added a lot of color. It would probably be worth it if it spent more than 100,000 or 200,000 or more.

For a rich man like Guan Shichen with a net worth of tens of millions, more than tens of thousands or two are a small amount, but since this money is used on the edge, why can't he bear to bear it?

After making up his mind, Guan Shichen put down the magnifying glass with a calm expression, looked up and asked Li Shangdong: "Boss Li, I intend to buy this thing, please give it a minimum price."

Li Shangdong thought for a while and said, "Forty-five thousand, you are Lao Qiu's friend. I will give you another ten thousand, forty-four thousand, and you can't lose any more."

Guan Shichen sat steadily and laughed: "Boss Li, I bought this thing to celebrate the birthday of an elder. What is the number of 440,000?"

The number forty-four is really not far from the homonym of the dying. It is better to forget about this kind of gift than to give a birthday gift.

Li Shangdong was stunned and apologized repeatedly: "This is really a shame. Boss Guan, it's me who was wrong, it's me who was wrong. I'll give another ten thousand, what do you think?"

"It's still a bit expensive." Guan Shichen looked at Li Shangdong and said confidently: "Boss Li, I bet you can sell this thing for 400,000 yuan."

"This..." Li Shangdong hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.

"That's right." Guan Shichen laughed with satisfaction: "Boss Li, I'll come again if I make a friend."

Li Shangdong praised him repeatedly and clenched his hand tightly with Guan Shichen.

Even if the business was negotiated, Lu Weimin went to the car to withdraw money at Guan Shichen's instructions. Li Shangdong ordered his friend to change into a pot of good tea and chat with Guan Shichen and Qiu Nanyang.

Wang Zhuo was secretly shocked. A wine cup worth 400,000 yuan was sold now?

Seeing that Guan Shichen and others were talking about some strange stories in the collection world, the wine cup was placed on the table, Wang Zhuo walked up and planned to take a closer look.

As soon as Guan Yingying came over, they looked at each other and smiled, each picked up a magnifying glass, and observed it in the light.

Guan Yingying held a magnifying glass in one hand and the stack of papers taken out by Li Shangdong in the other hand. From time to time, she referenced and compared the actual objects with the content introduced on the documents. It seemed that she had no intention of identifying the authenticity, but just expressed her mentality of increasing knowledge.

Wang Zhuo just looked at it simply, wanting to see why such a wine cup is worth 400,000 yuan, which is enough to buy two houses he lives in now.

Seeing Wang Zhuo's expression strange, Guan Yingying couldn't help but smile and asked, "Wang Zhuo, what do you think?"

Wang Zhuo grinned and said only one word: "It's expensive."

"It's expensive enough." Guan Yingying smiled and nodded, saying, "But it's worth it. Blue and white porcelain is the treasure of national culture, China is porcelain, and blue and white porcelain is the highest representative of porcelain. It makes the whole world understand China and it is the symbol of our nation."

Wang Zhuo nodded without comment, thinking that using porcelain as a symbol of the nation is not good? This thing is fragile and not strong.

No matter what, Wang Zhuo still felt that the price of 400,000 was a bit dreamy, and couldn't help but use his perspective and looked at the wine cup.

When Wang Zhuo saw this, he exclaimed in surprise because he found that the body of the wine cup and the bottom of the wine cup were different, and there was a very subtle bonding line between the two.

Wang Zhuo was a little confused. Could it be that when the pottery was made, it was not formed at one time, but was made separately and finally processed together?

"What's wrong?" Guan Yingying asked.

Wang Zhuo thought about the words and asked, "Sister Guan, have you seen the movie "The Love of Man and Ghost"?"

"I've seen it." Guan Yingying said: "Did you think of the plot of the male and female protagonists making pottery? Yes, the way to make porcelain is the same as that."

Wang Zhuo smiled and said, "I thought the bottom was processed on."

"Haha." Qiu Nanyang heard Wang Zhuo's words and said, "Wang Zhuo, the ears of the porcelain have been processed back, but there is no foundation, so it will burn out if it does."

Wang Zhuo nodded. With Qiu Nanyang's popular science, he had already confirmed that there was something tricky hidden in this wine cup.

He looked at Li Shangdong quietly and found that the small middle-aged man was talking and laughing naturally. Wang Zhuo was a little suspicious. Could it be that he was not aware of it?

Thinking about it, there is really a possibility. Qiu Nanyang is an expert invited by Guan Shichen. Didn’t he see the flaws of this wine cup? In the words of the industry, this is a "shot" and was deceived by fakes. Since Qiu Nanyang Energy was deceived, Li Shangdong can of course be able to do it, and those experts may not be able to do it.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Qiu Nanyang and Li Shangdong were originally in the same group, and they set up a condom to cheat Guan Shichen's money. However, Wang Zhuo felt that the possibility was not too great, because coincidence, the three of them were talking about an anecdote of colluding with sellers to deceive wealthy businessmen. Wang Zhuo felt that Qiu Nanyang and Li Shangdong were not like those who had extremely high psychological quality. They could deceive people while teaching the victim how to see through the scam.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhuo suddenly had the urge to tell the matter out. On the pretext of caution, he carefully turned the wine cup over and picked up the magnifying glass to observe carefully.

Not to mention, no matter how carefully he observed, he could not see any silk traces. The connection between the body and the bottom can be said to be seamless. Only by using the ability to see through perspective can the truth be seen.

When Wang Zhuo thought about it, he understood the reason. The body of the wine cup must be a fake one made after the piece, and the bottom of the cup with the inscription is probably a genuine one. It seems that the counterfeiting of the bottom of the cup is the most difficult, so the instigator came up with this method and deceived everyone.

At this time, his cousin Lu Weimin walked up with an inconspicuous suitcase. The clerk from Shangdonglou took out two banknote detectors and wanted to check the banknotes on the spot for transactions.

Seeing that the suitcase in Lu Weimin was about to be handed over to the clerk of Shangdonglou, Wang Zhuo quickly stopped him: "Brother Min, wait a moment!"

The sound fell, and the entire tea room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at Wang Zhuo in surprise, not knowing what he was going to do.

Lu Weimin reacted the fastest, and with a slight force on both hands, he carried the suitcase back into his hand.

Wang Zhuo was thinking quickly in his mind about how to properly solve this problem. In an instant, he decided on a plan.

"Mr. Guan, Uncle Qiu, I think there seems to be some problems at the bottom of the cup. Do you have a look?"

Guan Shichen and Qiu Nanyang stood up quickly when they heard this, looked at Wang Zhuo in confusion, walked to the table without saying a word, and each picked up magnifying glasses and looked at them again.

Li Shangdong's expression became a little nervous. He could make 100,000 yuan in this business, but he must not make any mistakes.

After watching for a long time, the two of them did not see any problems. Wang Zhuo pointed at the side with his hands and said, "Did you see it? There is a white trace there, very thin."

In fact, you can’t see any flaws with your naked eyes and a magnifying glass, but if you don’t say that, would you tell them that you have supernatural vision?

Guan Shichen and Qiu Lu looked solemnly. After watching for a long time, unfortunately they still couldn't see it. Guan Yingying handed over a small flashlight, but she couldn't even show it.

"Wang Zhuo?" Guan Yingying looked at Wang Zhuo with an inquiring look, wanting to hear what he said.

It was estimated that the time was about to be right, and Wang Zhuo said, "Sister Guan, I suspect that the body and bottom of this wine cup are not integrated, but are processed afterwards."

"How is this possible?" Li Shangdong laughed angry: "Brother, at least six famous artists have helped me to see this piece of blue and white, and there are also the words written by Mr. Xue. Do you think it is a street stall product?"

In the antique collection industry, counterfeiting methods are emerging one after another. One of them is to glue the fragments of real goods and sell them as real goods. However, this method is easy to see flaws, so it is often only placed on street stalls by counterfeiters to deceive those who "picking up bargains" on street stalls.

"Boss Li, I didn't say that your blue and white piece is a street stall product, but I just suspect that it is not too old." Wang Zhuo observed Li Shangdong's expression and felt that it didn't look like he was pretending, and it seemed that he had been cheated.

Not too old, it is also a new term that Wang Zhuo learned today. It means that the age is not enough. In fact, it is a subtle pointing out that this is a fake, not an antique.

"Isn't it too old?" Li Shangdong shook his head in agitation, looked at Wang Zhuo again, and decided not to talk to this naughty green man.

"Boss Guan, see what he said..." Li Shangdong asked Guan Shichen what he meant.

Guan Shichen frowned slightly and pondered without saying a word.

Guan Yingying asked softly, "Dad, why don't we go to see a few more families?"

Although the authenticity of this blue and white porcelain has not been confirmed yet, the matter has changed. Both the Guan family’s father and daughter think it is not a good omen, and Guan Shichen also has the idea of ​​considering it again.

Seeing that Guan Shichen was showing his intention to leave, Li Shangdong was anxious, but he could not stop him from leaving, nor could he take the initiative to lower the price. He had no choice but to look at Qiu Nanyang for help.

Qiu Nanyang shrugged his shoulders slightly and made a helpless attitude. Wang Zhuo said with confidence that there was something wrong with the cup and he could not stick to anything. After all, it was Guan Shichen who made the decision. If he said too much, Guan Shichen suspected that he had any collusion with Li Shangdong, which would be more than worth the loss.

Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly, Li Shangdong was so frustrated that he could not help but complain to Wang Zhuo: "Young man, look at what this is called, you will mess up your business."

Qiu Nanyang also showed a look of complaining, but he was not familiar with Wang Zhuo, so he didn't say anything in his stomach.

Wang Zhuo turned a blind eye because he had a clear conscience about this matter. As long as the transaction was ruined, he would achieve his goal.

But seeing the reproachful gazes cast by his cousin Lu Weimin, Wang Zhuo finally remembered that this matter was not enough for him to have a clear conscience. It also affected Guan Shichen's view of Lu Weimin. It seemed that he would not be able to reveal the true face of this wine cup!

"Boss Li." Wang Zhuo looked at Li Shangdong, "If I can prove that this cup is fake, will one be fined ten if one fake?"

Li Shangdong was angry and laughed again, and he no longer gave Wang Zhuo any mercy: "Children, there is no such rule in the antique industry. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. If you damage the reputation of our store, you can't afford to lose money.

Wang Zhuo shook his head and said, "Boss Li, I'm really sorry. You smashed the sign by yourself, so I don't have to compensate you."

After saying that, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the porcelain cup on the table, pinched the cup with both hands, and smiled gently at Guan Yingying who was staring at him in a daze.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, the folk kiln blue and white porcelain wine cups from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty were broken by Wang Zhuo.

The four seats exclaimed.

Wang Zhuo stared at the two wine cups in his hand and laughed silently.

I saw that the trunk was brand new, but the round bottom of the cup was only connected to one side of the two wine cups, and it was not broken in half.
Chapter completed!