Chapter 013 Jianbaozhai Taobao (2)
When he walked into the "Treasure Criticism", He Qing's eyes suddenly lit up. The store was spacious and bright, with a wide range of exquisite ceramics and thick and atmospheric metal utensils on both sides.
"Sister Gu Qing!"
Before He Qing could see the dazzling antiques clearly, he heard a loud shout from the front. He Qing subconsciously turned his head and looked around. He saw a young man who was greeting Gu Qing. The man looked only in his twenties, tall, handsome, and gentle.
"Sister Gu Qing, what's wrong with you?" The man walked over with a smile, then he looked at He Qing who was standing next to Gu Qing, with his eyes seemingly surprised.
"Haitao, let me introduce first. This is my friend, and his name is He Qing." Gu Qing introduced, "He Qing, he is Lin Haitao, and he works in this store."
"Hello." Before Gu Qing finished speaking, the man named "Lin Haitao" reached out to He Qing politely.
"Hello." He Qing shook hands with him, and soon Lin Haitao invited them to sit down enthusiastically and served tea to entertain him.
"Sister Gu Qing, are you doing something?" Lin Haitao asked after sitting down.
Gu Qing nodded and replied, "Well, yes. Haitao, He Qing has something on his hand, but we can't get it. I want to ask you to find someone to help us see - is Uncle Long not here?"
"No, but he said he would come back soon." Lin Haitao said, "What good thing are you looking at?"
He Qing replied, "It's not a good thing anymore, just this little jar. Brother Lin, please help me see."
As he said that, he carefully took out the bird food jar from his arms and showed it to Lin Haitao. He could see that since Lin Haitao was a clerk in such a big antique shop, it means that he has a good eye. Perhaps he is from a famous teacher. At least it is not a problem to identify a small bird food jar.
"Oh, what a delicate little jar!" Lin Haitao glanced at it and smiled, "Brother He, is this a bird food jar? The thing is good, the shape is straight, the blue and white are beautiful, and the patterns are also very beautiful."
Gu Qing said: "The bird food jar contains the signatures from the Xuande period. We just cannot judge this. I don't know if it is the authentic Xuande porcelain."
"The thing is very old and open, so it shouldn't be wrong." Lin Haitao nodded and agreed, "I also look at old man. Brother He, have you found this thing?"
He Qing replied: "Yes, I just saw it at a street stall in the market."
"How much did it cost?" Lin Haitao asked casually.
He Qing said truthfully: "Six thousand."
"Then you have picked up the bargain, this thing must be more than this price." Lin Haitao said confidently, "Brother He, you are so lucky! Why can't I come across such a beautiful thing when I was shopping?!"
Gu Qing told him: "A young man wanted to buy He Qing's bird food jar. The other party offered 12,000 yuan, but he had not agreed to him yet. This is what we thought. If this was the official kiln porcelain from the Xuande period, wouldn't it be a loss? Someone picked up a big leak!"
Lin Haitao smiled and said, "Of course, let's make a decision first, otherwise it will be too late to regret it! Brother He, don't worry, Uncle Long will come back later. We are still a little confused when he can see it for you."
"Well, don't worry." He Qing nodded. He didn't expect that the person Gu Qing introduced him to was not only a peer, but also very friendly, just like an old friend he had known for a long time.
"Brother He, I don't seem to have seen you before. From your accent, you are from another place, right?" Lin Haitao suddenly asked about He Qing's situation.
He Qing said, "To be honest, this is the first time I have been to Jiangzhou. I have never been to Antique Street before. You must have never seen me. Brother Lin, your store is so big! Can I watch it?"
"Of course it's OK! Please read it casually, don't be polite!" Lin Haitao said, "If you like something, just tell me. You are Sister Gu Qing's friend, that is, my friend. Everyone is my own, so you can try to give you discounts. Brother He, which type of collection do you like to play with? Why don't I introduce some to you?"
He Qing shook his head and said, "Thank you, but I actually don't have any special preferences. As long as it is a good thing, I usually want to play with it. Let me take a look first."
After saying that, he stood up, Lin Haitao also stood up, accompanying the other party to watch the antiques in the store very enthusiastically, and Gu Qing then walked up.
Although He Qing has a very limited understanding of antiques and can't tell anything even if he looks at them, he has special abilities and can discover "treasure light" from a relatively special antique and see its origins.
When he came into the store just now, He Qing didn't have time to take a closer look because he was too haste. Now he can look carefully. If the antiques emit red light, he will naturally not be able to escape his eyes.
You can find bargains in antique stalls and markets, but it should be similar in ordinary antique shops. At least the opportunity is in front of you. Whether you can find good things depends on your luck.
However, He Qing knew very well that large antique shops like "Jianbaozhai" were hosted by experts, and they basically saw everything clearly. There were very few "missings" to make money.
But even if you can’t find any gaps, you can still enjoy various antiques to increase your knowledge and prepare for systematic learning and appraisal knowledge later.
In a corner, He Qing found that there were many antique furniture arranged in an orderly manner. He glanced inadvertently and could see that a pair of black painted wooden boxes stacked together was faintly emitting a faint red light.
I saw the "Baoguang"!
He Qing immediately cheered up and walked closer to check.
It was a pair of wooden boxes with white orchids and fonts painted on the surface, which were antique and you could tell at a glance that it was the kind of old wooden boxes that had experienced the vicissitudes of time.
"Brother He, this is a pair of old book boxes, which is said to be Cao Xueqin's book boxes, which are used by Cao Xueqin's collection of books." Lin Haitao, who was standing beside him, introduced with a smile.
"Cao Xueqin's bookcase?!" He Qing was secretly surprised when he heard this. The next moment he couldn't help but doubt it, thinking that Cao Xueqin was a famous person, and his bookcase was not so easy to succeed.
He soon thought about it, only thinking that Lin Haitao might be making up stories, and he could get a glimpse of the previous stall owner taking out Ji Xiaolan's fan to show off. Those who are in this industry probably tell stories. Ordinary things are related to celebrities in history, so they will naturally have more collection value.
"Oh, is it? The box is very old and looks pretty good." Although He Qing was skeptical, he didn't say much. He just focused on the pair of wooden boxes.
Whether the thing was used by Cao Xueqin can tell immediately, because He Qing could see the origin of the pair of wooden boxes.
After a while, the red light condensed in front of He Qing and began to play the "movie".
Images flashed past He Qing's eyes.
A moment of a hundred years!
He Qing felt that his thoughts entered the time tunnel with those images and flew towards the time when the pair of wooden boxes were first produced.
The book box originated from the Qing Dynasty and was a scholar. The scholar took it all over the country and often followed him. Later, the scholar went to the sea and never came back. The book box flowed into the fritters market.
He Qing was watching a documentary, which was a life documentary, but that ordinary bookcase was filled with a person's experience in studying.
The bookcase is also filled with the owner's feelings of treating it like a treasure!
That feeling seemed to be transferred to He Qing in an instant, deeply shocking him.
At this moment, what was placed in front of him was not a lifeless wooden box, but an old friend, an old friend who had been reunited after a long time!
"Brother He——"
Seeing He Qing staring at the wooden box for a long time, his expression was a little strange, Lin Haitao couldn't help but scream softly.
"Oh." He Qing finally reacted and said, "Brother Lin, how do you sell these wooden boxes? I want to play with them."
Chapter completed!