"Brother Tan, you thought of selling me these bowls and plates at home when you saw that I paid 20 yuan apiece and paid Mrs. Yang more than 20 yuan."
"Yes, I see you like this old thing. Anyway, I keep it just to use it as an ordinary bowl.
I'll just sell it to you and I'll buy some more ordinary bowls.
The money sold can also help the children improve their lives..." Brother Tan was happy and directly admitted the fact that he wanted to sell them to himself for twenty yuan each.
"Brother Tan, to be honest, these bowls and plates of yours are not worth twenty yuan each."
"Isn't it worth it? Pingzi, we are all neighbors in the street, you can't lie to me!
At the beginning, Mrs. Yang and I took the things together..." Brother Tan immediately became anxious when he heard that his plate was not worth twenty yuan.
"Brother Tan, let me explain it to you like this.
The large bowls owned by Mrs. Yang are blue and white porcelain bowls from the official kiln during the Qianlong period.
Most of your bowls and plates are blue and white porcelain from the Xianfeng official kiln, and a few are pastel porcelain from Daoguangnian.
You can take a look at the bottom line, it's written here!" Zhang Junping explained, turning the bowl over and pointing it to Brother Tan.
"Ah! Then... how much is that worth?" Brother Tan was discouraged and asked disappointedly when he saw the balance below.
"Brother Tan, we are all neighbors, and I won't lie to you. Your bowls and plates are worth at most five yuan each.
I suggest you keep it for now, maybe it will be worth more money in the future."
"What? It's only worth five yuan?" Brother Tan stood up for a moment, obviously unable to accept the price.
No one can accept that the plates and bowls taken from the same place at the same time may be worth a hundred dollars, but theirs are only worth five dollars.
The psychological gap is too great.
"Brother Tan, don't worry!
This antique becomes more valuable as it gets older, you should know this, right?"
"I know this. Of course antiques become more valuable as they get older.
However, Daoguang was not many years later than Qianlong! Why is there such a big difference?"
“The most valuable antiques from the Qing Dynasty come from the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, namely Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong.
Later, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng can be said to be worse than the previous generation.
After arriving in Xuantong, it became even less valuable.
Just like your Xianfeng official kiln blue and white bowl, you can buy it in a trust store for ten yuan in brand new condition.
If you don't believe it, you can go to a trust store and ask." Zhang Junping explained patiently.
"But the comrade at the trust store said that Mrs. Yang's bowl is only worth ten yuan, so you can give me one hundred.
Why do you just give me five yuan when you come here? Do you look down on your brother Tan?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Junping was immediately speechless, thinking that he was being taken advantage of.
I guess Brother Tan showed his blue and white bowl to the people at the trust store yesterday.
"Brother Tan, do you really not understand why I charged Mrs. Yang 20 yuan for the big blue and white bowl?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"Why?" Brother Tan didn't understand for a moment, so he asked, but then he realized what he was doing.
He gave Zhang Junping a thumbs up and said, "Pingzi, you are still benevolent and righteous!
Come on! It’s my brother’s fault today, he’s being greedy and made you laugh.”
"Brother Tan, what you said is that everyone in the world is interested in profit, who doesn't want to sell his things at a high price?
I buy antiques for collection, actually for profit, thinking that the value will increase in the future." Zhang Junping comforted with a smile.
"Brother Pingzi, you are a real person, look at what other valuable things my brother has here?
To tell you the truth, my eldest son is getting married soon, and I want to exchange some money to prepare some dowry for her."
"Do you want to sell this cabinet?" Zhang Junping asked, pointing to the cabinet.
"You mean my vegetable cupboard?" Brother Tan was startled. He didn't expect that Zhang Junping would actually buy himself a vegetable cook.
"Oh! If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten it.
This chef was also brought back at that time. He said that he was not afraid of your jokes. At that time, I was assigned to look after the door.
It's a pity to see so many good things being destroyed.
So I picked up some useful things and secretly took them home."
"Brother Tan, you have done a good thing and indirectly protected many precious antiques and cultural relics.
For example, your cabinet is a Ming Dynasty Huanghuali double-drawer bright grid cabinet.
This kind of bright grid cabinet integrates cabinets, cupboards, grids and drawers into one, and has a wide range of functions. It can be placed in the study room, the bedroom, or it can also be used as a vegetable cupboard like this."
"How much is it worth?" This is the question that Brother Tan is most concerned about.
"The items from the Ming Dynasty are from Hainan huanghuali. As you know, huanghuali used to be the wood used by the royal court. Judging from the craftsmanship of this bright-lattice cabinet, it should have been used by princes and ministers in their homes.
Still relatively valuable.
I estimate it will cost a hundred yuan anyway." Zhang Junping thought about it in his mind and said.
Zhang Junping did not hide anything, and truthfully told the material, age, and preciousness of the bright cabinet.
"One hundred yuan?!" Brother Tan was a little surprised. One hundred yuan is not a small amount, it is equivalent to two or three months of his salary.
Now I can hold a wedding for my eldest daughter with great splendor.
"Okay! I've sold it to you!" Brother Tan was also happy and directly took down the things placed in the bright grid and put them on the Eight Immortals table.
Then he opened the cupboard door below and moved everything inside out.
"Brother Tan, what do you have in this jar?" Zhang Junping asked, pointing to a blue and white porcelain jar that Brother Tan had just moved out.
"Oh! It's full of oil."
"Are you selling this jar?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
Zhang Junping is already happy and has gained a lot today.
"You want this jar too?"
"Yes! If I'm not mistaken, this jar should be a large jar with a lid and a blue and white peony pattern from the Yuan Dynasty." Zhang Junping kept muttering in his heart, which old man and young man from the former Qing Dynasty was he copied from?
There are so many good things.
"Brother Tan, can you take a look?"
"Look at it as you like!" Brother Tan directly picked up the big blue and white jar and placed it in front of Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping first took off the lid and put it aside. Then he grabbed the rim of the jar with one hand and the bottom of the jar with the other. He lifted it up to look at the base and feet.
There are obvious spiral patterns of knife marks and papillae on the soles, which are the characteristics of Yuan blue and white.
Next, look at the glaze color. The green material is Su Ma Li Qing. It is said to be green, but in fact it shows light gray, while the white glaze shows the texture of glass.
Next, look at the carcass inside, which is a typical Yuanqing flower carcass.
There is a saying in the appraisal of blue and white porcelain that in the Yuan Dynasty, look at the fetus, in the Qing Dynasty, look at the glaze, and in the Ming Dynasty, look at both ends of the blue and white porcelain.
What I mean is that the appraisal of Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain depends on the carcass. The carcass of Yuan blue and white porcelain is relatively thick due to the firing process.
The blue and white porcelain of the Qing Dynasty paid more attention to glaze color.
In the Ming Dynasty, attention was paid to the glaze color of the carcass.
"Brother Tan, this is definitely a large lidded vase of blue and white peonies from the Yuan Dynasty." After reading it, Zhang Junping said to Brother Tan with great certainty.
"How much is it worth?" Brother Tan was more straightforward.