He Guanwu is a famous collector in Guangdong Province, and his father He Lipfu is also a big collector in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. The Tianxi Bookstore run by He and his son has a large collection of treasures.
This painting has been certified by two collectors, Li Yunhu and He Guanwu. Together with the accumulation of other details, it can basically be concluded that this antique landscape painting is authentic.
After appreciating the authenticity of the painting, it was time to enter the pricing stage. However, Li Jie did not start negotiating the price immediately, but continued to observe for a while.
After a moment, Li Jie raised his head and glanced at the bald man.
"Brother, how much do you plan to sell this for?"
The bald man didn't say anything. He stretched out his index finger and made a 'one' sign.
Li Jie frowned slightly. The "one" the other party compared definitely didn't mean 100. Of course, it couldn't be 10,000.
One thousand dollars!
Good guy, you are talking about three years' salary of a first-level worker. The lion is opening his mouth.
Li Jie's mental price was probably around 300 yuan, which was also the going rate. After all, this painting was not Dong Qichang's masterpiece, it was only worth this much.
The price quoted by the bald man immediately brought the atmosphere at the scene to a freezing point. The other party's offer made it difficult for Li Jie to make a counter-offer. The price was too different from his psychological expectations.
According to the rules of the antique circle, asking for a price means that you are ready to buy.
Under normal circumstances, he should start to counteroffer, but the price of one thousand yuan is too outrageous. If Li Jie quoted a price of three hundred, he would also have broken the rule of "negotiating with discretion".
When I saw the bald man's bid when I was in the tatters, I frowned. He was the most antique-loving person in his life. He usually took the good stuff himself when he came across it.
The reason why he gave the opportunity to Li Jie this time was partly because he was not sure about the authenticity of the painting, and partly because he knew that his little brother liked objects from the Song and Ming Dynasties the most.
Bao Baohou has known the bald man for more than ten years. In his impression, the bald man is a very reliable person, otherwise he would not have brought Li Jie here.
What he didn't expect was that the bald man's bid was so high this time.
Although he wanted to ask the bald man why he did this, there was a rule in the antique shop, so he just stood by and said nothing.
If a buyer bids, other people cannot express any opinions, nor can they participate in the bidding, and they must keep an appropriate distance.
Strictly speaking, standing aside and watching the two people discussing the price while in ruins is already breaking the rules.
For a time, the situation at the scene fell into a stalemate.
After a while, Li Jie took the initiative to reach out and sign with "four". The price exceeded his psychological expectations. The reason why he paid this price was purely for the sake of the rags.
If the other party doesn't accept the price, it's okay not to give up the item.
When the bald man saw Li Jie's offer, he didn't agree immediately.
This made Shapohou angry. He didn't care about the so-called rules and took the initiative to speak.
"Big Ear Quilt, don't go too far! Not to mention that the authenticity of this painting has yet to be verified. Even if it is authentic, the price exceeds the market price!"
The bald man muttered: "With Mr. Lifu's seal, how can it be fake?"
The 'Mr. Lifu' he calls is He Guanwu, and Lifu is He Guanwu's nickname.
However, the bald man's argument was not accepted at all. Since all the rules and regulations were broken, he immediately retorted as soon as he broke through to the end.
"Huh, don't forget, this painting was included in "The Continuation of Xu Zhai's Famous Paintings", but the painting in your hand does not have Mr. Xu Zhai's seal!"
The bald man was suddenly choked and speechless. The biggest flaw in the painting was what he mentioned.
"Xuzhai" is the nickname of collector Pang Yuanji. Pang Yuanji's father Pang Yunzhuo (zheng) is one of the "Four Elephants of Nanxun".
(During the Guangxu period, in the Nanxun folk-level Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, there were four elephants and eight cows, which refer to wealthy businessmen with strong capital. Those with assets of more than ten million taels of silver were called "xiangs", and those with assets ranging from five million to ten million taels were called "xiangs".
Said 'cow'.)
Pang Yunjiao was an apprentice in the silk industry. After he made his fortune, he established Pang Yitai Hang. During the business process, he met Hu Xueyan, a "red-top businessman". While the two of them collaborated in the silk business, they were also involved in the military business and worked for Zuo Zongtang.
Purchase military supplies from foreign merchants.
Later, through the help of friends, he met Li Hongzhang and sent his son Pang Yuanji into officialdom.
Since ancient times, the military business has been a huge profit, so Pang Yunjiao accumulated a lot of wealth and became one of the four images of Nanxun in one fell swoop.
After Pang Yunjiao became prosperous, he began his collecting career. In fact, his purpose of collecting antique calligraphy and painting was not so pure. It was his son Pang Yuanji who really liked antique calligraphy and painting.
This person is a real lover of antiques, calligraphy and painting. Pang Yuanji has both financial resources and good appreciation. He has collected countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings in his life, and is famous throughout the country and even the world.
Before liberation, many collectors believed that as long as ancient paintings and calligraphy were stamped with Pang Yuanji's identification seal, they could basically be regarded as authentic. Even some foreign collectors recognized this statement.
It is precisely because of this that Baobaohou was unable to determine the authenticity of this painting, because Dong Qichang's "Antique Landscape Painting" was recorded in "The Continuation of Famous Paintings from Xuzhai" written by Pang Yuanji.
However, this painting does not have Mr. Xu Zhai’s seal of approval.
The bald man groaned for a long time, and then replied while holding his breath: "Okay, I'll give you face, and I'll make the deal at four hundred."
"Okay." Broken Hou nodded lightly, and then said to Li Jie: "Chunming, this matter is my fault. Let's do this. You only have to pay half of the price for this painting, and I will make up the remaining half for you.
Come on, consider it an apology."
Li Jie smiled and shook his head: "No, I'll pay for it myself. The price of four hundred yuan is a bit high, but this painting is real, and I won't suffer any loss if I buy it."
Although Li Jie hasn't paid yet, the bald man has already agreed to settle the deal at this price. According to the rules, the other party cannot go back on his word.
Therefore, Li Jie speaking out his judgment will not have any big impact.
When the bald man heard these words, his pupils immediately shrank. He didn't expect that the boy in front of him had such vicious eyes and insisted that the painting was authentic.
As a seller, how could the bald man not know the authenticity of this painting? This painting is indeed real. Although he is short of money recently, he still has integrity.
After all, the buyer was introduced by Baoshahou. He couldn't fool people with fake goods. However, he also knew in his heart that the price he just quoted was indeed a bit dark. Otherwise, he would not be able to calmly let Baoshahou break the rules.
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With the bald man accepting the offer, everything was settled, but he was curious about how Li Jie determined that the painting was authentic.
"Oh? Little brother, how do you conclude that this painting is real?"
Li Jie chuckled, and then analyzed it from various angles such as paper material, painting style, biography, seal, identification, etc.
"Based on all the above, this painting is authentic!"
After listening to Li Jie's analysis, most of the doubts in his heart were cleared up except for the last point.
"Then how do you explain that there is no Mr. Xu Zhai's seal on this painting?"
Li Jie explained with a smile: "It's very simple! As wealthy businessmen of the same generation, He Guanwu and Mr. Xu Zhai, and they are both collectors. They also exchanged collections between them. "Hai Qiu Xu" was originally
In the hands of He Guanwu, this point was mentioned in "Paintings Collection in Tianxi Bookstore".
Later, "Sea Autumn Collection" passed from He Guanwu's hands to Mr. Xu Zhai. Mr. Xu Zhai wrote "Continuation of Xu Zhai's Famous Paintings" to collect authentic ancient paintings and calligraphy. He will definitely not let go of the collection of Tianxi Bookstore.
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As long as it is from the collection of Tianxi Bookstore, even if Mr. Xu Zhai has never seen it, it doesn’t matter much, because Mr. Xu Zhai believes in He Guanwu’s vision.”
After hearing this explanation, Bao Pohou showed an expression of sudden realization. He really didn't know much about this past event. This era was not like later generations, where information was not spread as widely.
Shapoh's appreciation knowledge was basically passed down from his family. In addition, he later collected some ancient books intermittently, so it is normal for there to be some omissions in them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The bald man clapped his hands and couldn't help but praise.
"sharp!"
He was really convinced. He didn't expect Li Jie to know such an unpopular thing.
At first, he spent a lot of effort to identify the authenticity of this painting, and then he learned about this allusion from an old gentleman.
Bao Pohou glanced sideways at him: "What's the use of just clapping your hands? If you are really serious, just let me know the price."
The bald man smiled and said nothing. Obviously, after all, it was impossible to compromise the price.
Li Jie was not angry when he saw this. Since he had made a bid, even if it was a little higher, he would accept it.
One hundred yuan is indeed a lot of money for ordinary people, but to him, it is really nothing.
Calculating the time, in half a year, he will have a large amount of income, and it will be foreign exchange.
"It's okay. Four hundred is four hundred. You won't suffer any loss if you spend this money to buy an authentic painting by Dong Xuanzai."
"But I didn't bring that much money today. Let's do this. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will send the money to you."
"Okay, no problem."
The bald man nodded with a smile and answered very succinctly. Then he pushed the painting towards Li Jie.
"You can take this painting away today, just remember to send the money over tomorrow."
The reason why the bald man became so grand all of a sudden was, on the one hand, to show his good will and make up for the lion's big mouth, and on the other hand, he was not afraid that Li Jie would take advantage of the painting.
To put it bluntly, even if Li Jie doesn't give money, he can still ask for it when he gets it.
If you can run away from a monk, can you still run away from a temple?
Bao Shaohou sneered in his heart, how could the bald man hide this little trick from him? Then he thought about it, since the other party took the initiative to show his kindness, then from the attitude point of view, it was pretty good.
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I originally planned to complete this plot during the day, but the plan couldn't keep up with the change. I had to send my sister off to school during the day, so I didn't have time to write it.
ps: For later updates: I will update the first update today, and the third update will be sent out tomorrow!