Chapter 22 Small Auctions
After Chang Huaizhi handed the pastel disc to Ma Bowen, he walked to Li Yi, pulled a bench and sat down.
"Lao Ma is the most famous ancient porcelain restoration expert in the industry. I have read your plate. If he asks him to repair it, the completeness after repair should be almost 90%. In other words, if you don't know there is a crack in advance, ordinary people will not be able to see it at all."
Li Yi was shocked. He didn't know that there was a crack in advance and couldn't tell it? What kind of craft is that?
"How did you find this?"
Chang Huaizhi's words made Li Yi stunned. Did Liu Cunzhi not communicate with Mr. Chang? But why did Mr. Chang ask him if he didn't ask him whether he brought something or not? He asked him what he brought?
Suddenly I remembered that he didn't take out the pastel disc for Liu Cunzhi to see, and I couldn't help but sweat. Fortunately, he had a spirit-based card and knew that the pastel disc was real. Otherwise, if he had no eyesight and Mr. Chang's appraisal in public, he wouldn't be embarrassed...
"I just want Mr. Chang to help me see the plates, and by the way I would like to ask you where can I fix it. Uncle Liu asked me to come here... By the way, Mr. Chang, are you running a training class?"
Chang Huaizhi didn't know that there were still these twists and turns here, and laughed in a low voice:
"Haha, training class? Who can train these people? Don't underestimate these old guys. Many of them are better than me. I can only take advantage of ancient porcelain."
"Then you guys are..."
"This activity was first launched by Lao Wang. At the beginning, a group of old friends gathered regularly to chat, and of course they could also communicate about collections and communicate whether they were available or not. Later, more and more people joined, and some people suggested that it would be a regular event. Everyone must bring a collection to participate to broaden everyone's horizons."
"Some people naturally have transactions when they have things. Some are angry when they are asked and they are angry when they are asked. Some have a dispute over grabbing something. Later, some people suggested that they simply turn it into an auction... However, this auction is different from other auctions. Each item must be evaluated by the master. This can not only help each other learn from each other, but also some people endorse the antiques they trade. Therefore, more and more people are participating, and many pure buyers are also involved."
Li Yi realized now that he had done a twist just now, but fortunately, the result was good. He nodded with regret. Mr. Chang just now made a good advertisement for the porcelain plate, but unfortunately the thing has not been repaired yet. Otherwise, if he participated in the auction, the price would be higher than if he found someone in private to trade.
At this time, the old man who had just opened the door for Li Yi walked onto the stage and said:
"Everyone, the masters just reviewed all the items today. The auction is about to begin. Is there anyone else having any questions?"
A fat middle-aged man raised his hand and asked:
"The plate that Mr. Chang just introduced was to ask Mr. Ma to repair that. Will he also participate?"
Chang Huaizhi looked at Li Yi with a smile, and Li Yi quickly stood up.
"Can you participate if you don't have any repairs? If possible, then participate."
"Okay, we have another item added to our lot, so let me ask you to set a minimum price for it."
Li Yi looked at Chang Huaizhi for help. Chang Huaizhi pondered for a moment and said:
"If it's a complete plate, it's okay to start with 800,000 yuan. Now, it's only 200,000 yuan."
Li Yi smiled. It seemed that good people and good things were not done in vain. Not only did they not lose money, but they would probably make some money. In the corner, sparks were almost emerging in Fatty Wang's eyes. He just cheated this kid with 200,000 yuan. Unexpectedly, he not only wanted to come back in the blink of an eye, but also saw that he was going to get more. How could this make him feel sorry for it!
"Okay, I'll announce the auction begins! The first one is a string of Aka Red Coral Beads provided by Boss Huang, with a starting price of 50,000 yuan. Interested friends can start bidding!"
Li Yi didn't hear Chaozhu's introduction just now, so he was embarrassed to ask Chang Huaizhi, so he sat there and listened quietly. This opportunity was really timely for him. What he lacked the most now was the grasp of the market prices of various collections.
The court beads started at 50,000 yuan, and the price rose all the way to 110,000 yuan. It seemed that they could not move. The old man Wang, who was in charge of the auction, spoke again.
"Old Liu has introduced it to you just now. Now the top Aka Red Coral on the market has sold nearly 20,000 yuan per gram. Although the quality of this string of court beads is slightly inferior, he is something he brought by Shen Baozhen, a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty. Isn't anyone really bidding again?"
After saying that, he waited for a while, and saw that no one had made a bid, so he laughed.
"Okay, this treasure belongs to Boss Wang. Congratulations on getting a big bargain!"
Chang Huaizhi shook his head. Lao Wang was becoming more and more commercial. What he said just now was actually misleading everyone. The top Aka Red Coral is that expensive, but they are all used as jewelry raw materials. The court beads have been established. Even if they are really top Aka Red Coral, they cannot calculate the price like that.
The second one is a blue and white landscape figure pattern lifting pot from the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Tianqi was Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Youxiao, the fifteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He reigned for only seven years. You may not have any impression of this, but when it comes to a large eunuch under him, everyone must be familiar with it, that is, the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian. It was also because of Zhu Youxiao's reign that the eunuch's autocracy in the Ming Dynasty reached its peak in the past few years.
More than ten years after Emperor Tianqi passed away, the Ming Dynasty perished.
If the production of Chinese porcelain is drawn into a mathematical curve, then the period in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties was undoubtedly in the trough, and the two ends were connected were exactly two wave peaks. The first was the Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, and the latter was the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.
The output of Tianqi Official Kiln porcelain is very small, and even fewer have been passed down to this day. Moreover, porcelains during the Tianqi period were discovered very late. It was probably not until the 1980s that someone proposed the concept of Tianqi porcelain, which was replaced by the late Ming Dynasty.
During the Tianqi period, because Zhu Youxiao was cowardly, lacked confidence in the regime, and did not manage the government very much, the official kilns were instead lacking in constraints. His style changed from Jiajing and the complicated style of the Wanli period to become sparse, far-reaching, and a clear stream.
Compared with the Tianqi Official Kiln ware, this lifting pot has a slightly rough workmanship, but its style is more free. It not only has a unique shape, but also has a simple and casual style. The blue and white hair color is light, and it is indeed a blue and white product from the folk kilns during the Tianqi period.
The starting price of the pot is 180,000 yuan. After more than ten rounds of competition, Boss Guo, who just asked Li Yi whether the porcelain disc participated in the auction, bought it for 350,000 yuan.
"The third piece is a modern work of art. The 12-meter-long horizontal axis of Mr. Shen Zhuoru, a young professor at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, is a 10,000-yuan horizontal axis of the Chinese landscape painter. Please start bidding!"
Ten feet two? Li Yi remembered his living room, and it seemed that this size was OK. Since this painting could be auctioned here, it must have been recognized by some or even a few masters. The price of 10,000 yuan is really not expensive.
Seeing that no one responded, he raised his hand,
"Ten thousand."
"Haha, some people bid 10,000 yuan, is there anything higher? This painting took nearly three years and is a rare treasure!"
After a while, someone raised his hand.
"Ten thousand."
Li Yi waited for a while and raised his hand again.
“Ten thousand two thousand.”
At this moment, no one offered a price anymore. Mr. Wang smiled and made a final decision, and the deal was completed with two thousand!
Next, five more collections were taken, and then it was Li Yi's turn to have the pastel porcelain plate.
"The starting price is 200,000 yuan, now you can quote it!"
As soon as Mr. Wang's voice fell, Boss Guo, who had just taken the Tianqi Blue and White Pot, raised his hand.
"Old Wang, can I ask Mr. Ma first a question? Mr. Ma, how many times can this pastel porcelain plate be repaired?"
After receiving Mr. Wang's instructions, Mr. Guo asked:
Mr. Ma turned his head and looked at Boss Guo, and said proudly:
"Ninety-eight percent!"
Boss Guo thanked Mr. Ma and made a bid directly.
"Two hundred thousand!"
"Haha, I thought Xiao Guo had made up his mind, 300,000!"
"You are all too stingy, I will pay 500,000!"
Chapter completed!