crucial moment.
The host Xu Wenxuan glanced at Xiao Fan in surprise, nodded and said: "Young man, amazing, amazing!"
oh?
"This is actually [porcelain among porcelain]." Xu Wenxuan said to everyone, "I have only heard of it."
"In ancient times, some people used various concealment methods to prevent the treasures in their hands from being coveted by others."
"For example, paintings." Xu Wenxuan said loudly: "There are people who cover the famous paintings with a layer of ordinary paintings."
"Only by spraying water and gently peeling off the first layer of ordinary paintings can you see the unique paintings underneath."
Everyone nodded, they had heard of it too.
"And this," Xu Wenxuan said, "is very similar to the [painting within painting] technique."
Suddenly, someone said, "It's just that someone, after getting the high-grade porcelain, deliberately fired an ordinary porcelain in addition to the high-grade porcelain."
"That's it." Xu Wenxuan said: "So, the outside of this porcelain seems to be a very common Guanyin in the late Qing Dynasty."
“Poor condition.”
"But actually, the porcelain on the outside is not important, the key is: the porcelain on the inside."
Similar to matryoshka dolls.
"This is a top-notch item from the Yongle period: the statue of Guanyin giving birth to children!"
"Price," Xu Wenxuan shook his head and said, "This appearance is probably much more expensive than the first blue and white dragon vase."
puff.
Mr. Wu almost vomited blood!
The blue and white dragon-patterned vase that I bought for 900,000 yuan is not as good as the Guanyin Guanyin that Li Xiong bought for 10,000 yuan?
"this?!"
He wants to vomit blood!
His face was as red as pig liver, and his whole body was trembling. Just now, didn't you ridicule Li Xiong? Keep up the sarcasm.
Idiot.
But at this time, no one cared about Mr. Wu. Other treasure friends stepped forward one after another and said, "Old Li, are you taking action?"
"I'll give you one million."
puff.
Mr. Wu continued to vomit blood.
"Lao Li, please give me face, I'll give you 1.2 million."
"I'll pay 1.3 million."
"Lao Li, your son-in-law is so awesome that he even impressed the auctioneer."
"Yes, young man, you are really awesome."
Xu Wenxuan also smiled bitterly. He really didn't notice that there was another porcelain statue among the porcelain statues.
The auction was also eye-catching.
But at this time, the transaction has been completed, and the porcelain belongs to Li Xiong.
"Lao Li, that's amazing."
"Lao Li, you can make whatever price you want! I like this Ming Dynasty porcelain so much."
The whole body is as radiant as jade.
The form is full and lifelike.
"Hahaha." Li Xiong laughed and said deliberately: "It seems that the fortune of our Li Group is not bad."
Mr. Wu:······
"However, I will not sell this porcelain statue." Li Xiong refused: "After all, my daughter is getting married to Xiaofan soon, and I am just waiting to have my grandson."
"Haha, what is more important than me holding my grandson?"
"Xiaofan, you have to work hard."
Xiao Fan:······
I can't help it, your daughter doesn't like me.
However, Xiao Fan naturally would not say it in public, he would just smile and nod.
"oh."
"Old Li is planning a happy event."
"Perhaps, Lao Li will have his grandson next year."
"Old Li, if it is really effective, you will have your grandson, but you will sell this porcelain statue to me. My daughter-in-law has given birth to two granddaughters in succession."
"that is."
"Haha," Li Xiong said excitedly: "My son-in-law is very powerful, and my daughter will definitely give birth to a grandson."
Xiao Fan:······
After a period of excitement, finally, the next auction item began. This time, the auction is a jade from the Northern and Southern Dynasties era. When Xu Wenxuan took out the jade article, everyone was already talking about it, and this time, it seemed to have a strange aura? What's going on here?
Xiao Fan looked at the cylindrical jade and curiously asked Uncle Li Xiong beside him: "Well, what is this jade used for?"
Uncle Li Xiong couldn't put it down and looked at the [Guanyin Guanyin] in the early Ming Dynasty. He looked up and suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said: "It's a jade cork."
"Hmm." Xiao Fan said, "What is this?"
Uncle Li Xiong suddenly said awkwardly: "Ahem, they are ancient people, um, um."
At this time, Xu Wenxuan had already explained, saying: "The ancient nobles believed that people could be resurrected from the dead, so they used jade to seal all the exits of the body."
"And the jade plug in front of you is used to plug that position, ahem, everyone understands."
puff.
Xiao Fan was drinking tea when he almost spit it out.
Ah?
Is it used to plug that place?
In ancient times, this was indeed the case. In ancient times, when nobles died, they would use high-quality jade, carve it into the corresponding shape, and then block all exits. And the pretty good jade in front of me is the place where the person is blocked. Does anyone still play with this kind of thing?
Just when Xiao Fan was disdainful, someone took action one after another.
"I'll pay thirty thousand."
"I'll pay 40,000."
"I'll pay fifty thousand!"
"I'm out..."
Xiao Fan was speechless, picked up a piece of camellia cake and ate it, and whispered: "This time, it's true: I don't even want it for free."
"Why do some people still like to play with this kind of thing?"
"There are many wonders in this world."
Speaking of that kind of thing, do you still have the appetite for pastries?
Finally, this [Yugang Plug] was bought by a boss named Qian: I think you have too much money to buy this kind of thing. In fact, in the literary and antique circles, there are still people who play more evil things. The jade cork in front of me is just ordinary. After the weird auction, it was a relaxing session.
oh?
Just listen to Xu Wenxuan say: "Now, it is a small moment of relaxation."
Then I saw two staff members moving a large box from behind the scenes, and then they took out many, many ancient copper coins that were rusted together.
Copper coins?
Rust together?
Everyone’s eyes lit up:
"Ahem, look at the green rust stains, it must have been freshly dug out of the tomb?"
"Shh! Just know what's going on, don't say too much."
"understand."
oh.
This auction is really [magnificent], and you can actually get a lot of newly unearthed things.
Freshly unearthed?
how come?
"Now, it's time to open the blind box with copper coins." Xu Wenxuan said.
oh?
What is it called: opening a blind box with copper coins?
At this time, Uncle Li Xiong put away the Ming Dynasty Avalokitesvara statue and began to explain to Xiao Fan: "In ancient times, the unit of measurement for copper coins was: hanging."
For example, a sling of copper coins.
After all, the copper coins are scattered one by one, which is very inconvenient to carry. When paying, it is inconvenient to count the coins one by one.
"So, the ancients often strung 1,000 copper coins on a rope, which was called [a hanging coin]."
Understood.
For example, a product is worth 2,000 Wen. Isn’t it inconvenient for you to hold a lot of scattered copper coins and count them one by one in front of you? However, if you string 1,000 copper coins on a rope, you can just give them two hanging coins.
"After the copper coins were used as burial objects," Uncle Li Xiong took a sip of tea and continued: "In the tomb, due to underground water, a large number of copper coins accumulated together, then rusted, and finally rusted together to death."
"This is the origin of the piles of copper coins in front of me."
oh.
Although the rope had long since decayed, the copper coins had rusted due to the humid environment, and they had rusted together. After digging out, the copper coins are piled in piles.
Although the rope had long since rotted, the copper coins were rusted together.
"As for the so-called blind box opening." Uncle Li Xiong continued: "That is, there may be treasures in the copper coins that are rusted together."
Sure enough, at this moment, Xu Wenxuan had already said: "Last time, the last time the copper coin blind box was opened at the auction, a CEO Gao opened a rare one from the copper coins rusted together: Qianlong Tongbao, Bao Su Xiaoping’s money! It’s worth hundreds of thousands!”
"oh?"
After hearing this, many treasure friends started to get excited after exclaiming.
You can buy copper coins that are rusted together, and then use a knife to open the rusted copper coins one by one. Among them, there may be [rare treasures]. Because they are rusted together, they cannot be seen with the naked eye. Only during the opening process can you know what kind of copper coin it is.
"It's really similar to opening a blind box." Xiao Fan sighed.
indeed so.
Is it very popular to open blind boxes now?
Before opening it, who knows whether there is a treasure in the copper coins rusted together?
"Then," Xiao Fan asked again, "Uncle Li, why don't the merchants open all the copper coins themselves, discover the treasures, and then sell the treasures?"
"Why get a blind box?"
"Haha." Uncle Li Xiong took a sip of tea and continued: "Xiaofan, this principle is similar to gambling on jade."
Gambling on jade?
"Betting on jade, why don't the jade merchants cut all the stones themselves, but sell the stones directly?"
Gambling on jade means selling stones dug out from the Jade Mine to customers. After the customer buys it, he cuts it himself to see if there is jade.
Then why don't jade merchants cut all the stones themselves and sell jadeite?
"I understand." Xiao Fan immediately said: "Because selling this way will make more money."
To put it simply: most stones cannot produce very good jade. Jade merchants can make more money by selling the stones directly instead of cutting them themselves.
The same is true now. Instead of taking apart all the copper coins yourself, it is better to sell the rusty copper coins directly, because you can make more money by selling them directly.
"Most people lose money," Xiao Fan said, "a very few make money."
"Yes." Uncle Li Xiong also nodded and said, "Most people give out ordinary copper coins."
"It's hard to say whether there are even one or two treasures among these piles of copper coins."
"So, instead of just dismantling it yourself, it's better to sell piles of rusty copper coins."
Understanding this truth, Xiao Fan was eager to try it. He took a deep breath and began to mobilize the [Soul Power] to explore the piles of rusty copper coins.
Right now.
"Let me try." Mr. Zhang said proudly.
Mr. Zhang immediately spent 2,000 and bought a pile of copper coins that were rusted together. Then, all the treasure friends gathered together curiously, and saw Mr. Zhang saying: "Give me the tools, I will take them apart one by one."
