"Can the quality of goods be improved so much?"
"That's really amazing. When you say it like this, I can't even imagine how big this rough stone is."
After looking at several other rough jade stones that might become the standard king, Xiao Baicai and Zhou Shanshan left together.
In the next two days, Xiao Bai spent all his time in the jade auction and looked at all the stones in the auction.
As for bidding? Neither Xiao Bai nor Zhou Shanshan has this interest.
"Shan Shan, why don't you cut that stone of yours before we go back? We should go back to the Imperial Capital tomorrow. In the Imperial Capital, it's hard to find a place to cut stones."
Hearing Xiao Bai's words, Zhou Shanshan nodded.
In fact, she had already thought about cutting the stone she bought at the fair a few days ago.
It's just that I have been following Xiao Bai in the public market for the past few days, and the public market in Burma does not provide stone cutting services, so it has been postponed until now.
In the evening, when the jade was cut open, both of them were a little disappointed.
I've been looking at the high-quality stones in the public market every day for the past few days, but now I feel that the waxy ice species I cut out is too ordinary.
However, compared with the purchase price at that time, this stone cannot be said to be a loss, but it will not make much money.
The next day.
Xiao Bai, who had just returned to the imperial capital, received a call from his master Qin Hai again.
During the phone call, Xiao Bai learned that the superiors had decided to salvage the lucky ship as a whole.
After analysis by experts, the number of antiques on board is likely to exceed 100,000.
And this is not the focus of Qin Hai's call today.
"Apprentice, starting from the Imperial Capital in two days, we will organize a free treasure appraisal event spanning 7 cities for a total of 20 days to provide free treasure appraisal services to the citizens."
"When the time comes, come with me. Although there are many fakes in private collections, you can gain a lot of experience by looking at them."
"And maybe there will be a very high-quality genuine product, that's also possible."
Free treasure appraisal?
Hearing this, Xiao Bai became really interested.
He had also watched some free treasure appraisal programs on TV before.
I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to participate.
After two days of good rest.
In the early morning, Xiao Bai arrived at Qin Hai's home first.
Today is the first day of the treasure appraisal meeting in the Imperial Capital. The appraisal officially started at 9:30 in the morning, and Xiao Bai participated in the auxiliary work as Qin Hai's assistant.
Looking at his master who was wearing a very formal Tang suit, Xiao Bai couldn't help but smile and joked: "Master, you are so handsome today. Master, are you worried about your coming out?"
"You brat, you have such a mouth, and you're even teasing Master."
"Aren't we going to face our vast Tibetan friends? I can't be like you and just come here wearing a sweatshirt."
Hearing Qin Hai's counterattack, Xiao Bai chuckled and concentrated on driving without saying a word.
At nine o'clock, the two arrived at today's venue.
Seeing the long queue outside the venue, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh: "Master, it seems that today is really a prosperous time."
"In these troubled times, gold and prosperous times are antiques. I didn't expect so many private players to be interested in antiques."
Hearing Xiao Bai's emotion, Qin Hai shook his head calmly.
"Apprentice, take a closer look. Although there are many people here, they are generally older."
"Almost everyone is middle-aged or above, which shows that there has been a gap in the collection."
"After we old people leave, no one may be interested in this collection."
After hearing this, Xiao Bai glanced at the people at the scene again. Indeed, as his master Qin Hai said, the people who came to participate in the treasure appraisal were all older, and there were not many young people at the scene.
"Hey, Master, there is nothing we can do about this."
"Nowadays, young people are really busy and under great work pressure. They don't have much money. In addition, there are too many fakes on the market. There is no good collecting environment at all."
Hearing Xiao Bai's words, Qin Hai smiled bitterly and nodded.
He had to admit that the current domestic antique market was indeed not suitable for young people to rashly join the ranks of collectors.
Counterfeit goods are rampant and the price system is unclear. Under such circumstances, if a new person joins the collection, he may lose all his hard-earned savings.
Entering the venue, under the guidance of the staff, the two were taken to the corresponding positions corresponding to the nameplates.
Although Qin Hai specializes in the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, at this kind of appraisal meeting, it is true that there are more porcelain and metalware, but very few calligraphy and painting.
Therefore, the identification category Qin Hai chose today was also arranged for porcelain identification.
"Apprentice, after studying for so long, have you never faced such a private collector?"
"Don't be too surprised later. It will be a lot of fun to appraise the collections of private collectors."
Seeing that his master had quickly adjusted his mentality, Xiao Bai smiled and nodded.
He could probably understand what his master meant.
Treasure appraisers are looking for treasures, and all the treasure appraisers who came to the conference regarded their collections as treasures.
Therefore, even if the thing in the other person's hand is fake, even if you deny a collection from a professional perspective, most treasure holders will not be willing to accept it.
Soon, at 9:30, private collectors who came to participate in today's public treasure appraisal event filed in.
A moment later, the first private collector happily walked up to Qin Hai holding a jar with a height of more than 30 centimeters.
"Teacher Qin, hello, hello. This is a treasure passed down from my ancestors. I would like you to help me take a look."
"Ouch!"
As the jar was placed on the table in front of Qin Hai, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh softly.
Good guy, it’s a big job from the beginning, right?
Although Xiao Bai was not proficient in porcelain, he could tell at a glance that something was not right.
This jar, which is more than 30 centimeters high and nearly 20 centimeters in maximum diameter, is a Yuan Dynasty-style blue and white jar, which is also the legendary Yuan blue and white jar.
Similar to Xiao Bai's reaction, Qin Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he saw the jar for the first time.
"Hey, old gentleman, you are too scary."
"Old sir, it's just this kind of thing. We can't say it's not real. It must be genuine, but the possibility of it appearing in the hands of ordinary people is really too low."
Xiao Bai was slightly surprised when he heard his master speak.
Xiao Bai originally thought that his master would directly deny the blue and white jar, but he did not expect that he would be so tactful.
"The whole style of your jar is that of the Yuan Dynasty. The blue and white leaves and the dragon pattern on the stenciled text. Although the dragon on it is a three-clawed dragon, in the Yuan Dynasty, the three-clawed dragon was actually It can only be made in official kilns."
"So, if this thing is correct, it is the so-called official kiln in the Yuan Dynasty."
