Lin Sanqi didn't know much about antiques. Anyway, he knew that those with dragon and phoenix patterns must be owned by the royal family. If something belongs to the royal family, it will be expensive to die.
Manager Guan is still smiling and introducing:
"Dean Lin, look at this plum vase. It has exquisite craftsmanship, fine and solid texture, white glaze with a bluish tint, and a smooth and translucent glaze. In terms of painting techniques, one-stroke strokes and skilled white space are used to make the decoration vivid and expressive. .
So this is a rare masterpiece from the Yuan Dynasty. If it hadn't been for a four-clawed dragon, it wouldn't have been in our cultural relics store. Just this plum vase costs US$1,000, which is not expensive at all. It is quite cheap. ”
Most of Lin Sanqi's interest disappeared in an instant. It took him a long time to get four claws?
"Oh, it would be nice if it had only five claws. Without one claw, it would lose that royal domineering look."
"Dean Lin was joking. If it is a plum vase with five claws and a dragon pattern, it must be in a museum. It is impossible to sell it."
Lin Sanqi thought the same. Even if these experts were a pig, they knew the preciousness of the five-clawed dragon, but it was hard to say. The rosewood wardrobe on the first floor just had the five-clawed dragon pattern.
"$1,000, right? OK, wrap it up!"
Manager Guan was overjoyed, knowing that the second floor was probably going to be cleared, so he quickly introduced it:
"Dean Lin, this is a large jar with Yuan blue and white peacock pattern. It is 30cm high, 33cm wide, and weighs 7.5kg. Generally, the lids of large jars like this are lost, but look, our lid is well preserved and matching."< br>
Lin Sanqi actually didn't like this can. He really couldn't understand the beauty of this kind of porcelain can. Instead, it feels like an urn...
But there are only more than 300 Yuan blue and white pieces in the world, and now there are 28 pieces in this cultural relics store, which is almost one-tenth. Those are all small purchases.
For the sake of money, he wanted even the coffin board of Emperor Wanli, let alone an urn.
"Okay, Manager Guan, this bone...oh no, what kind of jar is this, and how much does it cost?"
"$800!"
"Wrap it up..."
"Dean Lin, this is incredible. Its full name is Yuan Qinghua Phoenix Qilin Twisted Peony Jar. It is 55cm tall. There are not many large jars like this in China."
"Uh, how much?"
"$1,500, wrapped."
When Lin Sanqi said this, he looked up at the Yuanqinghua in the row of cabinets, and quietly asked Old Man Tang:
"Lao Tang, how are things? Can you open the door?"
Old Man Tang nodded repeatedly:
"It's true that it's a state-owned cultural relics store. So far I haven't found a single fake, which shows that Manager Guan and his colleagues are really above the level of experts from the Forbidden City. This price is really expensive."
The quotation is indeed a bit expensive. For example, the original price of the four-claw dragon pattern plum vase was US$500, and then the price was doubled.
Of course Lin Sanqi also knew the fishiness involved, but he didn't care. He couldn't keep the 10 million US dollars anyway. Today he bought 100 cultural relics for 10 million US dollars, and he bought 10,000 cultural relics for 10 million US dollars.
This is what gives him the confidence to pack it up and take it away, trying to benefit himself as much as possible.
"Manager Guan, don't introduce me, Yuan Qinghua, I bought them all and wrapped them up."
Minister Tian stepped forward and said to Manager Guan:
"Xiaoguan, you introduce the product to Dean Lin, and leave the packaging work to me. We will work together and sooner or later, Dean Lin will buy more cultural relics that he wants."
Lin Sanqi quickly reminded: "Mr. Tian, don't forget the invoice and collection certificate. Each cultural relic must be included."
Minister Tian waved his hand:
"Comrade Sanqi is one of our own. I will give you some blank, stamped invoices and certification documents in a moment. You can fill them out by yourself when you get home. How about that?"
Minister Tian wanted to save time. After all, writing these invoice certificates was cumbersome and there were too many things.
But Lin Sanqi was overjoyed when she heard this. Wasn't this the rat being locked up in the granary?
There are so many antiques and cultural relics in his space. With these blank invoices and certification documents, doesn’t it mean that he can fill them out however he wants?
"Okay, Minister Tian is happy, and I, Lin, am happy too. In this way, I will cover all the antiques for sale in this cultural relics store today. Manager Guan, please tell me the number, and I will not visit them one by one."< br>
Manager Guan and all the staff in the cultural relics store gasped.
After all, Minister Tian is a seasoned ginger. He reacted immediately after hearing this, and then gave Manager Guan a hard push:
"Xiaoguan, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and settle the accounts; and you, go and count the quantities in the warehouse; you, hurry up and call all the staff to pack them together; everyone needs to move quickly, hurry up!"
Lin Sanqi also shouted loudly: "You must be gentle when packing, don't damage my baby."
When Minister Tian yelled like this, the entire cultural relics store was completely in chaos. Even the staff who had finished get off work were called back to pack.
When Lin Sanqi came out of "Baoxinglong", she had a brocade box in her hand, holding it like a treasure. This is a set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins, a total of 12 coins.
Each gold coin is different, and is engraved with the meanings of peace, stability, harmony, happiness, peace of the country and the people, justice, blessing from heaven, long life, wealth and good fortune, good luck and health, purple energy coming from the east, and longevity.
It is impossible to verify how many sets of Qianlong's imperial blessing gold coins were produced, but Lin Sanqi knew that there was only one set of 12 gold coins left in the world that could be assembled.
The auction price of this set is 41.975 million yuan...
Lin Sanqi walked to the door. Manager Guan had already calculated the accounts. He was really nodding and bowing, with a smile on his face:
"Dean Lin, the three of us have just calculated it several times and finally calculated that all the cultural relics in our store are worth US$1.84 million. This is the list. Dean Lin has reviewed it."
Lin Sanqi still believed in the credibility of state-owned stores, so he nodded and said:
"Okay, 1.84 million US dollars, I accept the money, but you'd better wait. I have to go to the Songzhu Restaurant next door to have another look, and then we'll calculate the money together."
Leader Jing was unfazed by the favor and humiliation. He just helped guarantee the ticket and said: "The money is no problem. Don't worry, Manager Guan."
"Don't worry, don't worry, hehe, but Dean Lin, Songzhuzhai mainly deals in modern calligraphy and painting, and there may not necessarily be the antiques you want."
Lin Sanqi was not very clear about the classification of antiques, so he asked:
"Oh? What does modern calligraphy and painting mean?"
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
Manager Guan quickly explained:
"Songzhuzhai used to mainly deal in the Four Treasures of the Study and ancient books. Later, it also helped private students sell calligraphy and paintings on consignment. Now it has become a shop selling modern calligraphy and paintings.
For example, there are calligraphy and paintings by Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Pan Tianshou and other famous people in modern times. However, the prices are very cheap. How can foreigners appreciate our Chinese ink paintings? Not many people buy them. ”
Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this.
He has a lot of Qi Baishi's calligraphy and paintings in his hands. Comrade Lao Qi's calligraphy and paintings are valuable, but the calligraphy and paintings of Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, and Pan Tianshou are also worth Lao Nose's money.
For example, Mr. Huang Binhong's "Huangshan Tangkou" was sold for a record-breaking 345 million yuan.
345 million, a painting, what else do you need a bicycle?
"Okay, okay, modern painters, right? Then of course I, the Chinese, must support our own painters. Let's go and have a look."
Minister Tian grabbed a staff member of Songzhu Restaurant:
"Hurry back and tell your manager to do a good job in reception and prepare your store's list and total price in advance. According to Dean Lin's temper, it will definitely be another clearance purchase. Don't miss the opportunity."
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The staff member nodded and ran to his house as fast as he could:
"Manager Tang, hurry up, Dean Lin will be here soon. Minister Tian asked us to calculate the general ledger first and how much the total cost is. I think Dean Lin will just pack it up and take it away without looking at it more."
When Manager Tang heard this, everyone was stunned:
"The calligraphy and paintings in my shop are worth at least US$600,000. Can Dean Lin afford them if they are so expensive?"
Lin Sanqi came out of Baoxinglong at this time, holding several invoices and collection certificates in his hands, and then quietly pulled Old Tang aside.
"Lao Tang, have you seen this invoice? Can you help me make it old?"
The printing of invoices in 1961 was very simple, handwritten, and the paper quality was not very good, but the red seal of Baoxinglong Cultural Relics Store was already stamped on it.
Old Man Tang touched the paper and replied: "Dean Lin, no problem, just how many years do you want it to be aged?"
Lin Sanqi folded her hands and counted them: "Fifty years, is there any difficulty?"
Old Man Tang smiled confidently: "Don't worry, Dean Lin. You are the one who treats patients, and I am the one who commits fraud. I will take care of this."
Lin Sanqi felt relieved now that so many cultural relics in his "passage space" finally had a legitimate provenance.
Many antiques were ordinary cultural relics in 1961, such as these 28 Yuan blue and white pieces. Before capital intervened, the status of Yuan blue and white was not comparable to that of the five famous kilns, not even the flowered trousers of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
However, after the appearance of Guiguzi's Xiashan vase and Xiao He's pursuit of Han Xin's vase under the moon, and auctioning them at sky-high prices, Yuan blue and white flowers suddenly became a popular collection.
The classification of cultural relics has also been directly adjusted from the original three and two levels to one level, and some cultural relics are even not allowed to be exhibited abroad.
If Lin Sanqi didn't have the invoice, collection certificate, or exit certificate from the cultural relics store, it would be difficult for him to sell the Yuan blue and white flowers in his hands and get them up for auction.
Because the cultural relics bureau is keeping an eye on the precious cultural relics, and Lin Sanqi cannot provide certification documents, not only will the cultural relics be confiscated, but he will also have to go in and use the sewing machine.
Lin Sanqi liquidated five cultural relics stores and finally spent all 10 million US dollars.
What are you going to do next? Nonsense, of course it will be sold in another era. (End of chapter)