Chapter 514 Because the Dragon Club is a little more expensive...
The scale of the Jianguo Holiday Jade Market is already very large, so the probability of encountering good things is not low.
Every year at Hong Kong City's Asia special auction, many treasures pass through here. Especially as the other side becomes more and more affluent, the price of antiques soars. I heard that some descendants whose ancestors were officials rummage through boxes and cabinets at home, and even
I really found a lot of rare stuff.
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There is a small bronze tripod from the Western Zhou Dynasty in the hands of Mr. Tang. There is a series of inscriptions engraved on it. The seller is from here.
On this side of the island, the overall artistic and humanistic environment is relatively mature, and the same is true on the other side of the harbor city.
If you look at each display cabinet, you will know that most of the items are clearly marked with prices. If you buy fake goods, you can come back and pursue the responsibility. It is out of the vicious circle of "if it does not open for three years, it will last for three years after opening", "if it is pierced, it will not be returned" and so on.
After all, it seems like you can make money by robbing customers, but in fact, there is a lack of a fair transaction environment between buyers and sellers, which makes antique exchanges only concentrated in a small circle.
Laymen are worried that they are not discerning enough and will be deceived, so they will never get involved easily. As a result, the market cannot grow, and for antique dealers, the gains outweigh the losses.
Su Yehao stood at the door of the shop and stared at the faucet sculpture in the display cabinet for a while.
It's not like he let it go for nothing.
Suddenly I remembered that in my previous life, there was an outstanding person who paid a high price to buy the rabbit and rat heads in the Old Summer Palace, but in the end he refused to pay because he did not agree with the way of buying back things that were taken away at exorbitant prices.
This incident also caused an uproar and even changed the attitude of the Chinese people towards the return of overseas cultural relics to a certain extent. Su Yehao was certainly impressed.
Among them, what impressed him deeply was the news that the dragon head collectors on the island originally planned to put the dragon heads of the Old Summer Palace up for auction, but the rabbit heads and rat heads regretted the auction, interrupting the value-added space of the animal heads in one fell swoop. In the end,
Let it go.
That's why when Su Yehao saw the dragon head in the display cabinet, he thought of the animal heads of the Old Summer Palace.
It was only March 1999, and the reputation of the animal heads in the Old Summer Palace had not yet been hyped. Only a few people knew about them. The price was not necessarily more expensive than Jeff Koons’ stainless steel balloon dogs. They were put up for sale as ordinary objects. Maybe
Sex is not low.
Considering this, Su Yehao pretended that nothing happened and said to Linda Yun:
"This store has rented three shops, and it also has a second floor. It's so big, so it must have some strength. Let's go in and take a look. Use the air conditioner to blow in the cold air. It's best if others don't recognize me. You pretend to be my sister.
You'll just have to look at it later, and when you find something you like, you can ask for the price."
In order to avoid being ripped off, Su Yehao put on sunglasses while talking, took off his Patek Philippe watch worth more than two million US dollars, and put it into his pants pocket.
You must be careful, these antique shop owners are more vicious than the other, and they like to watch people order their food.
When he bought the landscape painting "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" in Liulichang, Su Yehao suffered a famous loss. He couldn't bear the price. When he made a counter-offer, the other party would say, "Such a big boss will certainly not be short of this little money."
Wait, this is so annoying.
Making an OK gesture, Linda Yun said with a smile: "Put it on me, brother Ah Hao, please smile first to show me?"
"...I asked you to pretend to be my sister, but I don't ask you to pretend to be a female gangster. There are many old men on this street, and you are too eye-catching. Let's just say you are buying gifts for the elders."
Su Yehao usually keeps a low profile. If he doesn't often read newspapers, especially financial and gossip newspapers, he usually goes out alone without the halo of bodyguards, and he is easily treated as an ordinary person.
Today he was wearing shorts, short sleeves, and sandals from the hotel. His attire was not eye-catching.
Linda Yun nodded and took the lead in opening the door and walking into the store.
Inside the glass cabinets against the wall were blue and white porcelain and enamel porcelain. On the table made of unknown wood, sandalwood was burning, and a little turtle was crawling around in the bathtub.
When Su Yehao went to the auction, he could see the detailed description and reserve price directly from the auction album. He didn't have to worry about whether it was real or fake. If he bought a fake, it would mean he would make a fortune, so he felt more at ease.
At this moment, my eyes immediately went blank. Except for the more distinctive Tang Sancai, with red underglaze, it was basically impossible to tell the origin, let alone the authenticity.
fortunately.
The genuine products in the store usually have a price sign and the name is written in traditional Chinese. As for the products without a sign, they are probably modern handicrafts, such as the camel made of Tang Sancai.
First, he looked at the other items in the store. The prices ranged from tens of thousands to several million. Su Yehao felt that there was something wrong at first, but then he remembered that the currency here is Taiwan dollars. Divide by four points to get Hong Kong dollars. Convert to US dollars.
It is worthless.
As a result, many things that were originally thought to be quite good suddenly become inconspicuous.
The ancestors left countless objects over thousands of years, with the total number reaching tens of millions. Most of them are of low collection value. Of course, at Su Yehao's level, they would look down upon them.
He just wanted to buy some high-quality goods to fill the small building in his yard, so that it would not be empty. Even if there was a Van Gogh worth 40 million US dollars hanging on the wall, it would look so boring.
This made Su Yehao once pay attention to Mr. Tang's little treasure house. Unfortunately, his grandfather regarded the collection as a treasure. He had previously said that he would not give those things to him until they were buried in the soil one day.
Wearing sunglasses to look at things looked a bit silly. In order to avoid being recognized, Su Yehao had to be a little more careful.
It's probably because they are too young and no one has come to entertain them.
This was exactly what Su Yehao wanted. He quietly came to the display cabinet with the faucet sculpture, put down his sunglasses and stared at it carefully. The copper appearance was not rusty, but it had many bumps and scratches.
The traces on it not only did not disappoint Su Yehao, but he increasingly felt that it might actually be the long-lost dragon head of the Old Summer Palace.
Back then, a group of robbers plundered property. How could you expect them to be very careful? Apart from being careful with porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, it is said that many treasures were directly smashed and damaged, and the rest were all burned.
Staring at the mouth of the faucet, I saw a water hole.
After looking around it, I found that the price tag said the price was NT$16.88 million, which is about NT$4 million when converted into Hong Kong dollars. The introduction plate only said "Qing Dynasty Lang Shining Imperial Sculpture".
Character.
Seeing this, Su Yehao had some idea. For example, the shop owner probably knew where it came from and its value.
I just saw a few pieces of porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they are not as expensive as these.
With a wink at Linda Yun, she immediately waved to a female clerk and asked with a smile on her face: "I study sculpture. This piece of art is so interesting. Is it something from the Forbidden City?"
?Why is it so expensive? Can you introduce it to me?"
"...it's not the Forbidden City, it's the Old Summer Palace, the emperor's vacation home. The famous Italian artist Castiglione designed the twelve zodiac fountains, and it is one of them. It is said that he originally planned to design it as a sculpture of a goddess without clothes, and later planned it.
It didn’t pass, so it ended up like this.”
The female clerk continued to tell her in a soft voice:
"The price is not high. A horse head from the same series sold for US$250,000 ten years ago. It was placed here by a friend of our boss. Because it is a dragon, it will be a little more expensive. If you like sculptures,
We also have an ancient Greek stone portrait here, which only sold for more than two million..."
After Su Yehao listened, he felt the hairs on his back stand up.
Although Yin Liuli's speaking voice is pleasant, it is definitely not so cooing, which is a bit deliberate.
but.
Considering that most of the customers here are rich old men, I guess they just like this type, which can be regarded as precision marketing...