For example, Qi Baishi imitated Tang Bohu's paintings. For such things, the boss can tell that it is not Tang Bohu's original work, but he still doesn't know that it is Qi Baishi's imitation, so he may miss it.
However, this kind of thing is harder to encounter than buying a lottery ticket.
This is mainly because calligraphy and paintings are usually signed. Unless a celebrity forgets to sign, then you may miss something.
Well, paintings like this are usually not signed on purpose. That is to say, the artist was not satisfied with the work at the time, so he did not leave any payment.
Paintings that the author was dissatisfied with and had no money left generally needed to be destroyed. However, either by accident or on purpose, these paintings were allowed to flow out and be passed down directly to future generations.
Anyway, when it comes to picking up omissions in calligraphy and painting, unless it is like yesterday, when picking up the calligraphy and painting of modern celebrities, because no one understands it, we can only pick up omissions.
Although I know there is no way to catch the leak, what if it happens?
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe, who was so idle, wandered around the calligraphy and painting stalls.
However, no matter how he looked, he couldn't find any good works.
Having no choice, he looked at some ancient books. It turned out that he was looking for some medical manuscripts, and now he had time.
Wandering around from house to house, there is no need to look at the ones that look new.
If you want to find ancient books, you naturally have to look for stereotyped books, or vertical ones, which are more obvious.
It's a pity that this kind of book is very fake. After all, real ancient books are very expensive.
Don’t be afraid of fakers. If there weren’t these fakers, wouldn’t the genuine ancient books stand out from the crowd?
In fact, it is a matter of probability. Chen Wenzhe visited more bookstalls and found some patterns. The stalls with some old things are more worth visiting.
So, after visiting countless stalls, Chen Wenzhe finally found a large bookstall.
This bookstall is very large, with enough space for several people to look at it. This is probably a long-term fixed bookstall.
There are more books here, and they can be said to be of all kinds.
Chen Wenzhe really doesn't know if selling books can be done for a long time?
Looking at the piles of books arranged in different categories, don’t you need to carry so many books every day?
"Elementary school textbooks? Junior high school exercises? College entrance examination secret papers? It's really complete!"
"Sailing? The movie world? These are all impurities. There are also novels? Storytelling. I really miss it!"
Chen Wenzhe read bit by bit, and he even saw a lot of comic books, such as Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk. These comics are all here.
In addition to these, there are also some ancient books. Of course, they look like ancient books, but they are so tattered that Chen Wenzhe can't bear to read them.
Of course, the main reason was that he saw the old-fashioned way.
For example, those books that are not very distressed, but have yellowing pages, can be easily distressed.
The simplest way is to use smoke, but the specific operation takes more time.
To control it to the style you need, I'm afraid it will take a lot of experiments.
Of course, it's different if you're a veteran. Not only does he have experience, he can control it to the extent required, and he can also produce large quantities at one time.
If you want to make high imitations of ancient books, you can't just fool them around. This also requires a bit of skill.
Paper turns yellow because it contains lignin.
Lignin is an acidic substance, which will cause the paper to oxidize due to exposure to light and environmental moisture in the air, resulting in discoloration and eventually brittleness and damage.
If it is ordinary paper to be aged, let the paper get damp, then put it in the sun for a few more days, pour some tea on it, and then dry it in the sun.
If you want to continue, brush some more diluted soy sauce, be careful not to make it too thick, and then dry it in the shade.
After that, put it in an older book and squeeze it for two days, and then put it in humid air for two days. After it dries, it will look older.
If it is made in large quantities, soak it in a weakly acidic liquid and then dry it in the shade.
Anyway, the methods for making old books are pretty much the same, so just take a look at this kind of thing.
As for taking action, well, some people do take action, not only with their hands, but also with their mouths.
The kind of guy who licks his fingers when turning pages, who knows if the next time he licks his fingers will taste like soy sauce?
At this time, Chen Wenzhe discovered that reading a book was not as exciting as seeing the various aspects of life.
The bustling crowds at the bookstalls are all those who like to read, read novels, read magazines, comics, and ancient books!
I finally found a bunch of real ancient books, but some of them have a relatively short history, and at most they are books left over from the Republic of China period.
This kind of book, if well preserved, can also be collected.
Unfortunately, the authentic books are ordinary books printed in large quantities, and some rare editions must be old and newly printed books, such as the rare Republic of China edition of "Historical Records" in 16 volumes, and the white paper lithograph in the 5th year of the Republic of China.
etc.
Others include the Republic of China printed editions "Selected Works of Wang Youjun", "Selected Works of Wang Daling", "Selected Works of Sun Tingwei", etc.
These are all old-fashioned, but mixed with some ordinary books.
Ordinary ones are worthless, large quantities have no collection value, and extraordinary ones are all fakes.
There is always something real, so Chen Wenzhe doesn't mind reading it this time.
Of course, the ones he turned over were relatively well preserved and contained in letters.
If it is too worn out, even if it is the real thing, it will be troublesome to buy it.
It's too broken. It's troublesome to save and even more troublesome to deal with. It's a trouble anyway, so it's better not to use it!
As you flip through it, read it. If you see something you are interested in, read it or even buy it.
There is no truth or falsehood in things like books. After all, the knowledge printed in them cannot be false as long as there are no typographical errors.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe found several encyclopedias of porcelain, compilations of ancient springs, etc. These were all books related to antiques.
He doesn’t know how long it took, but he accidentally dug out a book from a large pile of ancient books that looked good!
The reason why I noticed this book is simply because among a pile of tattered so-called ancient books, this one is actually relatively new and relatively well preserved.
Chen Wenzhe flipped through it again and found that the book was contained in a letter.
I took out the more completely preserved letter and saw that there were four more books inside. This was a set of five volumes in total.
Each book looks relatively new and is well preserved. Even if you look at the handwriting, it feels relatively new, which is very interesting.
Because Chen Wenzhe didn't find any signs of wear on it.
As his skills improved, although Chen Wenzhe did not deliberately learn distressing, he saw more things and immersed himself in them for a longer time. Although his distressing skills did not increase, his eyesight made great progress.
In other words, his level of distressing has not increased, but his level of identification has.