"Let's eat first. Let me think about it. This Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is a little damaged. I'm not sure how much it's worth. Let's eat first..."
Seeing that all the ordered dishes were served, Zhuang Rui quickly greeted a few people to eat. Miao Feifei looked a little weak in appearance, but she was actually a gourmet. The dishes she ordered were all famous dishes with expensive prices and fine materials. Speaking of this, the Yangtze River
Each saury fish in spring is worth a lot of money, not to mention the shark fin and bird's nest soup, which is priced by the cup.
"Song Huan, you should eat too. It's okay to eat more when you're growing stronger. I'll go out and make a phone call first."
Zhuang Rui saw Song Huan sitting next to him, staring at the dishes on the table, but he was a little embarrassed to put down his chopsticks. He greeted him with a smile, stood up and walked out of the box, took out his mobile phone and dialed De
Uncle's phone number.
"Hey, Xiaozhuang, why are you calling my old man this weekend? Do you want to help me on duty?"
Uncle De's cheerful voice came from the mobile phone. The pawn shop is also open on weekends. However, Uncle De saw that Zhuang Rui had just arrived in Zhonghai and wanted to let him rest for two days. It just so happened that an old friend from out of town came to visit him today. Zhuang Rui's set of purple sand
The tea set just came in handy.
"Uncle De, I visited the Chenghuang Temple with my friends today and saw a Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup. Are you interested...?"
"I'm not interested, Xiaozhuang. Chenghua doucai rarely lives among the people. The objects you see must be fake. Don't waste your time. Have fun for two days and come back to work the day after tomorrow."
Uncle De interrupted Zhuang Rui before he could finish what he said. There are not even a few pieces of Chenghua Doucai preserved in the Palace Museum. Can you just walk around the City God's Temple and come across them?
"No, Uncle De, please don't hang up the phone yet. Let me tell you, this object is most likely genuine. From the glaze, shape, decoration, and style, it is exactly the same as the real thing. Mr.
Let's take a look and talk about it." Zhuang Rui heard that Uncle De was about to hang up the phone and quickly praised the chicken cup.
"You brat, you've only been playing with porcelain for a few days, and now you're showing off to me? Let me tell you, the Chenghua Chicken Cup is the most imitated by later generations, especially in the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong. Many imitations were made
Almost all products can be fake and real. If you could spot it, those fakers would have been out of business for a long time."
Uncle De laughed and scolded Zhuang Rui on the phone, but when he heard Zhuang Rui's certainty, he hesitated in his heart, and then said: "But if the replicas of official kilns from these dynasties are worth something, then the stall owner
How much does it cost?"
"Uncle De, that stall owner is a friend of mine. You may have seen her, Nurse Song when I was hospitalized. Her family encountered some difficulties, so she took out the ancestral items and sold them. This is definitely not an antique market.
It was a trap played by those followers." When Zhuang Rui heard Uncle De relent, he quickly told Uncle De the origin of the object and also told Uncle De that he wanted to help Nurse Song.
"That's what it is. Let's do this, Xiaozhuang. You will bring them to the company later and I will take a look at the items. If they are true, they will be popular. Don't worry about not being able to sell them."
Uncle De pondered for a while on the other end of the phone, but decided to take a look first. His appraisal level of Zhuang Rui was like Zhuang Rui's driving level of Viagra. He really couldn't trust it.
"Okay, Uncle De, it's settled. I'll be there in a minute."
Zhuang Rui hung up his cell phone and felt a huge weight drop in his heart. Although he was sure of Song Xingjun and his sister, with his connections, unless he went to Yang Wei's father, he really didn't know where to sell them.
Now that Uncle De has agreed to give it to Zhang Zhangyan, there is absolutely no problem. As for the authenticity of this cup, Zhuang Rui is not worried at all.
After returning to the box, the Song Xingjun siblings were thoughtful and didn't eat much. Miao Feifei, on the other hand, heartlessly ate the two saury fish with only the fish bones left. Zhuang Rui sat down and ate a bowl of rice.
Apologizing, she said to Miao Feifei: "Miao Gege, I can't go shopping with you this afternoon. I have to go back to the pawn shop and show this item to the master."
When Zhuang Rui spoke, he saw the expressions of Song Xingjun's sister and brother changed, and quickly added: "You brothers and sisters are all going with me. I am just on the safe side. As long as this Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is authentic, I will
Guaranteed to sell it at a good price.”
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Song Xingjun nodded. Although she knew that Zhuang Rui was quite loyal, this involved hundreds of thousands of dollars. If she handed it over to Zhuang Rui hastily, let alone her brother, she would not agree.
I won't be worried.
"I'll go with you. It's okay to have a few days off anyway."
Miao Feifei also wanted to join in the fun. She found a Chenghua Doucai chicken cup at a street stall. If it is true, it will be a great conversation piece in front of her buddies and sisters when she returns to Beijing.
"Then let's go together."
Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Zhuang Rui went out to pay for the meal. This meal actually cost him more than 5,000 yuan. It seems that this five-star hotel is really not something that ordinary people can afford.
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"Xiao Zhuang, this is Boss Cheng, who specializes in playing with bloodstones and is also an old friend of mine. Please come closer to me." After Zhuang Rui took the three of them to the pawn shop, he directly knocked on Uncle De's office.
In addition to Uncle De, there was an old man in his sixties. Seeing Zhuang Rui come in, Uncle De introduced the two of them.
"What I'm playing can't be put on the stage. Brother, please don't laugh at me. I heard that Manager Xiaozhuang encountered a treasure today. Please take it out to open our eyes."
Boss Cheng just heard from Uncle De that the young manager of the small village bought a piece of Chenghua Doucai from the Chenghuang Temple. Not to mention Uncle De not believing it, even Boss Cheng, who didn't know much about porcelain, didn't believe it either.
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Rui took two objects from Song Huan, opened the newspaper outside, and placed the Chenghua Doucai chicken cup on the coffee table. As for the pen holder, Zhuang Rui handed it back to Song Huan. He used
Ling Qi checked it and found that although the carving of this barrel is good, there is no Ling Qi inside. It should be a modern handicraft.
"Haha, the condition of this is not very good. Who repaired it? Isn't this just a waste?"
Uncle De casually picked up the chicken cup that Zhuang Rui had placed on the coffee table. After playing with it for a while, he saw the damage to the mouth of the cup. His brows couldn't help but frown. Logically speaking, it was not a precious porcelain in full condition. It could only be repaired.
The price is also high, but regardless of the authenticity of the object, the repair workmanship is simply appalling.
"Uncle De, let's not talk about this for now. Let's see if this thing is Chenghua Doucai."
Zhuang Rui's words made Uncle De focus on the chicken cup again, and the expression on his face slowly changed, from the previous casualness to seriousness, and then he quickly walked to his house with the chicken cup in hand.
In front of the desk, he turned on a strong light above the desk, took out a magnifying glass from the drawer, and looked at it carefully.
In addition to Zhuang Rui, several other people also held their breath and looked nervously at Uncle De during the appraisal. Boss Cheng had an expression of disbelief on his face. How could Uncle De behave like this, even if the cup was not
Chenghua Doucai must be a precious antique.
"Okay, good stuff, oh, what a pity, what a pity."
After more than ten minutes, Uncle De turned off the strong light, walked back to his sandalwood coffee table, and carefully placed the cup in his hand on the coffee table, with a look of regret in his eyes.
"Uncle De, if this is true or not, please give me an accurate answer." Zhuang Rui pretended to be confused.
"It's the real Chenghua Doucai. It's just the appearance. It's a pity. If it hadn't been touched, it would be worth at least 30 million if it were sold now for just a small cup." Uncle De looked at the chicken vat.
Bei shook his head repeatedly, feeling regretful.
"Uncle De, how much can I sell this cup now? This friend of mine is in a hurry for money." Zhuang Rui knew that Song Xingjun and his sister were most concerned about this question, so he asked.
"The quality of this product now, tsk tsk, if it goes to auction, it will cost between 80 and 1 million RMB. If someone in our circle takes it, it will be around 500,000 RMB." Uncle De smacked his lips, as if he was very dissatisfied with the price he said.
satisfy.
"Can it sell so much?"
Song Huan on the side opened his mouth in surprise. He had never thought that 30 million yuan could be exchanged for 300,000 yuan, and he would be satisfied.
"It's your luck that you met Xiaozhuang, and there are not many good things coming out of the Chenghuang Temple. There are not many old players there. Otherwise, if you really sold this chicken cup for 300,000 yuan, little guy,
There will be times when you regret it."
Uncle De paused for a moment and then continued: "If I had come across this, 300,000 yuan would be considered a miss. By the way, let me tell you a story. It is about this chicken pot cup. It was from before liberation.
Something happened.
It seems that it happened in 1939. Wang Dianchen, the shopkeeper of Xianghe Chengguo Store on Qianmen Street in Beijing, went to Huang County, Shandong Province to buy secondhand goods. One day, he saw a middle-aged woman in a yard with a bottle of soapberry on the table while combing her hair.
The small cup of water was brightly colored. He couldn't help but walked in and asked the woman to take out the cup and have a look.
The cup was 11 centimeters high and about 5 centimeters in diameter. It was finely made and was a real Chenghua doucai. He wanted to buy it. When the woman saw that he really wanted it, she opened her mouth and asked for a piece of it. At that time, the buyer
An acre of land only cost 30 yuan, but Wang Dianchen took out a piece of land with a statue of Sun Yat-sen and gave it to her without saying anything.
Wang Dianchen returned to Beijing and hurriedly appraised the property with his colleagues. He boldly set a price of 800 yuan, which was 800 times higher than the purchase price.
Within two days of putting this thing up, Zhou Jiechen, the owner of Jianguzhai, took a fancy to it and immediately discussed the price with Wang Dianchen.
At that time, Wang Dianchen put on his long-sleeved gown. Just as you saw on TV, Zhou Jiechen from Jianguzhai put his hand into Wang Dianchen's sleeve. Wang Dianchen extended his hand with an eight, and Zhou Jiechen asked: "Ten, hundred,
Thousand?" The king replied: "Hundred", and Zhou Li raised his hand and said: "I want it."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Dianchen suddenly understood that the price was too small and was missed by an expert, but he had already made 799 yuan, so he was satisfied.
After Zhou Jiechen returned home, he carefully admired the small cup. It was indeed a fine Chenghua doucai. The shape was light and beautiful, the texture was delicate and pure, the white glaze was as smooth as fat, and the colors were soft. The painting was of a squirrel stealing grapes. The fruit leaves were lush,
The painting is exquisite and lifelike. How can you not be happy to get such a treasure for only 800 yuan?
Colleagues in the antique shop all knew that Zhou Jiechen had got a good thing, but no one was willing to pay a high price for it. Finally, Zhou Jiechen approached Wu Qizhou from Lu Wu Company, and Wu only offered 3,500 yuan. After bargaining, the price was increased to 4,000 yuan. Zhou Jiechen was stunned.
Of course he was so happy that he made a profit of 3,200 yuan. Unexpectedly, Wu Qizhou later poured the cup to the United States and made a profit of more than 10,000 yuan. Only then did Zhou Jiechen realize that he had been picked up by others and suffered a greater loss.
So for rare porcelain like Chenghua Doucai, as long as it is genuine, the price is outrageous. Take today's chicken vat cup as an example. If it is in good condition, little guy, if you ask for 300,000, then someone else will offer 3 million.
Or if you buy it for 9 million, it's still like picking up a big bargain."
"Uncle De, when Song Huan took this thing to an antique shop, why were those people only willing to bid 30,000 to 50,000 yuan? Couldn't they have failed to see that it was Chenghua Doucai?" Zhuang Rui asked Song Huan what was in his mind.
question.
Uncle De glanced at Zhuang Rui and said with disdain: "They know nothing. Let alone the genuine pieces of Chenghua Doucai. Those people have never even seen the broken porcelain pieces of Chenghua Doucai. They can only play with them."
Having seen the imitations of the three Qing dynasties, I guess they regarded this as the imitation of that time. The price they can give is 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, which is already very good. With this appearance, even if it is an imitation of the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty,
It's worth hundreds of thousands to break the sky."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that this imitation of Chenghua Doucai had become so famous that it could be mistaken for the real thing. However, no one recognized the real thing when it was placed in front of those people.
"Uncle De, what do you think should be done with this chicken cup?"
Zhuang Rui could see the anxious looks on Song Xingjun's and brother's faces, and also understood that they both wanted to convert the cup into cash as soon as possible for the treatment of their father.
"There are two ways. The first is to put it up for auction directly. Based on my relationship with the auction house, I estimate that we can arrange to start the auction within a week. The price is what I just said, between 800,000 and 1.2 million RMB.
, deducting the auction house’s early publicity and the 15% commission, what you get should be around 70 to 1 million.
The second method will take a little longer. Old man, I still have some experience in repairing porcelain. I can repair this cup again. The auction price is estimated to be increased to about two million, but it will be the fastest.
It only takes half a month. Repairing porcelain is a delicate job.
You can choose one of these two methods. I suggest you wait a few days and then put it up for auction after repairs are completed. I am doing this for the sake of Xiaozhuang, so you should think about it carefully."
Uncle De's words made the two sisters, Song Xingjun, hesitate a little. They stood up and walked to the door to discuss.
