The Chinese once called foreigners "foreigners", foreign loans as "foreign loans", foreign houses as "foreign houses", and foreign things of all sizes, such as foreign lanterns, foreign fires, closing machines, foreign umbrellas, and foreign cloth.
Everything is available here.
While Han Kongque was looking at those so-called antiques, Mu Ling's first painting had already been sold.
The reason why the proprietress is so interested in Chinese painting is that she can paint oil paintings and murals, and also teaches children painting for free. She helps decorate many shops on this street, so many people know her and she is popular.
very good.
Most of what she sells in her shop are paintings, all kinds of paintings, but there are no ancient paintings that are more than a hundred years old. Of course, her shop not only has paintings, but she also has paintings at other stalls.
After selling a painting, I got 150 U.S. dollars. After deducting 35 yuan for rent and 13 yuan for tax, the rest belongs to Mu Ling. The landlady handed over 102 U.S. dollars to Mu Ling.
The calculation was so clear, the price was sold so quickly, and it could be sold for more than a hundred US dollars, which was almost a thousand yuan in RMB. This made Mu Ling extremely happy.
A random painting can be sold for a thousand yuan, which is a bit fantasy no matter how you think about it.
Mu Ling never expected her paintings to sell for money, they were just for fun, but she sold several of them in succession. After a while, Mu Ling still felt that the money fell from the sky for free.
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Having sold Mu Ling's "ancient paintings" in an antique store made Han Kongque feel very strange. At this time, he could only laugh.
In order to express her gratitude, Mu Ling spent 12 US dollars to buy an old lighter from the 1950s in her boss's shop. She gave this antique to Jin Yao, an antique enthusiast, so that Jin Yao could save money.
The eyes are green.
Under the influence of Mu Ling, Jin Yao also learned jewelry design, so he can also draw. Today, Mu Ling also carried a drawing board and painted in the shop, but his ink landscape paintings were...
Nobody cares.
"Is this really a world where faces are judged?" Jin Yao looked at the pictures of beautiful women painted by Mu Ling, and then looked at the landscapes he painted. He could only complain that Americans are all perverts, and they all buy pictures of beautiful women without knowing how to appreciate them.
Ink landscape.
After leaving this antique store, Han Peacock and the others went to another antique store next door.
This store is actually full of old Japanese items: kimonos, geta, and tatami.
The shop owner is an American woman, but she is wearing a kimono and sitting in front of the computer.
Han Kongque walked up to the shop owner, but she didn't raise her head. At this time, Jin Yao pointed to the calligraphy and painting on the wall and said: "Boss, there are Chinese paintings here! There are also Chinese characters!"
Upon hearing this, the woman raised her head and said unhappily: "You are wrong, this is a Japanese painting with Japanese characters."
Han Peacock glanced at the calligraphy and painting on the wall and said: "These are Chinese characters written by Japanese people. It seems that you don't recognize Chinese characters or Japanese characters."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper gave Han Peacock a sinister look.
The golden demon said proudly: "My wife's Chinese paintings are hanging in the shop next door."
The shop owner said coldly: "I never hang Chinese paintings here."
Han Peacock didn't know what her plot was against Japan, but one thing was clear. She didn't like the Chinese. Han Peacock pulled the golden demon and said loudly: "Let's go, these are all junk, nothing to see."
Mu Ling, who has always been good-tempered, was also very angry with this woman's attitude. She also shouted: "If you are not friendly to customers, why should you open a store?"
Compared with the shopkeeper just now, this one is so different that Han Kongque and the others are a little uncomfortable with it, and the one who is most uncomfortable with it is the wood spirit, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground!
There are three antique shops opposite, two of which are just like the first shop, filled with various collections.
The one at the far end is more unique, with “balajka1898history’shardareantiques” engraved above the door, which means a century-old lock shop.
The century-old lock shop is the same as the first store, full of things, but the difference is that these antiques are all collected by the Balajka family for a century.
All kinds of doors, locks, accessories and ornaments, if you look closely, they are really beautiful and strange.
Here, Han Peacock saw household door locks from more than 100 years ago, as well as telephone booths, bank counters, cash registers, and safes from the early years.
The owners are a couple, and the hostess Anne is very enthusiastic about them.
The man of the house, however, kept sitting with his head lowered and dozing off.
Later, I heard from the boss's wife that he turned out to be a well-known lawyer in this area. In a car accident last year, he injured his head, lost his memory, and was no longer able to work.
His life and destiny from then on were completely changed by this car accident.
Han Peacock saw an old dog accompanying him tenderly. He could see it, but he could no longer remember it.
In a sense, a person with amnesia should be more pitiful than a blind person. What he loses is the light of his soul.
We walked into the last store. This store is completely Chinese style. The antiques inside are all Chinese cultural relics, including blue and white flowers, plum vases, ink landscape paintings, wood carvings, bronzes, ancient coins, etc. It can be said that everything is available.
"Is this a blue and white plum vase from the Qing Dynasty?" Han Kongque recognized an antique at the first glance after entering, and it was a blue and white plum vase from the Qing Dynasty.
The boss is a bearded man, probably in his thirties or forties, wearing a pair of glasses, but because he is too tall, he does not look polite at all.
"Sir, are you Chinese? These are antiques, real antiques, more than a hundred years old. There is no one in their shop that is more than a hundred years old. Only Chinese people understand what real antiques are." The boss said.
They seemed to be very miserable, so when they met the Chinese, they immediately started chatting.
"Your store is a bit deserted!" Although there were a lot of things, Han Kongque didn't see many people.
There was a trace of distress on the boss's face: "They don't understand what an antique is at all. I think you will understand. Do you like this bottle very much? It only costs three hundred and fifty dollars, which is not expensive."
Han Kongque was noncommittal. He pointed at a piece of colored porcelain and said, "Where's this one?"
"Three hundred dollars." The boss looked at Han Peacock and didn't know what he meant, but he quickly made the offer.
At this time, Han Kongque also realized that this boss was dishonest. It was not Han Kongque's first day in the United States, and it was not his first time seeing the American antique market. Naturally, he knew the value of Chinese cultural relics in the United States.
This antique dealer didn't have any good stuff, and the price he offered was too high. It seemed like they weren't looking for the right place.
Han Peacock also saw some good things in the United States, and the prices were OK. Especially the colored porcelain from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, which cannot be entered into museums. Americans think it has no archaeological and artistic value and do not take it seriously.
Some Yankees donate precious cultural relics to museums when their elderly family members die. When their descendants want to move, they sell common items in the yard for three days. You can find good items for only ten or twenty dollars.
There are many Taobao opportunities abroad. According to UNESCO survey data, the number of Chinese cultural relics lost overseas exceeds 10 million, of which as many as 1.63 million Chinese cultural relics are hidden in museums around the world and scattered among people around the world.
The precious cultural relics of China are even more numerous and numerous.
In the United States, the price of high-end Chinese cultural relics is very high, but the price of mid-range items is lower than that in China. The low-end items are meaningless and only cost a few hundred yuan.
Perhaps seeing Han Kongque's lack of enthusiasm, the boss was a little anxious. He pointed to the two plates and said: "This is the empress from the Tang Dynasty of your country. The empress on the unmarked monument. Do you know? The only empress in your country uses
Passed."
Han Kongque was speechless again. This foreigner really knew something about Chinese history, and he also knew the story of Wu Zetian and the Wordless Monument. However, those two plates were not from the Tang Dynasty or the local kiln in the late Qing Dynasty!
Han Peacock can still confirm such plates because they have a large stock in the country.
"Only three hundred and fifty US dollars, two for seven hundred US dollars." The boss saw that Han Peacock's attention had been attracted and immediately made an offer.
Han Kongque was speechless again. Such a late Qing folk kiln was not worth 350 RMB.
Although Han Kongque did not have too deep research on ancient porcelain, he was not unfamiliar with porcelain from folk kilns in the late Qing Dynasty. The ship of porcelain salvaged by Han Kongque contained a lot of folk kiln porcelain and some domestic antiques.
You can often see some products from Wanqing folk kiln at the stalls, so these are mass goods and not valuable at all.
"Don't believe it? This has been authenticated by the auction house. There is an appraisal certificate. If you don't believe it, take a look." Perhaps seeing Han Peacock's hesitation, the boss once again resorted to his killer move.
Han Kongque took it and saw that there was indeed a document, and it was really from the Tang Dynasty!
"Although I have only been playing Chinese porcelain for half a year, I have worked hard, so you can't fool me." When Han Kongque carefully checked the appraisal certificate, the boss was proud.
However, he admits that he has only been playing with Chinese porcelain for half a year. How can he claim to be a master of China in such a short period of time?
If the huge number of collectors in China knew about it, how would you make them feel embarrassed?
Some of them have been studying porcelain for decades, but they don’t dare to say they are proficient. How dare you, a foreigner who has studied Chinese porcelain for half a year, say you are proficient?
For example, the carmine bottle, the boss thought it was from the Qianlong period based on the original price. Han Kongque told him directly that the bottle was from the late 19th century at most and was a replica. It doesn't necessarily mean what model it is, it must be from that era.
However, the boss didn't believe it at all, which left Han Kongque helpless.
After shopping around, he didn't encounter anything good, so Han Kongque lost interest in continuing shopping.
Han Peacock knows that there are indeed opportunities to pick up opportunities in the United States, but they are not common as you said.
First, heritage auctions in the United States can be found in almost every small town. There may be ten or even dozens of auctions in a small town every day, with complex contents, ranging from bowls and quilts to furniture, appliances, and even toilets. Anyway, as long as children are
Whatever we don’t want, we can sell. (To be continued.)