This is the third update today. Jin San is the protagonist of another book I wrote. When I wrote the previous chapters, I had not yet come out of that book. It may be a bit confusing. I won’t explain it anymore. If
I explained which chapter it is in, I will revise it, thank you brothers for your support.
Meng Guangtao knew how valuable his little bowl was. If he could not use the regular way to dispose of it, it would easily lead to disaster. At worst, the bowl would be lost, or at worst, his family would be destroyed.
The main reason why antique shops are in trouble is that the prices of the items involved are too high. The more expensive the items, the more troublesome and unsafe they are to deal with.
"It's best to sell your things in the autumn. Although it may take a long time, it's safer." Han Kongque said.
At this time, Mrs. Meng suddenly interjected: "What? This small bowl is difficult to deal with? Are you all selling antiques? Can't you sell it now? Lao Meng? Your second son will get married on October 1st? If you can't sell it in
If you buy a house before National Day, where will you let your son get married?"
Meng Guangtao could only smile bitterly. It turned out that although he insisted that the small bowl was genuine, anyone who was hit one after another would be less likely to be so confident.
In the past, he was only worried about whether this small bowl was genuine. He really had not thought about how to get rid of this small bowl. Now that Han Kongque had confirmed that it was the real Kangxi imperial porcelain, it was inevitable to take action.
Ordinary bowls, porcelain vases, porcelain plates, etc. from Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong usually only cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but this small enamel bowl is much more expensive than those. Such things are not easy to sell.
of.
Seeing Meng Guangtao's grimace, the smile on Old Mrs. Meng's face suddenly disappeared: "Didn't you say this thing is very precious? Since it is so good, how can it be difficult to sell?"
Han Peacock took a look and said: "The wind has picked up. Let's go into the house and say, come on, come to my room. Your rooms are too small."
Although there are not many people in the yard now, there are several families living here after all, so it is still a bit problematic to talk about this here.
Meng Guangtao didn't say anything and followed Han Kongque into his house. Chen Qing and his wife packed their things and followed Han Kongque to his house.
It looks like the weather is going to rain. Their house is suitable for living in, but there is no place to cook. So if they want to entertain Fat Liu and his wife at night, they can only cook in Han Kongque's room, and only his room can cook at the same time.
More than a dozen people could enter without feeling crowded.
"Yeah, it turns out that Brother Han is a rich man, and the room is really well decorated. I thought basements were all dark and damp, but I didn't expect there to be such a warm basement. Brother Han, you are so unreasonable, and you didn't invite me to such a nice place.
Come and escape the heat." Chen Xiaozhu shouted as soon as he entered Han Kongque's room.
During this season, the air conditioner in Han Kongque's home is usually on, so his room is not stuffy at all.
"Hey, it turns out that I invited you here and you didn't even come. Don't blame me. Come in and do it. I'll make tea for you." Han Kongque let them into the living room. There were two sets of sofas in the living room, both one and two.
Three combinations can accommodate twelve people without feeling crowded.
"You don't have to work. Let me make the tea. You guys talk first. I see Aunt Meng is very anxious." Chen Rui said and entered Han Kongque's kitchen. She had to cook at Han Kongque's place every rainy day.
So the couple is still very familiar with Han Peacock's room.
Han Kongque was not polite. He asked the old Meng couple to sit down and then said: "It was hard to tell outside just now. Aunt Meng, don't be anxious. This small bowl is not worth hundreds of thousands or millions. This thing is worth thousands."
How do you want Uncle Meng to sell something worth tens of millions?"
"Tens of millions?"
"What?"
"Ten million?"
Han Kongque and Meng Guangtao looked at each other. Meng Guangtao ignored the shocked people and said to his wife: "In November 2006, a famous collector collected Zhang Zongxian's enamel-colored apricot forest and spring swallow bowl made by the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
It was auctioned by Christie's Auction Company in Hong Kong and sold for HK$151 million. Our small bowl belongs to Kangxi. The craftsmanship may not be as good as that one, but even so, it shouldn't be difficult to sell for tens of millions. Such an expensive thing is
Can it be sold casually?"
"Is it really that expensive? No wonder you said you wanted to sell it to a big auction company!" Chen Xiaozhu looked at Han Kongque in surprise.
Meng Guangtao's luck was envied even by Han Peacock. It's no wonder that the experts who had identified this small bowl all agreed that it was a fake. No one would be able to resist the temptation of such an expensive thing.
When you see this kind of thing, you will have the mentality of picking things up.
If you were told that this was a genuine product, how many people would be able to afford it?
Han Kongque said: "Authentic enamels from the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty are very expensive. The imperial enamel "Gu Yuexuan" amphorae with poems, flowers, stones and golden pheasants, which was auctioned by Sotheby's in Hong Kong in October 2005, is 16.5 cm high and is higher than this
A small bowl is not much taller. It was also a specially made ornamental vessel for Emperor Qianlong.
The picture above is a little more complicated, it is a combination of Western painting style and traditional ink painting, and the firing process is better than this small bowl, but Kangxi's craftsmanship is simple. The "new branches contain light green, dawn calyx" on this amphora.
The two-line poem "Scattering Light Red" adds a literati flavor. It is a fine enamel painting from the Qianlong period and was sold at an auction in Hong Kong for HK$115 million.
This porcelain vase was auctioned at Christie's in London in 1975. The transaction price at that time was 16,000 pounds. In 30 years, the price has increased 515 times.
The enamel bowl that Uncle Meng mentioned just now was also auctioned at Sotheby's in Hong Kong in May 1985. The transaction price at that time was HK$1.1 million. In just 20 years, the price increased by HK$130.
multiple times.
Several pieces of enamel-colored porcelain from the Kangxi, Yong and Qian dynasties that have appeared at auctions in recent years have been sold for more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. For example, Christie's Hong Kong auctioned a Kangxi rouge-red ground enamel lotus pattern bowl on November 2, 1999.
The transaction was completed at HK$12.12 million.
On April 26, 1999, a Yongzheng rouge-red ground enamel rose green bamboo poetic small cup was sold for HK$17.84 million. In 2002, a Yongzheng enamel color plate with poems and plum blossoms and bamboo patterns was sold for HK$32.5241 million.
In 1997, Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong auctioned a Qianlong yellow ground consecrated enamel color landscape bowl, which was sold for HK$21 million. The fact that it passed through the center also shows the status of enamel color porcelain in people's minds.
These were the auction prices more than ten years ago, and the current price will only be higher. Uncle Meng's small bowl is worth at least 20 million. If you meet the right buyer, even if it is sold for 70 to 80 million, it will be a lot.
Normally, if it is submitted for auction, the price may be astronomical."
After all, this small bowl has no inscription and no reputation, so it is hard to say whether it can be sold for 100 million yuan. But because it is a fine product from the Kangxi period, it can be sold for 30 to 50 million yuan. This is the charm of the antique shop.
Such treasures are really rare, and because they are rare, they are valuable.
But because it is profit-driven, there are also the most imitations.
Han Kongque's words directly dumbfounded everyone in the room, even Mrs. Meng. Things worth tens of millions, you don't need to think about it to know that it is not so easy to sell.
The couple can be considered to have matured over time, and it is easy for them to get into trouble if they have something of such high value in their hands.
It turned out that others could not determine the price of this small bowl, which caused trouble for their family. Now it has been identified as authentic by Han Peacock. A precious antique with such a high value must be remembered by others.
Now even if they know it's not easy to take action, they don't dare to keep it in their hands. As time goes by, who knows what will happen.
If Old Mrs. Meng hadn't asked just now, Han Kongque would definitely not have told the price of this small bowl. In this way, only Han Kongque and Meng Guangtao knew it. No one knew the price, so it would not be easy for accidents to happen. But now people here
We all know that money touches people's hearts, and no one dares to guarantee that they will not give money to people who are greedy for profit.
Thinking of this, Lao Meng and his wife all looked ugly. Han Kongque smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Meng, you'd better put this small bowl in the bank safe quickly, so as to save you a long night and many dreams."
Meng Guangtao said: "This is certain, but this is not a solution. Since we don't want to continue collecting this thing, it is best to get rid of it quickly. It will be troublesome to keep it in our hands."
No one else dared to say anything. Things worth tens of millions were placed in front of their eyes like this. Although Chen Rui and his wife were not greedy for money, they still felt their hearts beating faster when they saw tens of millions of wealth dazzling in front of their eyes.
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Han Kongque said: "As long as you deposit it in the bank safe, there won't be any big problems. Uncle Meng, you can't rush to take action and make a mistake, otherwise the loss will be huge."
"I know this. I have already made a plan. As long as it is authenticated, I have planned how to sell it. The Magic City is a big city. If I want to take action as soon as possible, I still have to deal with it here."
Han Kongque frowned and thought of Lao Meng's method. He said: "If you go to the auction house, the fastest way is definitely this year's autumn auction. But it is too hasty to enter the autumn auction now. Now the major auctions
Autumn auctions have been publicized for a long time, and if you send them now, just publicity will be a big problem."
Although there are many rich people at the auction, most of them go there for something they like. Although the auction company will invite many rich people, their money does not come from strong winds.
When outsiders see them fetching a fortune at the auction, it is actually because they have prepared for it. Whoever is interested in something has done their homework in advance. After all, it is almost impossible for anyone to become a rich man except the rich second generation.
It's a fool.
Things that are no longer planned are almost impossible to sell for a big price, and Lao Meng naturally understands this.
"My second son is getting married on October 1. If there is another auction next spring, it won't be in time for my son to get married." Meng Guangtao said with a sad face.
Upon hearing this, Han Kongque was immediately happy: "It turns out that your family doesn't have two houses, and the two brothers will fight for them. Now if your two sons know the value of this small bowl, I'm sure they will all
They are not in a hurry to buy a house now. As long as you tell them, they will definitely agree to wait until next spring for the auction."