The silver has been oxidized for a long time and is now completely black. You don't need to look too carefully to know that it is genuine.
Of course, what Han Peacock looks at is not whether these silverwares are black or not, but their craftsmanship.
If it is counterfeit, it is very easy to use Qinheiye to make it look old. If you don’t have Qinheiye, you can consider buying sulfur powder at a drug store. Dissolve the sulfur powder in boiling water and soak the silver in it for a while and it will turn black.
If it is inconvenient, you can also use sulfur soap to soak slowly, which will also work. There is also hot spring water. If you soak silver jewelry in the hot spring, the silver jewelry will also turn black. No matter which method you use, you must use boiling water.
Add sulfur and soak it to form silver sulfide, giving it a retro effect.
After soaking, the whole thing will turn black. If you don't need black, you can use fine sandpaper to polish it. It's more convenient to have silver washing water. Take it out after soaking it quickly, rinse it with clean water and polish it. This saves the need for polishing.
It saves a lot of trouble and effort.
If you meet a layman, it is easy to deceive people by doing this, but if you are an expert, this will be of no use at all.
Gold and silver cannot actually be made old. It is different from things like copper and ceramics, because no matter how you make gold and silverware old, as long as it is soaked in acid, it will return to its original state.
"Sixteen pieces of Southern Song Dynasty silverware can be auctioned separately or together. If there are both, the whole auction will take precedence. The auction base price is 10,000 yuan per piece. Now interested bosses can bid." The young man also said.
He is not a professional, so he will not add to the atmosphere. He just made a dry introduction and started the auction immediately.
"Xiao Han, do you want it?" Jiang Lin asked.
Han Kongque didn't find any inscriptions on it, so he shook his head and said: "I have a batch of ancient gold and silverware in my hand. If you like it, then take pictures."
"I know you have a lot of good stuff, so why should I take action?" Jiang Lin said.
Han Peacock nodded and did not speak. In the few words exchanged between the two, Han Peacock had made it clear that this was a genuine product, allowing Jiang Lin to take pictures with confidence.
"One hundred and sixty thousand." Before Jiang Lin made a bid, someone made his first bid. The bidder was an old man, who looked like he was a professional appraiser.
Jiang Lindao: "Two hundred thousand."
"Two hundred and twenty thousand." The bidder was the elegant middle-aged man who had just spoken to them.
"Two hundred and thirty thousand."
"Two hundred and forty thousand." The price jump was huge, but these prices were far from reaching the true value of this batch of silverware.
For such a batch of silverware, and it comes in sets, the price is naturally higher.
Jiang Lin thought for a moment and said, "Three hundred and twenty thousand."
320,000 yuan is already 20,000 yuan for a piece of silverware. For such a small silver cup, 20,000 yuan for a piece is already an absolutely high price. Unless you meet a big boss who likes to collect such things, there should be no one.
After all, this is a black market. If the price is too high, there is no need to buy it here.
Most of the people who come here are profit-oriented businessmen. It is absolutely impossible for them to do business at a loss, so no matter how good the goods are, they will not sell them if they cannot bring them benefits.
In the first auction, Jiang Lin bought sixteen silver lamps at a high price of 320,000 yuan, which made Jiang Lin feel like he had succeeded.
Jiang Lin's secretary went to the backstage to transfer the money, and the young man in charge of the auction came to the front desk again.
This time there were a lot of people following him to the front desk, so he brought even more things.
The first auction was a success, making the young man beam with joy: "This time it's silverware, and it's more exquisite. It contains a fish plate, a spoon, chopsticks and a cup. This is obviously another set of silver tableware."
Seeing that the people below were attracted again, the young man was obviously calmer than before. He directly picked up a silver exquisite plate. Although it was a bit black, it could still be seen from some of the lines that the craftsmanship was exquisite.
"Silverware, Pisces plate, weight 115g, size 17.5cm, diameter 17.5cm, total thirty-eight pieces, with chopsticks, spoons and cups, it is enough for a banquet for guests. This kind of ancient silverware that appears in a set is absolutely rare
, interested bosses can come and take a look, there are more things this time, you have fifteen minutes to carefully identify them."
There are more than 100 pieces of silverware in this batch, including 38 fish plates, 22 spoons, 23 pairs of chopsticks, and 20 cups.
Han Kongque went up to appraise it again, but he could only appraise it from what others picked out, so he could only pick up a pair of chopsticks and take a closer look.
It can be seen from the quantity that during the Southern Song Dynasty, gold and silver wares were mass-produced to meet greater daily needs, and the entire batch of silver wares was exquisitely made.
However, there are no inscriptions engraved on these beautifully crafted silverware chopsticks. Although there are no inscriptions, these silverwares are still very precious. This does not make the price lower just because of the quantity.
Perhaps because there were more silverware, Han Peacock soon got a Pisces plate.
This double fish dish has a wide folded rim, a shallow arc belly, and a flat bottom. The inner bottom of the dish has two stenciled fishes facing each other end to end. The wall of the dish is thick and crystal clear, with fine openings and exquisite and natural carvings of the swimming fish. This is another batch of dishes.
Difficult masterpiece.
The most difficult thing is that Han Peacock found the inscriptions on these Pisces plates. Han Peacock carefully identified them and was immediately surprised by "Pengcheng General Feng's Kung Fu". Looking at these seven inscriptions, Han Peacock felt something bad in his heart.
I had a hunch that he seemed to have overlooked something.
This time, Han Kongque did not look at it and leave. Instead, he looked at all the remaining silverware.
Text inscriptions were popular in the Song Dynasty and gold and silver utensils in the Song Dynasty were popular in text inscriptions. The content was different from that in the Tang Dynasty. There were few chronological inscriptions, but more names of shops, origins, and craftsmen were printed or engraved.
This shows that the commodity economy was already very prosperous at that time, and the reputation of commodities was maintained with written inscriptions. For example, the silver comb in the tomb of Banniang of the Jiang, Xipeng, and Zeyi families was engraved with the inscription "Jiangzhou Dazuo", An, Huiliu, An
The silver spoon and silver rouge dish unearthed from the tomb of the Southern Song Dynasty were embossed with the inscription "Gu Yulang".
Fourth, there are similar inscriptions on the artifacts unearthed from the cellars in Chuande, Yangxiao, Quanzhen and Fu, Jianshao and Wugu counties.
The most important thing about this batch of silverware is that it has the place of origin Pengcheng. Han Peacock is extremely sensitive to these two things now, so after seeing this kind of engraving again, he immediately made a decision in his heart.
"I believe everyone is very satisfied with this batch of silverware, because there are inscriptions on these plates and cups. Such authentic Southern Song Dynasty silverware, and there are so many at one time, I think everyone here will not want to collect it, so there is no reserve price this time
Auction, bosses, you can bid." The young man shouted loudly, holding a Pisces plate high.
"One million." A clear female voice sounded first.
Han Peacock looked over and saw a girl next to the elegant middle-aged man. She looked young, no more than twenty-four or five years old at most. Her short hair made her look dashing and heroic.
people.
"This lady bids one million. Is there anyone else who offers a higher price? If not, this batch of exquisite silverware belongs to this lady."
"One million and one hundred thousand."
"1.2 million."
"One million and three hundred thousand."
...
Soon the price was raised to two million.
"Two million and three hundred thousand." Jiang Lin also bid.
"It's already two million and three hundred thousand, does anyone still bid?"
"Two and a half million."
"Two million and eight hundred thousand." Jiang Lin bid again.
When it reaches 2.8 million, if you buy it back and sell it, the profit will be relatively thin. Although this batch of silverware is very exquisite, it is just silverware after all. If it is made using modern technology, a Pisces plate will not exceed 3,000 yuan.
"The first time is 2.8 million, the second time is 2.8 million, and the third time is 2.8 million. The transaction was completed. This boss succeeded in bidding. Please send someone to transfer the money in the background. This batch of silverware is now available to you.
You can take it away.”
This batch of silverware finally fell into Jiang Lin's hands.
This time he spent 2.8 million. Although the average price is similar to the first batch of silverware, the quality this time is not as good as last time. Even if there are thirty-eight pieces of Pisces plates in it, it is still better than the first batch of silverware.
The price was much higher last time because chopsticks and spoons were obviously not worth much.
Originally Han Kongque wanted to take action, but after seeing that Jiang Lin was bound to win, he did not bid. If Jiang Lin got it, he could borrow it for study.
At this auction house, these tomb robbers seemed to be carrying silverware. Next, there were all kinds of silverware, including women's dressing utensils, jewelry, silver boxes, silver powder boxes, rouge dishes, powder bowls,
Powder jar, rouge jar, etc.
After this batch of scattered jewelry was auctioned, they added a large amount of silver jewelry.
This time, there are 28 pieces of gilt silver hairpins, 16 pieces of gilt silver hairpins, 2 pieces of double-hooped silver hairpins, 1 piece of unicorn-shaped gilt silver ornaments, 3 pieces of butterfly-shaped gilt silver ornaments, 1 piece of flower-shaped gilt silver ornaments, and a silver hairpin stem.
8 pieces.
With the previous foreshadowing, no one was too surprised when they saw the large-scale silver jewelry appearing in sets.
These jewelry can only be used for collection now and have no use value, so the price is not too high. In the end, this batch of jewelry was received by an old man for 980,000 yuan.
After the jewelry was auctioned, the next step was the utensils, and what was auctioned was still silverware, and at most some giltware.
By this time, Han Peacock just looked at it and didn’t want to buy it.
Many of these utensils use novel techniques such as double layers (i.e. with sandwich layers), double valves, and high relief, which fully demonstrate the exquisite skills of the craftsmen at that time.
Making double-layered utensils was a popular craft during the Song Dynasty. Among them, the gilt octagonal bowl, the gilt silver cup with nipple pattern, the gilt silver cup with double animal ears and nipple pattern, etc. are all sandwich utensils with inner and outer walls.
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The practice of double petals is unique. Here there is a batch of flower-shaped silver lamps. The whole is like a flower, with one or more layers of petals in the center. The main decorative feature is the double-petal works.
The appearance of such a batch of exquisite silver lamps has completely ignited the enthusiasm in the venue, but among this enthusiasm, there is already an atmosphere of uneasiness.