Shen Yu has completely mastered the method of activating the golden finger.
But at the same time, he also discovered that not all antiques would reveal their precious light.
Including some old items that have been dated and cannot be fakes.
This made Shen Yu very confused.
After taking a sip of herbal tea, Shen Yu came to a beautifully locked glass display cabinet.
Under the tempered glass of the display cabinet, a dozen ancient coins of different colors and sizes lay quietly there.
Under the soft and natural light of the showcase, the beauty of the ancient coins is presented in a pleasing way.
Gently turning off the display cabinet light, Shen Yu glanced at the dozens of ancient coins in front of him without blinking.
Ten seconds later, a ball of blue light the size of a soybean grain condensed out from three inches above a copper coin.
"It's really strange, it's still this carved mother."
Shen Yu is very familiar with this copper coin with the blue light. It is a "Guangxu Chongbao" from the Qing Dynasty.
The carved mother is a coin template made from fine copper after the Yuan Dynasty in ancient times through forging, carving, punching, and repairing.
Different from ordinary ancient coins, carved mother coins are not circulated because they were the first purely hand-made objects when coining money in ancient times, so carved mother coins are also called ancestral coins, the ancestors of money.
Shen Yu's Guangxu treasure carved mother coin is in average condition and has nothing to do with the adjectives that should be used to describe carved mother coins, such as deep words, exquisite carving, thick patina, etc.
The quality can even be said to be very poor.
I don’t know what this carved mother has experienced before. The writing on both sides is a bit blurry, and there is a defect on the edge of the coin the size of half a grain of rice.
However, this does not affect it as a treasure in the spring, because it is so rare that describing it as rare as a morning star is not an exaggeration.
Even though the condition of this ancestral coin is not very good, the price in the market is between 1 yuan and 1 yuan.
It’s hard to say if it goes up for auction, the price may even double.
Of course, this does not mean that all collections put up for auction will eventually be sold, and sometimes they will not be sold.
But because the guests invited by the auction company are often celebrities and many rich people, as long as the objects they are interested in are not stingy with money.
Nowadays, Shen Yu's "Guangxu Treasure" Bao Quan Dang Shi Diao Mu can be said to be the three most valuable items in his store.
There were two items that Shen Yu couldn't take out. They were locked in the safe, and Shen Yu forgot the key to the safe in his ancestral home.
In principle, no one is allowed to stay in the Antique City after eleven o'clock in the evening. If you want to rest, you must go home. Shen Yu lives in his ancestral house in the old city of Chuzhou. He locked the door when he went out today and forgot the key. On the washing machine.
Fortunately, the keys in his store are not on the same key chain as the keys at home, and the store also has spare keys for home door locks. This is also a kind of life experience. Even if you are careless sometimes, you don't have to find a locksmith company. Waste of money.
"It stands to reason that since they are all antiques, they should all have Baoguang, but these ancient coins that have been clearly dated are not on them. What is the reason for this?"
The ancient coins in Shen Yu's locked glass cabinet are all relatively rare ancient coins from the Qing Dynasty. Even though they are not as valuable as his Guangxu Chongbao carved mother-of-pearl that shines with blue light, they are still real old objects.
Shen Yu walked around the room and thought. Time passed minute by minute. A full half an hour passed. When Shen Yu saw the cash box behind the counter, he seemed to have captured something again.
"Value, yes, value.
"Although this Fang Duan Inkstone is a broken inkstone, it is worth at least 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. After repair, it will be worth 78,000 to 80,000 yuan, or even 100,000 yuan.
"If it weren't for a single remaining inkstone, it would not be impossible to estimate it at one million due to the rarity of the black end.
"And my Guangxu treasure carved mother is worth tens of thousands more. Does this mean that only objects worth more than 10,000 yuan will have light groups appearing?
"That's for sure!
"Except for my carved mother coin, the most expensive of the other ancient coins is this Xianfeng heavy treasure used as the mother coin of the Fifty Baoquan Bureau."
While muttering to himself in a low voice, Shen Yu picked up a copper coin from the glass cabinet. This copper coin was of average quality, much better than the Guangxu Chongbao carved mother next to it.
"The price of this mother's coin is about 4,500-6,000 yuan. In this case, this Baoguang is not found in all antiques."
There is only one word difference between "Diao Mu" and "Mother Qian". Many people think that "Diao Mu" means "Mother Qian". In fact, they are totally wrong. Mother Qian is also called "Qian Mu", which is a big difference from "Diao Mu".
There is only one carved mother, but there are several money mothers.
To put it simply, the mother of money can be regarded as the king of money, because with the mother of money, the copper coins in circulation can be continuously recast, but the mother of carving can be said to be the ancestor of money, the emperor of ancient coins, and unique.
In terms of rarity, Qianmu is naturally not as good as Diaomu, and the price is also much lower.
After figuring out the cause of the matter, Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
"The precious light on the inkstone is cyan, but the precious light on the ancient coins is blue. This should not be difficult to understand.
"The inkstone is from the Ming Dynasty, and the coins are from the Qing Dynasty, so the color of the light will naturally be different. It would be strange if they were the same." Shen Yu said.
But listening to his tone, I'm still a little unsure.
But Shen Yu had nothing to worry about this time. Compared with previous studies on the patterns of Baoguang's appearance, it was much easier to figure out the differences in Baoguang's colors.
It's just a matter of finding an old object from the Qing Dynasty or Ming Dynasty worth more than 10,000 yuan to verify it and you will be able to fully understand it.
"Is there anyone who knows me well in this antique city and owns antiques that have been clearly dated?
"By the way, Mr. Qian has a small blue and white bowl from the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty. If you go to his place to verify it, everything will be clear."
As soon as he thought of it, Shen Yu pulled out a small wooden cabinet under the wooden bed, opened it and took out a small can of tea.
Without any hesitation, Shen Yu pulled down the rolling shutter door of the store and walked quickly towards the escalator.
There were a lot of people queuing up to get on the escalator in the lobby on the second floor. Shen Yu didn't have time to wait, so he took the escalator directly to the third floor of the antique city.
The third floor is nicknamed "Porcelain Sea". As the name suggests, all the shops here sell porcelain.
After turning two corners, Shen Yu came to a small shop called "Ci Gu Zhai". Compared with Shen Yu's "Lanting Ju", this is definitely a small shop.
The total area is only fifteen or six square meters, and after placing a few Duobao boxes for porcelain on the wall, it would be very crowded even for a table, let alone a bed.
There is only a small glass display cabinet in the middle, which contains more than a dozen small porcelain items, including cups, plates, and bowls.
At this time, there was a blue and white plum vase placed on the tempered glass of the display cabinet. A thin old man with gray hair was holding a rag in his hand, turning left and right to carefully wipe away the non-existent dust on the bottle.
Shen Yu gently pushed open the glass door and walked into the store. He saw that there was still some moisture on the floor and knew that the old man had just finished mopping the floor.
After taking two disposable shoe covers from the door and putting them on his feet, Shen Yu just shouted loudly: "Master, what are you busy with?"