.........Compared with the modern atmosphere of Panjiayuan, the entire street of Liulichang, which has been weathered for hundreds of years, is still a green brick wooden building with a tile eaves structure. Walking into this place, Liu Dong felt like he had traveled through time and space and walked into the war-torn place a hundred years ago.
The feeling of the difficult times.
"When did I become so sentimental?" Liu Dong shook his head, put away the messy thoughts in his mind, and strode towards Liulichang Street, which he had long admired.
Unlike the bustling streets of Panjiayuan, which are full of street stalls, Liulichang is mainly home to large and small antique shops. Apart from the cars parked outside the street, Liu Dong walked for a while and saw nothing.
A Baofuzhai or 'guerrilla'!
After Liu Dong walked around for a few times, he was greatly disappointed. Not to mention that he didn't see any national treasures, even the antiques that were slightly less than first or second grade were not seen.
Of course, after more than half an hour, Liu Dong also gained something, but the best one was a 'Sunflower Mirror with Cloud and Dragon Patterns from the Tang Dynasty'. There was only a little rust on the mirror surface, and the quality was quite complete.
But despite this, the market price of this Tang Mirror is less than 100,000 yuan. Although Liu Dong got it for less than 200 yuan, he made a huge profit. However, compared with his previous White Deer Knife and Old Summer Palace design pictures,
The comparison is really far behind.
"It seems that I am too greedy. The national treasure is so easy to get!" After shaking his head and dispelling his luck, Liu Dong also became calm.
Immediately, looking at the signboard of 'Rongbaozhai' standing tall in the distance, Liu Dong strode over.
Rongbaozhai is indeed Rongbaozhai. It is a 'folk palace'. The reputation of 'the first one in three hundred years' is indeed well-deserved. After Liu Dong entered the door, the entire first-floor hall was filled with people.
, and less than half of them are foreigners with tall noses and deep eyes. From this, we can also see the prosperity of Rongbaozhai's business.
“I don’t know when ‘Agarwood Pavilion’ will be able to reach this level!” Liu Dong, who also runs an antique shop, is naturally extremely envious of the leader in the industry.
But envy is envy, and Liu Dong also understands in his heart that Rongbaozhai, which has a history of three hundred years, is not so easy to surpass. Even if he has a good collection, it is not enough, because the establishment of a well-known brand does not happen overnight, but over time.
It is accumulated bit by bit over time and the efforts of several generations.
The first floor of Rongbaozhai is very large. Like other antique stores, it also has a dazzling array of antiques and artworks. However, the main ones are calligraphy and paintings. After walking around, Liu Dong found that most of them were
Some of them are works by contemporary famous artists. However, most of them are random items and are not high-quality products. Also, the works of famous people are all custom-made and are rarely put up for sale like this.
Therefore, Liu Dong lost interest after taking a few glances.
As for the low shelf in the center of the hall, there are some pens, inks, paper and inkstones. According to the rules of Rongbaozhai's business, they are all mid- to high-end among the same kind. Of course, there are also some good antiques on the first floor, and they are all genuine, but
After Liu Dong read it, he had no intention of taking action, because their prices were almost the same as the market price, and there was no room for mistakes.
"Hey, it's interesting!" Liu Dong's eyes lit up and he stopped in front of an oil painting. The oil painting was not small in length, with a length of two meters and a width of nearly one and a half meters. The content of the oil painting was
There are more than 20 horses in the woods, big and small, with different colors. Some are drinking water and eating grass leisurely, while others are chasing and playing. The combination of movement and stillness makes the whole painting
The oil painting is full of tension, and it looks like it was painted by a famous artist.
However, this painting was obviously not properly preserved. Someone later added a lot of paint to the painting and glazed it several times. It wouldn’t matter if the painting was good, but the quality was so poor that it ruined the beauty of the entire painting.
It also makes the paintings that should have been handed down from generation to generation become dim and lackluster.
However, Rongbaozhai's appraisers are obviously not bad at it. They priced this severely damaged oil painting at 20,000 Huaxia coins! According to the current state of the painting, this price is not high.
"If they knew that the author of this oil painting "Group of Horses" was the famous Mr. Beihong, I'm afraid they wouldn't put it in the corner!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
In fact, although this oil painting was seriously damaged, it can still be repaired, but it will take a lot of time and energy. Therefore, after the oil painting was covered up by superfluous paint and heavy glazing, Rong Baozhai’s appraisal
When the engineer could not determine its author, he gave up the idea of restoration.
Fortunately, they gave up and gave Liu Dong the opportunity to pick up the leak. It was not easy to pick up the leak in Rongbaozhai.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong immediately had the urge to buy this oil painting, and he was also ready to turn his idea into reality.
"Mr. Liu, do you like this oil painting?" Just when Liu Dong was about to ask the waiter to take down the painting "Horses", an unexpected voice suddenly came from behind.
"Do you know me?" Looking at the middle-aged man in his forties who was standing behind him, wearing a dark shirt, black trousers, and meticulously combed hair, Liu Dong frowned and asked.
"Haha, of course! There are not many people in the Chinese collecting community who have never heard of Mr. Liu's name!" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand with a smile and continued, "I am Liang Yulin, manager of Rongbaozhai.
,Welcome Mr. Liu to visit us!”
"Hello!" People were so polite to him, so Liu Dong couldn't handle it anymore. Moreover, he also knew that after the news that he owned Zhang Sengyao's authentic "Five Elements and Twenty-Eight Constellations True Shape Picture" spread, after today's experience
Never less.
"Mr. Liu, why not go to the second floor and have a look? That's the essence of our Rongbaozhai!"
Faced with Liang Yulin's invitation, Liu Dong was naturally willing, and he also knew that Rongbaozhai focused on the collection of calligraphy and painting treasures in its management. Over the years, it has extensive collections of both ancient treasures and works by modern and contemporary masters, including: Yuan Dynasty
Wu Zhen and Sheng Mao in the Ming Dynasty; Xu Wei, Chen Daofu, Chen Hongshou and Dong Qichang, the "Four Ming Masters" in the Ming Dynasty; Shi Tao, Zhu Da, Wang Duo, "Four Kings" and "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty; Xu Gu, Zhao Zhiqian,
Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi and other fine calligraphy and painting works.
Moreover, over the past hundred years, Rongbaozhai has been responsible for almost most of the works of famous modern and contemporary Chinese artists, so it has accumulated a large number of authentic works by famous artists. Now these paintings have become Rongbaozhai’s most valuable asset. And they have also allowed Rongbaozhai to obtain
It has gained the reputation of the Forbidden City among the people.
Liu Dong was very envious of this.
"Mr. Liang invited me, and I am naturally willing to do so. However, before I leave, I would like to ask the waiter from Guibao Zhai to wrap up this painting of Horses for me!"
"Huh?" After listening to Liu Dong's words, Liang Yulin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. When he first mentioned this painting, he just found a reason to strike up a conversation with Liu Dong, but then he thought that someone actually wanted to buy it.
Thinking of what he had learned about Liu Dong's deeds, Liang Yulin became a little more cautious and quickly looked at the oil painting. As the manager of Rongbaozhai, although he was more responsible for the business activities of Rongbaozhai,
He is not responsible for the appraisal of calligraphy and paintings, but he has learned from his experience that the level of appraisal is far from ordinary. However, no matter how he looked at it this time, he could not see anything outstanding about this oil painting.
And what makes it have a low price of 20,000 yuan is just that the horses on the picture are relatively well drawn.
"What? Manager Liang doesn't want to sell it?" Noticing Liang Yulin's expression, Liu Dong also guessed what he was thinking, but Liu Dong was not worried about this, as long as it was not a truly top-notch calligraphy and painting appraisal, everyone would specialize in it.
With research, or with his appraisal skills like Yuan Guang's relics, others would not be able to tell the authenticity of this oil painting.
"Haha, Mr. Liu is joking. Our Rongbaozhai is open for business. Since we put it here, it is for sale!" After a pause, Liang Yulin turned around and greeted, "Little horse, little horse, come here!"
As he finished speaking, a young man in white overalls trotted up to him, "Manager, are you looking for me?"
"Well, take down this oil painting and wrap it up for this gentleman!"
"Okay manager!" After agreeing, the young man ran to call a companion and started working.
"Please come forward, Mr. Liu!"
"please!"
Liang Yulin originally planned to lead Liu Dong directly to the second floor, but Liu Dong was worried about the buried oil painting of Xu Beihong, so he insisted on paying the bill first before following Liang Yulin to the second floor of Rongbaozhai.
The things on the second floor are indeed a higher level than those on the first floor. The price of any antique calligraphy and painting displayed here is not less than 200,000!
Among them, Liu Dong also discovered Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Chen Banding, Pan Tianshou, Fu Baoshi, Yu Fei'an, He Xiangning, Shi Lu, Zhao Wangyun, Wu Zuoren, Li Keran, Ye Qianyu, Li Kuchan, Huang Zhou, Wang Xuetao, Xu Yansun
, Wu Guangyu, Hu Peiheng, Wu Jingting, Xie Zhiliu, Tang Yun, Zhu Qizhan, Liu Haisu, Lin Sanzhi, Lu Yanshao, Li Xiongcai, Xiao Jin and other modern painters, of course, all have prices in the millions!
In addition to calligraphy and painting, the ink products of famous ink makers in the past dynasties are also unique to Rongbaozhai, such as Jiuyan style ink by Fang Linzong in the Ming Dynasty, Yangmei style ink by Shao Conglin in the Ming Dynasty, Xiangquan Qin ink by Wang Shimao in the Qing Dynasty, and Qin Quan ink by Hu Kaiwen in the Qing Dynasty.
He Di Di Mo, etc. are undoubtedly not well-known and rarely seen outside, but here they are placed on the counter.
In addition to ink products, inkstones among the four famous inkstones, old rice paper accumulated over hundreds of years, top-notch Hu pens, and a large number of top-notch stationery utensils can be seen here.
Under Liang Yulin's introduction, Liu Dong had the urge to pack up everything here and take it away. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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