To say that Xie Xuan is really a person in this industry, after hearing Qin Feng's explanation, his mind became more active.
Although Xie Xuan didn't talk much when he followed Qin Feng, when Qin Feng was negotiating prices with the shop owners, Xie Xuan occasionally interjected and was able to get the point right.
"Brother Feng, I really didn't realize it. There are quite a lot of tricks here."
As the saying goes, insiders watch the door, and laymen watch the excitement. With Qin Feng leading the way, Xie Xuan also figured out a little bit of the experience, and no longer felt that visiting antique shops was a chore.
"My knowledge is still deep."
Qin Feng laughed when he heard this. In fact, during this morning's stroll, he was turning the theory in his mind into practice. When he was learning these things, he did not have the conditions like now.
"By the way, Brother Feng, what do you want to buy?"
Seeing that Qin Feng seemed to be in a good mood, Xie Xuan asked boldly. After shopping for most of the day, Qin Feng only spent thirty or fifty yuan, but he spent a lot of time talking.
"Let's go shopping first and get familiar with the market!"
Qin Feng smiled and said: "Although Shishi City is good, it is located in the hinterland of North China and relies on the important areas of Beijing and Tianjin. It does not have a certain foundation and it is difficult to develop. Let's make some money and leave here!"
"Sure, Brother Feng, I listen to you."
Xie Xuan nodded. If his parents heard this, they would be furious. They would not leave even if they begged him. Qin Feng quickly followed him with just one word.
Qin Feng spent the whole day hanging out on Baifo Street, but apart from buying a few hanging ornaments, he didn't buy anything else.
In the evening, the three brothers ate a bowl of ramen on the roadside. Qin Feng rubbed some lard at the pork stall when passing by the vegetable market. After that, the three of them returned to Xie Xuan's "house with bare walls".
"Brother Feng, what are you doing?"
Seeing Qin Feng smearing lard on the so-called "little leaf sandalwood" bracelet, Li Tianyuan and Xie Xuan's eyes widened. The two brothers had heard of oiling leather shoes, but neither of them had seen old wood.
The beads are greased with oil.
"Make some pulp for it." Qin Feng said, stretched out his hand and wiped it on the ground. After his palms were covered with dust, he placed the bracelet between his palms and rubbed it vigorously.
After about five minutes, Qin Feng stopped, wrapped the bracelet with a rag, and rubbed it vigorously. This process lasted for more than an hour.
"This bracelet seems a little different!"
Li Tianyuan had long been impatient. He pulled the quilt and fell asleep, while Xie Xuan stayed beside him. When the rag was opened, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The bracelet, which was originally a bit dark in color, now has a very clear luster. Under the light of the bracelet, the texture on the wood seems to come alive, which is very beautiful.
Moreover, the surface of the bracelet seems to be covered with a thick layer of pulp, and the color is beautiful and unobtrusive, showing a charming charm.
"Little Fatty, you have to remember, this is called Baojiang!"
Qin Feng glanced at Xie Xuan and said: "I don't have any materials at hand right now, so I'll tinker with it. The luster can last for three to five days at most. I have to go out to buy some sandalwood tomorrow and process it again!"
"Brother Feng, are you making it look old?" Xie Xuan looked a little excited and asked, "If this thing is made old, it must be very valuable, right?"
The bronzes that Xie Dazhi bought back then were all highly imitated and distressed after expert appraisal. Xie Xuan often heard his father talk about them, so he was no stranger to this term.
"This? Made old?"
Qin Feng laughed dumbly when he heard this, threw the bracelet on the mattress, and said with a smile: "Little Fatty, do you know what is old? How can this thing be called old? It's not worth it for me...
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The so-called distressing refers to using specific means to make the expression of an object look like an old object, making its appearance more like and closer to the era it was imitated from.
Different from the restoration of cultural relics, the distressing technique is mostly used to deceive tourist souvenirs and cultural relics. To put it bluntly, it is fake.
However, there are also methods of counterfeiting. If it is a genuine high imitation or restoration of the original utensil, the cost is very high, sometimes even higher than the value of the real thing.
Just like the three periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, due to the love of the three emperors for porcelain, the palace manufacturing office once imitated a batch of porcelain from the Song and Ming dynasties. The materials and techniques were exactly the same as those of the previous dynasties.
The porcelain is magnificent.
In fact, this can be considered a fake, but the value of the created objects at that time and in later generations was not lower than the original ones, and some were even much higher.
This kind of fraud can only be done by the royal family, it is not widespread, and it is not representative.
The most common method in the antique market is to use chemical etching, fire, boiling and heating, deep burial in the ground, soil leaching and other methods to make fake things look real, and use this to make the fake look like the real thing.
Qin Feng smeared some lard on the bracelet, and then plated it with a coarse cloth, which was a little bit distressed, but his technique was secretly passed down. Within three days,
Even experts who are proficient in identification have difficulty identifying authenticity.
"Brother Feng, what do you mean, let's sell this?" Xie Xuan said hesitantly: "This kind of thing is just made of wood strung together. It's all over the street. Even if it's real, it's not worth much, right?"
"You're right, even if it's made of small leaf sandalwood, it's not worth much."
Qin Feng nodded and said: "But antiques are more expensive than the "ancient" thing. As long as it is an old thing, coupled with the fabricated so-called "inheritance", it is not the price of the object itself...
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For those who deal in antiques, their quality depends entirely on their mouth.
There was a joke circulating in the antique shop. It was said that there was an antique shop recruiting employees, and two people applied for the job at the same time. The shopkeeper threw the toothpick for picking teeth on the ground and asked them both, what was it?
It was obviously a toothpick, one of them quickly answered, it was a toothpick, but to his disappointment, the shopkeeper just waved him away.
Just as he reached the door, the man heard another person's answer, "This is the toothpick used by Emperor Qianlong. It was preserved by the shopkeeper's ancestors. It is priceless!"
Needless to say, the result was that the person behind was admitted on the spot.
But the shopkeeper forgot that except for the eunuch who was responsible for the emperor's daily life, no one in the palace could save the toothpick, right? This also became a joke later.
"I understand, this is a Buddhist bead. It can be said that it was something worn by the Buddha." Xie Xuan was not stupid. As soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, he drew inferences.
"Little Fatty, there are no fools in the antique shop. This thing is just a prop. You can't defraud a lot of money with it."
Qin Feng smiled and shook his head. Although Xie Xuan was somewhat spiritual, it was far from enough. Anyone who plays with antiques would not be easily fooled if he did not have a delicate heart.
Seeing that Xie Xuan still wanted to ask, Qin Feng waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't ask anything now, use your eyes more to see, your brain to analyze more, and your mouth less!"
As the saying goes, it is up to one person to be led by a master to practice cultivation. Qin Feng has already said this a lot. After this game is completed, whether Xie Xuan can really get started depends on whether he has the understanding.
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