After finishing that ancient article, Wan Shiming continued: "This passage comes from the "Museum Summary" written by Gu Yingtai of the Ming Dynasty. It explains the different concentration of blue and white hand cups, which are to draw two lions rolling balls and to draw
Mandarin ducks paint flower hearts, and the one just now is a painting of two lions rolling a ball, and it is also the most valuable."
At this point, Wan Shiming's tone paused: "Things like this can be said to be rare treasures. It is difficult to estimate the market price. We can only use some reference objects. Let's put it this way, the value of this hand cup
It’s no better than the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup that was auctioned two years ago.”
Naturally, everyone knows more or less about the successful auction of the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup. After all, the price was outrageous, exceeding 200 million yuan.
Everyone swallowed subconsciously.
"Many people refer to the three cups as the Three Wonderful Cups, the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, the Ming Dynasty Yongle Blue and White Pressed Hand Cup, and the Kangxi Five-Colored Flower God Cup. These three cups are rare in the world, but in terms of value alone, the Chicken Cup
The cylinder cup and the pressing hand cup are much better than the Five-Colored Flower God Cup, even a set of twelve can't compare."
"I have discussed with many old gentlemen in the industry that the colorful chicken bowl cup is indeed a priceless treasure, but the auction price is a bit exaggerated and has traces of speculation. Of course, this is also a family opinion, but even if the auction price is discounted by half, it will still be a priceless treasure.
It’s still a sky-high price.” Wan Shiming said thoughtfully.
"Xue Chen, Xue Chen..."
How many people are chanting this name over and over again, as if they wish they were the owner of this name, and how many people secretly hope that chanting this name a few more times will bring them some good luck and wealth.
This is the last day of the antiques exchange meeting. Some vendors dragged their boxes and rushed to the exchange meeting in another city, while others returned to their hometowns instead, all over the country.
Countless people used what happened at the exchange meeting as conversation material after returning home, and talked about it vividly with their relatives and friends. For a time, it caused quite a stir in the antique circles of several provinces and cities.
Back then, a Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup was auctioned for a sky-high price, causing a huge hit on the Internet. Even people who were not in the industry would remember this cup.
And someone picked up a Yongle blue and white hand cup of similar value from a stall at the exchange meeting. This news is much more exciting than the news at the auction. One is that "people are stupid and have too much money", and the other is "unbelievable".
Luck", naturally the latter deserves more attention.
However, many people do not believe this, and only a small number of people are half-convinced. However, the name Xue Chen has left an impression on countless people in antique circles across the country.
The street vendor who lost his fortune overnight and became a billionaire originally planned to go to an antique exchange meeting in another city, but after something like this happened, he was considered to be mentally healthy if he didn't jump off the building.
That day, I had a mouth full of vomiting, and I took the train all night in anger. I returned to my hometown, Yang'an City, the capital of Yunzhou Province, and met a few close friends to get drunk at a barbecue stall.
, I told this story while crying while drinking, and all my friends were dumbfounded.
"Yongle's blue and white hand cup costs hundreds of millions. I really deserve to die..." The vendor was already drunk and in a daze, bursting into tears.
At the table next to him, a man in his fifties was eating kebabs and drinking by himself. Hearing what the person at the table next to him said, he sneered: "Little brother, you really drank too much.
Yongle Blue and White Pressed Hand Cup, you think it’s Chinese cabbage, there are only three or four of them in the country, and they were picked up by others, why don’t I believe it?”
"You don't believe it, and I don't think about it yet, but that's the fact." The vendor's eyes were red, "That person is from our province, I remember his name clearly, Xue Chen, Xue Chen..." After that, poof
He fell down on the table and snored loudly.
But the man at the table next to him spit out a mouthful of wine more than two meters away. He was so excited that the iron skewer in his hand that was used to pierce flesh almost went out of his cheek, and his eyes were as wide as those of cows.
"Xue Chen? Xue Chen! It's him..."
The person who was drinking and having skewers was Huang Pinqing, who had been recruited by Xue Chen a long time ago and is now doing appraisal work at the Yang'an branch. Because the job is easy and he makes a lot of money, he came to the food stalls here to have fun when he was in a good mood.
He just heard the drunk man at the table next to him take a sip of Yongle blue and white flowers and press the cup in his hand. He felt funny when he heard that. It was a sacred object and a national treasure. It was so refreshing to talk about it in the mouth of a street vendor, so he
I asked so much.
But unexpectedly, the word Xue Chen came out of the vendor's mouth!
Huang Pinqing sat there in a daze, without moving for a long time, thinking repeatedly in his head, is this true? Is it really him?
He has a Yunzhou accent, and his name is Xue Chen, and he happened to hear the manager mention that Xue Chen went abroad, so all the conditions were met.
"Daimyo...Yongle...blue and white...pressed hand cup."
Huang Pinqing felt that his head was about to explode. He knew very well the value of these nine short words. One word was worth thousands of dollars.
After taking a sip of the wine, Huang Pinqing smiled bitterly. He recalled that he had made things difficult for Xue Chen in the past and looked down on him. However, he never dreamed that he would now be relying on Xue Chen to earn a living. Now he is already a person from two different worlds.
Well, I can’t reach it even with my legs up and my neck stretched out.
Early the next morning, I came to the store early. When the manager Xue Chao arrived, Huang Pinqing hurriedly said: "Manager, let me tell you something..."
…
Xue Chen returned to the hotel with the hand cup and took a quick shower. For the past three days, he had been wandering on that street every day. The weather was hot, the dust was thick, and his whole body felt sticky. Finally,
It's completely refreshing.
Lying on the bed wearing boxer briefs, he took out the pressing cup from the Jade Eye Space, pinched the edge of the cup with two fingers, looked at it carefully, looked at the two lions rolling ball picture at the bottom of the cup, and admired it again
Beautiful branch pattern on the outside of the cup.
"Good."
It was a real surprise to get this hand cup.
The next day, he got on the train to Beichang City to attend the next exchange meeting.
Because there are no direct flights between Pingyuan City and Beichang City, and they need to transfer, and the distance is not very far, he simply bought a soft sleeper on the train.
There are four berths in a soft sleeper. He bought the upper berth. When he got on the car, the other three people were already there. They were three young people in their early twenties, two men and one woman, talking and laughing.
It seems that the three of them are friends.
He glanced at the three of them, nodded, and said hello. After taking off his shoes, he didn't step on the handle. He stepped a little and easily reached the upper bunk.
Seeing Xue Chen's actions, the three young men were all stunned. It seemed they didn't expect Xue Chen to jump up so easily. They didn't see the action clearly, as if they were teleporting.
"Brother, have you practiced high jump or gymnastics?" the boy said with a smile.
Xue Chen smiled and said nothing. After lying down, he took out a book and started reading.
The total duration of the journey was almost ten hours. After waiting for more than four hours to get on the bus, the three young people were tired from playing Landlords. They took out the prepared food, soaked instant noodles, and took out French fries.
Start eating.
While making instant noodles, the three of them suddenly smelled a very strong smell. When they looked up, they saw the person on the upper bunk eating a roast duck. The three of them were stunned and looked at each other. It was okay to eat roast duck.
What I can't understand is why the roast duck is still steaming.
The three of them were eating instant noodles in their mouths, smelling the aroma of the roast duck, and they all wanted to swallow their saliva.
When Xue Chen went to the bathroom, the three of them started talking quietly.
"Hey, this guy is really weird. I didn't even see him salute with anything. Where did the roast duck come from?"
"Forget the roast duck, why is it still steaming? It looks like it was just taken out of the oven. The smell makes me greedy, haha."
"Hey, compared with instant noodles, roast duck is of course more fragrant. If I had known better, I would have brought one."
Perhaps because they felt that Xue Chen was a little different, these three college classmates who were traveling together couldn't help but occasionally secretly observe Xue Chen.
What surprised the three young people was that the man in the upper bunk, Xue Chen, had been reading a book all the way.
The three of them looked up and glanced at the title on the cover of the book: Qin Fengni Collection.
None of the three people knew what it was about, so they took out their mobile phones and searched it. However, they didn't understand it after reading it, but they finally got a rough idea that it had something to do with ancient cultural relics.
"Brother, are you in the antique business?" the boy asked.
"Well, yes." Xue Chen put down the book and nodded back.
"Brother, where are you from?"
"From Yunzhou Province." Xue Chen put down the book and chatted with the three people one sentence at a time.
The three young people saw that Xue Chen was quite easy to talk to, so they all joined in the chat and asked questions, all about antiques. Xue Chen said something casually, but it made the three young people feel very knowledgeable.
The round-faced girl said: "Then you must be going to Beichang City. I know that there will be an antique exchange meeting in Beichang City tomorrow. I went there last year, but it was so lively, so I brought it with me this year.
Let them go shopping together."
After getting off the train, Xue Chen found a room in a big hotel in the city center as usual. Standing in front of the window of the room, he could see some protected ancient buildings left in the urban area of Beichang City from a distance.
Stretched: "I hope I can get some good things."
At this time, some forums related to antique culture across the country have been wiped out by the news about the Yongle blue and white hand cup!
Open any website and you will see related news, all of which are exchanging explosive news: Someone discovered another Yongle blue and white hand cup at the Pingyuan City Antique Exchange Meeting! (To be continued)