Holding the original volume of the Yongle Ceremony in his hands, Xue Chen felt really pleasantly surprised. It was so unexpected!
"Xiaochen, are you saying that Master Huang made a mistake in his appraisal? This is not a manuscript from the mid-Qing Dynasty, but one of the original manuscripts?" Xue Chao still hasn't fully understood what happened.
It was too sudden.
"Yes, you are right." Xue Chen nodded affirmatively and carefully put the ancient book back into the box. Now that he knew it was the original, he naturally would not donate it. He was not that kind.
Generous. The original of Yongle Dadian is a treasure that even the rich cannot buy in the market.
"It turned out to be like this." Xue Chao really didn't know what to say. Generally speaking, he was quite happy, but it was a bit too sudden. At the same time, he was secretly glad that he hadn't put it out for sale yet. If
It would be a tragedy if it was sold.
At the first glance, Xue Chen felt that the paper quality of this ancient book looked slightly wrong, and it felt a little older. After using the ability of Jade Eyes to conduct a survey, it was confirmed that it was ordered by Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty.
A copy of the transcript.
Strictly speaking, all the so-called originals of the Yongle Dadian that exist in the world are not the real originals, but second-generation manuscripts.
The first authentic version was compiled during the Yongle period and took six years. During the Jiajing period, Ming Shizong liked reading the Yongle Dadian very much, so he issued an order to make another copy.
In the end, due to the war, the original completely disappeared, and its whereabouts are still unknown. Only these copies were left behind. As the dynasties changed, they continued to be lost. By the Qianlong period, there were more than 9,000 copies left. In modern times, only eight are left.
More than a hundred copies.
The copy becomes the original.
"Yongle Grand Ceremony..." Xue Chao muttered in his mouth, looking at Xue Chen with some excitement, "This book should be very precious."
"It is very precious. The most important thing is its research value. If I am right, since this book can be bought as a Qing Dynasty manuscript, there must be no rubbings of this book outside. This is
That’s where its value lies.”
Xue Chen put one hand on the box and rubbed the cover that was still intact after hundreds of years with his fingertips. When he saw Brother Chao looking at him in confusion, he briefly explained the information contained in it.
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"The team that compiled the Yongle Dadian was at least more than a hundred people and sometimes more than two thousand people. It took six years to compile more than 20,000 volumes, which included many books from the Song and Yuan dynasties, mainly
It records the astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination, monks, and skills of the three dynasties of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. It can be said to be a vast volume. The excavation and emergence of each volume can provide rich information for the study of history.
, that’s its value.”
Xue Chao nodded as if he understood. After all, he had only been in the industry for a short time. He had not yet fully studied the most basic porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and he knew even less about these more obscure historical knowledge.
"Brother Chao, I'm going to take this Yongle Dian Dian away and price it at five million. I'll put the money into the branch's account later."
Although the store is considered his, after all, there are still shares of Wang Dong and Yang Guang, as well as Xue Chao, Huang Pinqing, and the clerk's profit bonus, etc., so the transfer is better, and he has the most shares, so the money is huge.
Some of it ended up going back to his wallet.
Since the Yongle Ceremony could not be used for charity auctions, Xue Chen randomly picked something in the store, a boxwood ornament, carved with bangs and golden toads, from the late Qing Dynasty, it was a pretty good gadget.
Selling it to 100,000 or 80,000 yuan is no problem.
The charity auction was not held in the center of Yang'an City, but at a hot spring resort outside the city, probably five or six kilometers away from the city.
Why did you choose to hold it there? I heard that a director of the association owns shares in the hot spring resort and can provide the auditorium as a venue for the charity auction for free.
Xue Chen laughed after hearing the news and thought to himself, although the auditorium is free to use, when the charity auction is over, there is no guarantee that some people will simply stay and have fun in the villa, which will inevitably cost a lot of money.
Wouldn’t it be a profit?
At around nine o'clock in the morning, Xue Chen drove out of the urban area of Yang'an City and came all the way to the Bishui Hot Spring Resort Villa where the charity auction was held. He drove into the resort, walked around and found the small auditorium and parked the car.
Entering the small auditorium and seeing Gan Zeping, Xue Chen handed over the boxwood ornaments he had prepared.
"What a good thing. The carving is really amazing and the value is not low. If it were me, I might not be able to bear to take it out." Gan Zeping saw that it was a beautiful boxwood ornament, looked at it carefully, and touched it.
Finally, he said with a smile
"The people in the southwest region are affected by the disaster. It doesn't mean anything to help them as much as possible." Xue Chen replied in a natural tone. In fact, he had already planned to do some charity work.
He is where he is today entirely because he quietly obtained the ancient jade. The ancient jade does not belong to him, let alone the Kemeang family. It can only be said to belong to this land of China.
He is naturally willing to give back to this land, but he has always suffered from the lack of opportunities. He does not just donate a sum of money casually for psychological comfort, but actually does something practical and sees that his contribution is truly appreciated.
It is implemented in the areas and people who need it most, rather than disappearing inexplicably.
Gan Zeping looked at Xue Chen's serious look, nodded and praised: "That's right."
Participating in this charity auction were all members of the Yunzhou Antique Collection Association. By the time the prescribed ten o'clock was reached, there were already almost 200 people sitting in the small auditorium.
Gan Zeping acted as the auctioneer for the charity auction. He stood on the rostrum of the small auditorium. There were many boxes of various kinds placed on another square table next to the auction table. He estimated that there were more than thirty boxes, all of which were present.
People donated it for auction.
"You must have also seen relevant news on TV. In some provinces and cities in southwest my country, a drought has occurred once in decades. It is regrettable and deplorable. As compatriots, people from all walks of life are raising funds. Our association has the responsibility and obligation to contribute. On behalf of the association, I would like to first thank all those who made donations, as well as the members present. Next, we will auction the donated items, and all proceeds from the auction will be used for Donate.”
After briefly explaining the situation, Gan Zeping picked up a light cyan hard cardboard box from the table nearby, opened it, and took out a jade bracelet from inside.
"The jadeite bracelet in the glutinous rice is green in color, has a fair water quality, and has no obvious flaws. It was donated by Qi Zhaolong, a member of the association. We applaud him first."
Wow.
There was a burst of warm applause from the audience, and everyone looked at the donor, full of affirmation.
Next is the charity auction, because it is not a formal auction, there are not so many rules, there is no reserve price, and there is no minimum increase every time, and there is no need to hold up a placard, just shout with your voice.
Xue Chen, who was sitting on the side of the first row below, glanced at the jade bracelet. The price was medium to low, and the normal market price was around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.
Soon, someone made a bid, directly calling for 60,000 yuan.
"I'll pay 70,000."
"Hey, Lao Liu, I'll give you 80,000 yuan to help you."
The atmosphere of the auction was very relaxed, and many old members of the association knew each other and joked about this.
"Are you playing mahjong? Well, I'll give you 90,000 yuan. It just so happens that I have a little niece whose birthday is coming soon, and I don't know what to give her." The association member sitting in the middle of the first row
Chief Jiang Lifulang laughed.
Ninety thousand is already the high price of this bracelet, and Jiang Lifu said so, so everyone naturally stopped raising the price. As for whether it was a birthday gift for the niece, no one knew whether it was true or not. Moreover, the first donation was
It would also be more appropriate to be photographed by the president of the association.
"Since no one bids, this jade bracelet will be bought by President Jiang for 90,000 yuan." Gan Zeping took the lead in applauding with a smile.
In a harmonious atmosphere, the first donated item was auctioned.
"Next, we will conduct the second auction. This donation was donated by Mr. Ma Yi. It is a twelve-stage Luohan bamboo fan bone from the Republic of China. It is well preserved. Each fan bone is carved with animals.
, forming the twelve zodiac signs, a good product..."
Xue Chen's eyes lit up when he saw that the second piece was a fan bone, because he was thinking of getting a pair of fan bones to match the fan he got at the antique exchange meeting in Beichang City.
Someone began to bid, starting from 30,000 yuan and climbing up little by little. When it reached 50,000 yuan, he called for 70,000 yuan. This price exceeded the market price of the fan bone.
Seeing that his bid had jumped by 20,000, the others stopped shouting.
"Well, this fan bone was photographed by our Director Xue Chen for 70,000 yuan. Thanks again to Ma Yi and Xue Chen."
The charity auction was carried out in an orderly manner, and the auction was completed in about three to five minutes, which was very efficient.
The boxwood ornaments donated by Xue Chen were also brought up. After several rounds of bidding, the price was 130,000, which is also at the top level of the market price.
The entire auction lasted for a full three hours, and more than 30 donated items were successfully discharged. There was no possibility of genre, and the auction price was between 50,000 and 150,000. It was a decent but decent auction.
Not too distressing.
When the last donation is taken, the statistics are also synchronized.
"Thirty-two items were donated, and the total donation amount was 2.62 million yuan." Gan Zeping read out this number in public.
The applause rang out again.
After paying the money and getting the auction items, the charity auction ended successfully.
Xue Chen originally wanted to leave directly, but was stopped by Ma Yi, who had a long face.
"Director Xue, you paid a high price for my fan bone. You really gave me face. Now that you're here, don't leave in a hurry. Go soak in the hot springs and relax. I'm treating you, but you must give me this face." (To be completed.)