MTL - America’s Treasure King-Chapter 57 Black market antique dealers

Rabbit Street, Manhattan, Great Wall Antique Store.

Zhao Zhiyun looked and looked at the small red jujube jar from Yongzheng official kiln brought by Li Xiaoshuai, and was very pleased.

This apprentice is promising!

He is a good seedling who knows how to learn, has talent for antiques, and has great luck.

"Okay, very good, I'm very satisfied!" Zhao Zhiyun nodded happily, his happiness beyond words.

After some gossip, a customer with a backpack came to the store.

Seeing the person coming, Mr. Zhao immediately got up and said, "Robert, this is my apprentice Li Xiaoshuai, and he is my only descendant. You all know each other."

After sitting down, Robert gave Li Xiaoshuai a careful look, as if he wanted to remember his appearance firmly. He also used the not-so-fluent Rabbit language: "Li, you are very young, do you like antiques too?"

Teacher Zhao said with a smile, don't underestimate my apprentice, he is very talented. After finishing speaking, Teacher Zhao pointed to the pair of small pots in Yongzheng's official kiln on the coffee table and said, "Look, this is what he received."

Robert picked up a small official and checked it in his hand, "Good stuff, from the official kiln."

Teacher Zhao: "Robert, I'm getting old, and my eyes are a little out of wh trusted person.

He has just met a few Rabbit countries who are very rich and have rich businessmen who like antiques. He also has vision and strength. You can trust him as much as you trust me. "

This is the master paving the way for himself and expanding his contacts. Li Xiaoshuai was very moved.

Seeing Robert staring at him again, he seemed a little suspicious. Then he said, "I am Mr. Zhao's apprentice, and I will definitely become your best business partner, I promise!"

"Very good." Robert took the initiative to reach out and hold Li Xiaoshuai tightly.

After a few more courtesies, Mr. Zhao asked Li Xiaoshuai to close the door of the store, and then put up the sign of suspension of business. Li Xiaoshuai's bamboo carvings are about to be traded.

Then I saw Robert from his large backpack; took out two large packages wrapped in styrofoam, placed them on the coffee table, and slowly opened them.

One is a Jun kiln square vase with azure glaze in the Yuan Dynasty. Li Xiaoshuai had already checked it with his abilities, and it was a genuine product.

The bottle is slender as a whole, about a foot high and five centimeters square. The top and bottom are all square, and the light blue glaze has a large red spot on the top of the egg.

This erythema is red like blood, very eye-catching and very bright.

Jun kilns have the highest value than those of the Northern Song Dynasty, followed by Jun kilns in the Jin Dynasty, and the last ones in the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, Jun kiln purchase and sale also depends on redness, and the value of those with erythema and those without erythema is much higher.

And this Jun kiln bottle is still square, which is a few cups higher than the round value. In the antique world, one side reaches three circles. It means that a square object is three times more expensive than a round one.

Li Xiaoshuai himself estimated that even if this Yuan Dynasty Jun kiln square bottle was not an official kiln, it was a fine product among the folk kilns. Its official market price should be between 200,000 and 300,000 US dollars, but I don't know how it is traded on the black market.

Zhao Zhiyun: "Little Li, take a look first."

The master said to look at the meaning, of course, to see the true and false.

Li Xiaoshuai pretended to check the bottle up and down, and finally picked up the bottle and looked at the bottom of the bottle carefully.

It took seven or eight minutes before he finally said, "It's the real thing." He also pointed to the erythema on the bottle and said, "The erythema in Jun kilns in the Yuan Dynasty is like this, like a plaster that won't dissolve."

Robert highly praised: "Master, I am very willing to do business with you."

Then Robert didn't talk about the price of the bottle, and opened another package.

This one, Li Xiaoshuai looked at it and drooled in his heart. Because he has seen this kind of utensil in the map of the Forbidden City given by the teacher, the holding pot of the Longquan kiln in the Yuan Dynasty.

Hold the pot. Also known as a jug.

This pot is beautiful in shape, smooth and smooth in lines, and its glaze is as green as a lake. .

Li Xiaoshuai said in his heart that this is another official kiln-level boutique. If it goes up for auction, it will cost 500,000 to 600,000 US dollars.

Next, it is natural for Li Xiaoshuai to inspect the goods.

Li Xiaoshuai took more time to look at this holding pot than the Jun kiln bottle just now. In fact, he is appreciating, appreciating this elegant shape and the glaze color of the pot.

"Robert, you're an honest man who brings impeccably authentic items, and I like doing deals with you like that."

Put the two antiques on the coffee table, Zhao Zhiyun said, let's talk about the price. "Currency, two pieces of 100,000 dollars, you can give Xiao Li a face."

Robert pondered for a while and said, "120,000, I'll give Li a small gift next time."

Teacher Zhao said to Xiao Li, "Pay me."

After the transfer procedure, Mr. Zhao said to Robert, "See, my apprentice is absolutely delighted. You both exchange mobile phone numbers, and you will be in touch for future transactions."

After exchanging mobile phone numbers, Robert didn't stop for a minute, patted Li Xiaoshuai on the shoulder, said see you next time, and left.

When this guy is far away, without Li Xiaoshuai asking, Mr. Zhao said it himself. "Are you wondering why the price is so low?"

"Yes."

"Because his things are not clean, he has no capital, they don't want to go to the auction house, there is a danger of exposure. And you, as I just introduced, you have domestic connections, and this is what they value the most.

When foreign high-quality goods are confused in China, no one can say anything, because that is the place of origin, and it is also possible to add one more piece. "

Li Xiaoshuai said, in the future, I will buy it according to today's ratio, that is, 15% of the market price, or one-seventh of the market price?

"It's just like that, antiques; it doesn't matter a little bit difference. But the big money you sell to the country, you have to go according to the market price, because your origin is right."

"Yes, I picked it up from the warehouse, and the way I came is legitimate!"

After picking up everything and putting it away, Li Xiaoshuai entrusted his mother to tell it again.

It turned out that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, and his mother wanted to have a dinner party and make some moon cakes. Need two moon cake molds, he wants the teacher to find two decent patterns~www.novelbuddy.com~ Mid-autumn dinner? "Mr. Zhao was very interested in this, and he also asked his apprentice, do you still carve?

"I'm very talented in carving." Li Xiaoshuai also collected photos on his mobile phone. He used to carve the Buddha's head, Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck and other photos for his master to see.

The old man mainly saw the Buddha's head carved by Li Xiaoshuai. This Buddha's head was carved out of wood. It was very dignified and serene, and even the faint mystery of the Buddha was carved out.

After thinking about it for a long time, Teacher Zhao took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer, wrote and drew on it for a long time, and handed it to Li Xiaoshuai. "Here are the drawings of two moon cake molds. Don't worry, there's more to come."

Li Xiaoshuai, who was standing behind him, saw that the teacher had started to draw again. After a while, he realized that this time he was drawing a carved box with a square and rounded corner.

The pattern on the box lid and the pattern around the box are also drawn separately, and they are all antique styles.

Li Xiaoshuai also said, "Teacher, your painting skills are very good."

"Humph, in fact, my carver is better. Let me tell you, the master of our school is the jade craftsman who came out of the palace in the year of the Republic of China."

Then he went to the back and brought two large stones, one large and one small, and said, "This is the agate from Lake Superior. I have bought it for several years. I thought I would do it myself. Now you can try it. , I see how the carver is."

Agate comes out of Lake Superior, not only Li Xiaoshuai knows it, but many Americans also know that there are a lot of agate there, and the price is not expensive. Wherever many people travel, they will buy a few pieces to bring back as souvenirs.

Li Xiaoshuai asked: "Can a modern electric carving knife be used?"

"Okay, I just need to see the craftsmanship."

When he got home, Li Xiaoshuai started to get busy. . . . . .