Antique Dealer

Chapter 266 The Old Lady

Fang Hao went on to say: "If someone really comes over and buys it as an authentic work, then let's exchange the civet cat with the crown prince."

Tang Mingshan said: "But if this is the case, will it be too cheap for him?"

"At least the price has to be increased by [-]%, and then it won't look like a bait."

The three discussed the plan, and then Tang Mingshan proposed that he wanted to see the authentic painting. Fang Hao said that the painting was still in the villa, and after work, he took the two of them to his villa, just in time to recognize the door.

Seeing that it was getting late, Fang Hao was about to go to Zhu Junda's side, when an old lady who looked about 70 or [-] years old came in at the door, holding a box in her hand.

"Is your boss here?" The old lady asked Tang Mingshan. After speaking, she coughed a few times, and she seemed to be in poor health.

"I'm the boss, are you selling something?" Fang Hao asked with a smile.

"Ah?" The old lady looked at Fang Hao, apparently not convinced that the owner of an antique shop was so young. In her impression, the owner of an antique shop should be quite old. How could she imagine that it was a man with her granddaughter? A lad of about the same age.

"Old man, this is indeed our boss."

The old lady came here yesterday, and she was holding the same box. Seeing Tang Mingshan and Hu Jue were the only ones in the store, and knowing that Fang Hao was not there, she turned around and left.

Tang Mingshan went on to say: "Although my boss is young, everyone in the antique circle in the capital knows it, and everyone knows it. You came here yesterday, so you must have been introduced by someone, right?"

The old lady said: "Yes, I have a neighbor named Zhou Yongsi. He told me that the boss here is a kind person."

Fang Hao smiled slightly: "Old man, Brother Zhou and I are friends. If you believe me, you can take out the things and have a look. In addition, I have to remind you in advance that we need to write a history of the things we collect here. Guarantee for the question, do you agree?"

The old lady said: "All my things are left by my wife, so there must be no problem."

"Then let's take a look."

The old lady nodded, walked to the table with the box in her arms, and carefully took out the contents of the box.

There are two items in total, both of which caught Fang Hao's eyes.

The first is a gold-plated statue, the lower end of which is a lotus-covered base. The wheel is slightly heart-shaped, with the same decoration on both sides.

Eight red and blue diamond-shaped squares are engraved around it to connect with the wheel wall, and the inner ring of the wheel wall is decorated with eight groups of red, blue, and sky blue glazed beads, three in each group, imitating the magnificent effect of inlaid gemstones.

This kind of magic weapon is a commonly used magic weapon in Tibetan Buddhism. The eight beams on the wheel are like eight reincarnations, which are the eight paths to guide all living beings to achieve the ultimate good. ** is also as brave and diligent as a beast, invincible.

The color material of this item is beautiful and brilliant, and the craftsmanship is exquisite and unique. Fang Hao knew at a glance that this is a treasure with a wide open door, which has a high collection value.

The other one is a character poem pen holder, made of ivory, using Yinxian finely carved ink-filling techniques, expressing the artistic conception of Gao Shiyi's landscape, with delicate knife techniques, elegant scenery, and elegant and refined characters. .Two seven-character poems are engraved on the front and back walls respectively.It is also an old object from the mid-Qing Dynasty.

The old lady looked at Fang Hao for a long time, and said: "My wife bought these two things in the 90s of last century, and it cost a lot of money. Before he left, he told me that these two things Things are very precious, so they must not be sold cheaply. To be honest, if it weren’t for my poor health, needing money for medical treatment, and not wanting to trouble the younger generation, I wouldn’t have sold them.”

Fang Hao looked at the old lady's slightly pale face, and after saying a few words, he was out of breath. It was obvious that his health was really bad.

"Old man, how much money are you going to sell?"

"My wife passed away in 30. He would tell me that the sum of the two things should not be less than 50. After so many years, I want [-]. It shouldn't be too much, right?"

Fang Hao watched the old lady finish speaking, took out a tissue and coughed a few times, thinking of his grandma, he was a little moved.

"Old man, let me talk about this temple first. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty believed in Tibetan Buddhism. He ordered the JDZ Imperial Kiln Factory under the Ministry of Internal Affairs to burn all kinds of porcelain Buddha statues and ritual utensils for worship. This type of pottery is imitated from the copper gilt pottery at that time, it was first created in the Qianlong Dynasty, and it was only seen in the Qianlong and Jia Dynasties.

It is not used in conjunction with other seven treasures, but is placed in pairs in front of the statue. Today, the original placement is still preserved in front of the statue of Tsongkhapa on the second floor of the Fanhua Building in the Forbidden City.Because of its exquisiteness and special value, I will accept it alone, let alone 50, even 100 million. "

A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the old lady. She was prepared for Fang Hao to lower the price. If Fang Hao lowered the price too hard, she was ready to leave. Unexpectedly, instead of lowering the price, Fang Hao even raised the price. The antique dealer in her impression was completely different, no wonder Zhou Yongsi said he was a kind person.

Tang Mingshan next to him shook his head and smiled. If Fang Hao is stupid, how can a fool still pick up on mistakes one after another?But if Fang Hao is not stupid, there are some money that can be earned, but he doesn't want it.

If it were him, he might be able to keep the price down.

The old lady was very moved, she thought for a while: "Since you said so, then you can give me 100 million for these two things."

Fang Hao said: "All I need is this pen holder, and you can take the rest of the pen holder home."

The legal sale of ivory will send the wrong signal to the market, making people think that ivory is a suitable luxury product, which will further stimulate demand.

Moreover, history has proved that measures to crack down on black market trade with legal ivory cannot achieve the expected results. As long as ivory is circulated in the market as a commodity, illegal trade will continue to be banned. Only a comprehensive trade ban can help reverse the rising trend of wild elephant poaching in Africa.

Therefore, at current domestic auctions, even ivory products from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are impossible to sell. Although ivory products from the Ming and Qing Dynasties can still be traded privately, the blockage of the auction means that the biggest appreciation is missing. the way.

Originally, compared with the huge collection of calligraphy, painting and porcelain, rhinoceros horn and ivory are absolutely niche collections, and their transactions are restricted, making them even more niche. Therefore, ivory products are not only unlikely to appreciate in value, but may also decline, so now unless they meet Especially favorite collectors, old ivory products are difficult to sell at a high price.

Fang Hao had watched related documentaries before, so he didn't want to buy ivory products. Anyway, he had already made money, so let the old lady take the pen holder back.

The old lady was somewhat surprised when Fang Hao said that, so Fang Hao explained the reason to her.

"Young man, you are a kind person, and good people will definitely be rewarded."

Fang Hao smiled, and then asked the old lady to sign the disclaimer and related documents, and explained the purpose of doing so.

The old lady didn't find it too troublesome. On the contrary, the more formal Fang Hao's side was, the more at ease she felt.

Fang Hao took a look, the old lady's name was Guo Xinlan, and she had good handwriting.

After the old lady signed the document and wrote down her bank card account number and name, Fang Hao asked Li Xinli to transfer the money to the old lady.

After a while, Fang Hao put the printed transfer slips and bills into the file bag and handed them to the old lady: "Grandma Guo, please keep these things. If you have any questions, you can bring these things to the store to find me."

"Okay, I remember."

The old lady got up: "Young man, thank you very much, I will take my leave first."

"You walk slowly."

Fang Hao sent the old lady to the door, watched the old lady go away, and then returned.

"Why don't you want the ivory pen holder?" Tang Mingshan said: "Although the old ivory can't be auctioned now, it won't be affected much by private trading. Why don't you make money if you have money?"

Fang Hao smiled: "This is a matter of principle. As long as it is a product that is protected by law, I will not touch it. You should also pay attention. No matter how cheap the other party sells it, we will not accept it."

Hu Jue took over and said: "I also think it's good. Not only can we lead by example, but we can also prevent problems before they happen. Nowadays, the technology of making old things is getting higher and higher. If someone with malicious intentions comes over with ivory products, we will I didn't see it and accepted it, but we can't finish eating once he reported it, so we walked around!"

(End of this chapter)