"Did you really find five Song Dynasty books?" When they got home, the uncle couldn't wait to ask Yang Jing.
Although my uncle has not been playing with antiques much in recent years, he was also influenced by my grandfather since he was a child. More than ten years ago, he also played with antiques for a while and made a lot of money. But in recent years, he has been at home taking care of my grandfather, and he doesn't have the time or energy to play with these things anymore.
But this doesn't mean that my uncle doesn't understand this.
My uncle knows very well what Song edition books mean. After all, he was a serious antique dealer in the past...
Yang Jing said with a smile: "Uncle, I just suspect that it was printed in the Song Dynasty. Hasn't it been confirmed yet? But even if it is not printed in the Song Dynasty, this Ming Dynasty edition was only bought for 10,000 yuan. It's not a loss." As he said that, Yang Jing took out the "Huajian Ji" from his backpack and handed it to his uncle.
The uncle nodded and said, "There are those who were killed by mistake and never let go! Xiao Jing, you did the right thing. If you find someone suspicious, just arrest him!"
After saying that, my uncle took out a pair of gloves from the drawer and began to read the "Huajian Ji" carefully.
Yang Jing was giving instructions to his uncle, and when his uncle finished reading, he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "If you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between those five pages and the other pages. But now that you've said it, these five pages do seem to have that meaning."
As he said that, the uncle picked up the book and walked out. "Let your grandpa take a look. Your grandpa is quite proficient in this area. If he can't figure it out, I'll find an expert to help you."
After walking outside for a whole morning, the old man was tired. He was lying on the bed, ready to take a nap, but was woken up by his uncle. The old man looked a little unhappy like a child.
However, when my uncle took out the book "Huajian Ji" and placed it in front of the old man, the old man's face suddenly turned from gloomy to bright.
Without waiting for the old man's instructions, Yang Jing took the old man's reading glasses and put them on him.
The old man glared at his uncle and said, "Bring me a pair of gloves. I don't care about your behavior..."
The uncle ran to his room like a servile person, took out a pair of gloves and trotted over again, helping the old man to put on the gloves. Only then did the old man carefully pick up the book "Huajian Ji".
"Ah... a very good Ming Dynasty edition. The quality is quite good..."
It was obvious that my grandfather was very dissatisfied with the condition of this copy of "Huajian Ji".
"Xiao Jing, where did this book come from?"
"Grandpa, I bought this book for 10,000 yuan. I bought it at the same store where we saw Wang Shishen's "White Plum Blossoms" this morning."
"Wang Shishen's "White Plum Blossoms"? Are we looking at it together? Xiaolong, did we go out this morning?" The old man asked his uncle with a puzzled look on his face.
Yang Jing and his uncle looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
Well, this is how the old man remembers it now. It has not even been ten minutes since he returned home, but he has already forgotten that his son and grandson took him to the antique market in the morning.
"Grandpa, please take a look at this book and give it a thumbs up." Yang Jing's words diverted the old man's attention. Otherwise, with the old man's temper, he would definitely ask where I went in the morning, how I went, and what I did... If I had explained it to the old man, I would probably have finished my lunch.
"What are you looking for? Can't you tell the origin of this book? Have you forgotten everything I taught you?" Well, this old man is just a child now, and the firepower can be turned at will, which is more powerful than the heavy machine guns of the German devils during World War I.
Yang Jing was very tactful and shut up immediately. When the old man saw that no one was talking back, he lowered his head and opened the book "Huajian Ji".
"Well, this should be a private edition, as you can tell from the printing process. Hey, it's a Ming edition with the Slender Gold script, which is very rare..." Grandpa is grandpa, he could tell that this book was a private edition just by looking at the first page.
What is an expert? This is an expert!
An expert in the antique world is not necessarily someone who has graduated from a junior college, and someone who has graduated from a junior college is not necessarily able to become an expert in this field.
In this industry, experience is the most important thing. You don’t have to learn these things professionally, but as long as you see enough and get enough hands-on, you can accumulate enough experience! Once your experience reaches a certain level, you can become an expert!
In the antique world, the real “experts are among the common people”! Many of these common experts are just as skilled as those experts who often appear on TV, and some are even more amazing!
Grandpa is such a real expert hidden among the people. Grandpa has been hanging out in the ghost market of the old Sijiu City in Yanjing since he was a child. Although he stopped for a long time in middle age, he has never given up this business from the 1980s to the new century. If you really count the time he has been in this business, it is definitely longer than most experts.
As my grandfather was looking at it, he was gesturing in the air with his hands, copying the words above in the air.
The old man's calligraphy was also quite good, but he had never touched a pen since he fell ill. Now, when he suddenly saw this Ming-dynasty edition in the Thin Gold style, his forgotten hobby gradually revived.
The old man gestured and said, "Although this book is a Ming Dynasty edition, and a rare Ming Dynasty edition with Slender Gold script, it is not worth ten thousand yuan for its quality! This book is only four thousand yuan at most."
Well, the old man has used up the price from seven or eight years ago. A Ming-dynasty printed book from seven or eight years ago with an eighth-grade appearance only cost two or three thousand yuan. Although this book is in the relatively rare Slender Gold style, it is not well preserved after all, so four thousand yuan is a more appropriate price.
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