Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 27 You are too conservative

At this time, Lin Yuan had already passed three stalls.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the other side: "Xiao Lin? Still here!"

Lin Yuan looked up and found it was Uncle De.

"Uncle De, are you also visiting a place like this?" Lin Yuan also greeted him.

Uncle De smiled generously and said, "Isn't it because you guys picked up a bargain? I'm itching to do it."

He was indeed itching to try his luck, as he hadn't been to the antique stall for a while.

"It seems that Uncle De has had a great harvest!" Lin Yuan saw Uncle De playing with a pair of walnuts in his hand. The patina of the walnuts was very beautiful, showing signs of jadeification.

Lin Yuan had heard of ornamental walnuts a long time ago, and they were once very popular in China.

As far as he knows, ornamental walnuts originated in the Han and Sui dynasties, became popular in the Tang and Song dynasties, and were prevalent in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Due to their unique appearance, they have medical and artistic value, and thus have collection value.

The more valuable varieties are the Lion Head Walnut, the Prince Hat Walnut, the Official Hat Walnut, and the Chicken Heart Walnut, which are the so-called four famous walnuts.

Lin Yuan heard that ornamental walnuts require deep and clear textures, and the two walnuts must have similar textures, be the same size, and have similar weight.

In fact, walnuts have been used for rubbing hands since the Ming Dynasty. In the beginning, they were just auxiliary tools for court musicians to exercise and maintain finger flexibility. After long-term rubbing, the texture of the walnuts became crimson and round, and the patina became as shiny as jade and porcelain. They were loved by other palace people and gradually became popular.

Because walnuts have auspicious meanings in folk customs, they are easily accepted by ordinary people. More and more people play with them, and a trend has emerged.

Uncle De was in a good mood and nodded, "I found a pair of good-looking walnuts to play with. They are worth some money."

He didn't show off, but someone else might have boasted endlessly.

Some players feel that picking up bargains would be meaningless unless it is for the purpose of showing off.

"Xiao Lin, what about you? What did you harvest?" Uncle De asked.

Lin Yuan turned around and pointed in the direction of his uncle, and said, "I also bought something, a folding fan, which is at my uncle's place."

He needed to use his mobile phone to live broadcast, so my uncle was the one who took the things.

At this time, my uncle had just finished the transaction and was walking towards this side. When they saw Uncle De, they couldn't help but quicken their pace.

"Uncle De." After my uncles came over, they all greeted him.

Uncle De nodded slightly at them in response. His eyes fell on Chen Shiquan's hand. Seeing the bone, he chuckled and said, "Why buy a bone? To make soup at home?"

The uncle was slightly embarrassed: "I think it's a bit old."

"Old ass! This is a cow bone. I don't even know if it's one year old." Uncle De commented mercilessly.

Henry almost wanted to laugh. Didn’t his uncle just say that he could tell whether something was old or not just by touching it?

This was slapped in the face too quickly.

Uncle De shifted his gaze to the folding fan and continued, "Let me take a look at that folding fan."

He took the folding fan and opened it. On one side of the fan was a painting and on the other side was a poem.

A folding fan is a foldable fan made of bamboo, wood or ivory as the fan frame, and tough paper or silk as the fan cover; when used, it must be spread out into a semicircular shape, with the head gathered and the tail loose.

It first appeared during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, at that time it was not called a folding fan, but a folding fan.

During the Ming Dynasty, folding fans became a fashion and trend.

The person who led the trend of folding fans was Emperor Yongle. He ordered the imperial court to produce a large number of them, and wrote poems and verses on the fans and gave them to ministers. At that time, folding fans were very valuable and became a fashion. Literati and scholars learned to give each other folding fans with poems and verses to express friendship and parting. Holding a folding fan became a symbol of elegance in life at that time.

"Good! The fan ribs are made of ivory and the patina is also good." Uncle De said.

Generally speaking, the ribs of folding fans are mostly made of bamboo. Among bamboos, brown bamboo, Xiangfei bamboo, and Merlu bamboo are the best; among woods, wenge, red sandalwood, and ebony are the best; other precious materials include ivory, pineapple paint, tortoise shell, white jade, and jadeite.

The fan bones of years have been kneaded and rubbed by hands in the hot summer for many years, and a layer of rich and bright patina will appear on the surface, showing the old smell of the fan bones. "As for this fan..."

"How about the fan?" my uncle asked quickly.

"First of all, the paper used is gold paper, and it is the best kind of gold-leafed paper," Uncle De informed.

He explained that gold paper is a kind of paper used for calligraphy and painting. The best ones are made of real gold flakes spread on the surface. The one that is all over the paper is called "mud gold"; the one that is scattered in spots is called "cold gold"; among them, "mud gold" paper is the most precious.

From this we can see that the owner of this folding fan must have been either rich or noble, or even both.

"What dynasty is it from? Uncle De, do you know?" the uncle asked again.

Uncle De didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Lin Yuan and asked with a smile, "Xiao Lin should know, right?"

"It is probably from the Ming Dynasty. The painting and poems on the fan are written by Wen Zhengming." Lin Yuan said.

Wen Zhengming has many titles. He was a painter, calligrapher, writer, poet in the Ming Dynasty...

Uncle De applauded: "That's right!"

"A folding fan from the Ming Dynasty is quite valuable. A conservative estimate is about 10 US dollars." The uncle was trying to make his presence felt.

Uncle De laughed and said, "10 US dollars? You are too conservative. This fan alone is worth much more than that!"

Generally speaking, fan painting is a special category of calligraphy and painting, which best reflects the painter's skill and is also the essence of a fan. Therefore, there is a saying that "a page of a fan is better than a three-foot painting".

Among them, the landscape fan paintings have a lofty artistic conception, and are mostly sketched with a leisurely brushstroke, with the tip of the brush expressing a free and easy mood; the flower and bird sketches are beautiful and fresh, and are either meticulous or freehand, with a light and brisk brushstroke; the figure works are lifelike in expression, and a kind of elegance and grace wanders between the brush and ink.

With their exquisite skills and unique style, the painters skillfully blend the beauty of nature and humanistic feelings in a small space.

Especially the combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal, coupled with exquisite fan bones, is very pleasing to the eye.

"Opening and closing half a piece of paper with the breeze, and then rolling it up is not ordinary", the poetic and picturesque feelings come into your heart with the breeze while swaying, which has a natural elegance.

This is a romance unique to the Chinese.

The uncle widened his eyes slightly: "How much is that worth?"

"About 700,000 or 800,000 US dollars!"

Lin Yuan was mentally prepared and had an idea in mind, so he was not surprised.

Uncle and Henry were dumbfounded.

Seven or eight hundred thousand dollars? A fan?
Paul didn't understand, so he didn't react. However, from Henry's surprised expression, he guessed that the folding fan was very valuable.

He was very curious and quickly pulled Henry.

Henry told him that the folding fan was worth seven or eight hundred thousand dollars.

Paul: “Oh my God!”

Uncle De smiled bitterly: "Xiao Lin, your luck is second to none."

This was a big bargain, much more valuable than the walnuts he had picked up for ornamental purposes.

"It's also thanks to Paul." Lin Yuan said.

Afterwards, my uncle recounted the story of how he got the folding fan.

After listening to this, Uncle De didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and in his heart he mourned for those two little kids for three seconds.

"Let's go first!"

If we let those two little brats know this, they will fight to the death, right?
(End of this chapter)