I Had a Home In 1982 Chapter 17

   Chapter 17 17. Crown Treasure House

   It is not difficult to sell monkey tickets.

   Wang Yi didn't even need to find any antique market or auction company.

   In recent years, the Wengzhou Municipal Government has been vigorously promoting the reconstruction of old villages and towns on the outer islands. Every month, villages on the island are demolished. Before the demolition, the villagers will tidy up the old houses, and it is easy to find some old objects.

  So the municipality contacted a reputable antique shop to open a counter in the municipal urban construction hall directly, and brought old objects to the door, and then a professional treasure appraiser came to receive it.

  Wang Yi went to the wharf to give Uncle Bo money, but Uncle Bo refused: "Xiao Zhou will reimburse me for the oil money, don't worry, I'm not running errands for you for nothing."

   But it's human after all.

   He left the dismantled Hanako behind.

   Uncle Bo did not refuse this time.

   After landing, he went straight to the collection counter in the municipal urban construction hall. There was a beautiful cheongsam girl saying goodbye to an old couple with a smile: "Grandpa and grandma, remember to give me a good review."

  Wang Yi leaned on the counter and looked in secretly.

  The cheongsam goes to the knees, not the thighs.

Bad review.

  The old couple left with a smile on their faces, and Wang Yi went over to explain their intentions.

  The cheongsam girl said: "Mr. that, please show the collection. I will take a picture and send it to the treasure appraiser we hired to review it, and then we will move on to the next process."

   "What I need to remind you here is that each collection has an appraisal fee of 100 yuan. If your collection is sold to our store, the appraisal fee will be waived."

   "If you are a participant in the municipal new island or new rural reconstruction project, the appraisal fee will be discounted by 10%, which is 10 yuan for appraisal of the same collection."

  Wang Yi understood, and took out the monkey ticket first.

  The cheongsam girl took a picture and sent it out.

   He was about to get the fish gelatin, when the cheongsam girl sent a voice from her cell phone: "Xiaoyou, take the distinguished guest to me on the second floor."

   Things are going well.

  There are several offices on the second floor that belong to the antique shop. When Wang Yi entered, a middle-aged man in a Tang suit, a monocle, and a Buddhist bead in his hand smiled at him.

  Xiaoyou gave a brief introduction, saying that the middle-aged man's surname is Yuan and his name is Yuan Hui. He is a famous appraiser in the south of the Yangtze River, a contracted expert of the Municipal Museum, and a visiting professor of the History Department of Wengzhou University.

   So Wang Yi called him Teacher Yuan.

  Mr. Yuan was very kind and said, "Show me the monkey ticket. It looks like the real thing in the photo, but it still needs to be tested in reality."

   Wang Yi still has the confidence to be true and false.

   So he happily took it out.

   Yuan Hui shook his head as he watched him take out stamps from his bag.

   Layman, you don't need tweezers to pick up the monkey ticket and slap it with your hands? Your attitude makes me suspect that it's fake, right?

   He put on gloves and motioned Wang Yi to put the ticket on the deerskin pad on the table, then took out a ruler and said while measuring:

"The specifications of the 80 monkey tickets are 26 and 31 mm, and the perforation is 11 and a half degrees. It was painted by the famous painter Huang Yongyu, designed by Shao Bolin, and carved by Jiang Weijie. These three are all famous masters, but Mr. Wang should not understand it? "

  Wang Yi nodded.

  Yuan Hui measured quickly and said, "The size is no problem."

He changed it to a magnifying glass to observe, and continued to explain: "Master Huang is the Big Dipper of Mount Tai in printmaking. The original painting of the monkey ticket he painted is full of form and spirit, and the spirit is alive. Come and see, the monkey hair on your ticket is tall and straight. Countable, isn't it?"

  Wang Yi said: "Yes, is there a problem with this?"

  Yuan Hui continued to look carefully and said, "There is no problem, of course there is no problem! Look how great this monkey ticket is, with a bright red background, festive and auspicious, and everyone loves it."

   He looked slowly from the beginning to the end. After watching it for ten minutes, he raised his head: "It's time for the light. Is it really clear under the light?"

   This made Wang Yi wonder.

  In that case, why did you spend all this time? Can't you just turn on the lights?

   It turns out that there is a natural reason why Yuan Hui didn't turn on the lights directly.

   It is quite troublesome to turn on the lights.

   First, three infrared cameras must be turned on to monitor the two people without dead ends, and then the door and curtains are closed to form a dark room, and then a special light is turned on.

During the    operation, Yuan Hui explained to Wang Yi:

"I'll tell you why the lamp is on. The monkey stamp for the Gengshen year is made of a shadow copy and an engraved intaglio. The original ink written by Master Huang is divided into five colors and distinct layers, but the stamp is too small. It's hard to show his great skill."

   "Usually speaking, the stamp engraving technique is a cross pattern. The monkey stamp is different. It engraves the wiring according to the growth law of the monkey hair and the painter's brush movement. This is the reason why the monkey hair is visible under the magnifying glass just now."

"However, this technique has strong artistic expression, but there is a problem in printing proofing. After overprinting, the red background will always turn reddish upward through the lines of the engraving plate, making the color look black and not black or red. Ugly."

   "In order to solve this problem, Mr. Shao, who was in charge of the design, drew another black shadow copy to cover the red. The effect of the combination and overprinting is full and thick ink, and some parts are shiny."

   A dim light came on.

The    is on the monkey ticket, the monkey and the red background are black.

   But the lights are getting brighter and brighter, the black monkeys are getting clearer and brighter, and the ears are especially bright, it really seems to be glowing.

   Yuan Hui exclaimed: "It's dark from a distance, but when you look closely, the square feels exquisite, classic or not? This is where you can't fake it. You are the real ticket, all the real tickets!"

   Wang Yi held his breath.

   He also has a concern that this monkey ticket is too new.

   Speaking of which, it has been collected by Zhang Youxin for two years, and there is some wear and tear, but this wear and tear is too light compared to the traces left by the forty years.

   As a result, Yuan Hui didn't pay attention to it at all.

   He opened the door and crossed his hands and said, "The ticket is a real ticket, and the quality is good. If you are willing to sell it to this shop, Mr. Wang, then I will set a price for you?"

Wang Yi said: "Of course I am willing. Teacher Yuan gave me all the information just now and told me all the information without concealment. I am very moved by this sincerity. I am very grateful to you and trust you very much, so if your store can accept it, Let's make a deal today."

   Saying good things and not paying taxes, Mr. Wang still has a lot to say?

Yuan Hui said: "We in Wengzhou City have rarely seen monkey tickets, but the just-concluded capital spring auction has a monkey ticket for 10,300 yuan, and the quality of the monkey ticket is not as good as yours. These six, so for your six tickets, our store is willing to give you a price of 11,000 yuan each."

   Wang Yi was stunned.

   Too cheap, right?

   He said: "Ah? Didn't you say one monkey ticket per suite? Only, only 10,000?"

   Yuan Hui was also stunned: "One monkey ticket for one suite? Even the one signed by Master Huang's handwritten signature is not worth the money!"

   "You mean one version of monkey tickets for one suite, right? One version of monkey tickets is forty-eight, and the price doubled together is probably more than one million, that's why it is said!"

  Wang Yi silently took out his phone and started Sogou.

   Yuan Hui explained: "Mr. Wang, let me tell you the bottom line, the 80th edition of the monkey stamp is the first zodiac stamp issued in my country, and it is the leader of all zodiac stamps."

   "It is true that its status is unshakable, because there is a saying in the collection market that it is better to keep the leader than the phoenix, but after all, it is only four years apart, and it is impossible to sell for a sky-high price."

  What he said was true.

  The information found by Wang Yi is also the same.

   Not only is it said in the news, there are also discussion posts on the Favorites Post Bar to introduce monkey tickets.

   As we all know, Tieba may have nothing, but they are proficient in everything.

Seeing that he was depressed and silent, Yuan Hui said in a good voice: "Otherwise, I originally offered sixty-six thousand yuan for six pieces. I think you are a happy person, so I will also give you a happy price, and I will give you a total of 70,000 yuan. How about it?"

  Wang Yi said decisively: "No, although this is not one edition of mine, it is also six consecutive sheets - one price, 100,000!"

   Yuan Hui couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Wang, you really dare to open your mouth, this monkey ticket is really not so valuable."

"If you don't believe it and you put it on the Internet, I won't let you go outside to inquire, lest you think that I collude with my peers to pit you, and you put the online lamp on the antique store in other places to bid for you. If you can sell more than 70,000 yuan, how much will it exceed me? How much more for you!"

   He continued: "Mr. Wang, you can go outside to inquire about the reputation of me and our Guanbaozhai. I work in the Municipal Museum and Wengzhou University. If I do the work of cheating, people are not allowed to harass my unit?"

   "I'll tell you the truth, we are not setting up this stall with the city government to make money, but to connect with the government, and the other is to reduce taxes, so the price we give you must be the highest price in the market!"

  Wang Yi had the intention to go out and find two more antique stores to ask for prices, but first, he was thin-skinned and embarrassed to run away, and second, Yuan Hui was really sincere, and the information he disclosed was almost the same as what he found online.

   In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Is it ok for 80,000?"

Yuan Hui said helplessly: "I don't want to appear arrogant or tough, so I won't give you a bargain, but I'm not good at bargaining, so I often give people a reserve price—forget it, plus two thousand yuan, seven What if."

   "I haven't received any good goods this week, and the performance is not good. I don't want to make money from you, just make a profit and a reputation."

  Wang Yi nodded: "Thank you, Teacher Yuan, then let's make a deal."

  Yuan Hui took out his mobile phone and said, "Xiaoyou, bring your contract and camera up. Today is finally open."

   Taking advantage of the time Guanbaozhai made the contract, Wang Yi inquired: "Mr. Yuan, do you collect a lot of collectibles from the 1970s and 1980s?"

   "Do you want to ask about the red collectibles?" Yuan Hui asked.

  Wang Yi nodded: "Yes."

   Yuan Hui said: "I received it, but not much. In the 1990s, it was almost wiped out by businessmen in Shanghai."

  Wang Yi remembered the set of porcelain sculptures at Wang Xianghong's house and asked, "I don't know if you have heard of a set of porcelain sculptures. It was produced in Jingde area, called "Rent Collection Courtyard". There are quite a few in one set..."

   "Does the white porcelain burning in the rent collection courtyard tell about the big landlord Liu Wencai bullying the people?" Yuan Hui immediately answered.

  Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, this is it."

   Yuan Hui's eyes lit up, and he asked with interest: "Do you have this set of porcelain? Are you sure it's a set? A set of fifty-four porcelains in total."

  Wang Yi said vaguely: "It's hard to say whether it's a set or not. I've also seen it at a relative's house, so I have an impression."

Yuan Hui said: "If this set of porcelain ware is complete, it is worth a lot of money. It would be worth a total of 200,000 yuan. But as long as the value is less than one, it will be bad. If it is a few alone, it is worthless. Eighty yuan, you can see it in the scattered market."

  Wang Yi wasn't sure if Wang Xianghong's house was a complete set, and it wasn't his own, he was just curious to ask.

   So he changed the subject and asked: "Then why don't you go to the market to collect scattered pieces?"

   "Change change for whole money?" Yuan Hui said with a smile: "This is not feasible, because at the time of firing, each furnace came out differently. There are words below, which are gifts for each model commune."

   Wang Yi nodded.

   He thought for a while and then asked, "Do you understand that fish maw?"

  Yuan Hui said: "The water of isinglass is deep, and I have a little understanding, but this is just empty talk and useless. If you need to identify isinglass in the future, you have to get the real thing, and I will see it on the spot."

  Wang Yi said: "I'll take this with me."

   He opened the backpack and took out the whole package of fish gelatin.

  Yuan Hui leaned over to take a look.

   then slammed into his shoulders.

  Wang Yi looked up in amazement.

   Yuan Hui looked at the fish glue and asked, "Little brother, you just emphasized that the monkey ticket is worth a suite, don't you have a house yet?"

   Wang Yi said: "No."

   Yuan Hui said: "Then you will have it right away, at least you have a down payment!"

   (end of this chapter)

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