The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

　　 The stall owner took out a leather bag, wrapped two pieces of things in newspaper, and looked about the same size.

　　 Zhang Nan took one. At the Nanyang street stall night market, there are not so many "porcelain not handy" rules.

　　 opened it, "Oh, yes, Tang octagonal diamond mirror."

　　 took out his flashlight, turned it on and looked at it carefully.

　　 The stall was surrounded by cloth curtains at the back and on both sides. Guan Xingquan and the stall owner stood side by side in front. People outside could not see what Zhang Nan was watching.

　　 This octagonal rhombus-shaped bronze mirror has a diameter of 22 and three centimeters, and the inside is round and round buttons.

　　 With the button as the center, four peonies form a flower-shaped button seat. The buttons are surrounded by unicorns, peonies, phoenixes, and luan birds, and are decorated with four broken branches with leaves and blooming flowers.

　　 The mirror is shining brightly. Zhang Nan scraped a small amount of patina on his head with his nails, and found that the green embroidery was very strong and not artificial.

　　 There are already imitation bronze mirrors, but the decoration and distress are still very naive, belonging to the kindergarten stage.

　　 The bronze mirror was placed on the finger, and the finger tapped on the edge. The sound was good, and the mirror body should be free of cracks or dark injuries.

The stall owner heard Zhang Nan’s words, coupled with his professional-level actions, and said with a smile: “That’s right, the boss is an expert, so what can’t be the difference between what we brought out! I’m earning a bite to eat at this train station and I don’t have any real things. How can I keep going."

　　 Zhang Nan smiled, put the Linghuajing in a pack of newspaper and put it aside.

　　 took another paper bag and opened it.

　　 "The boss is good."

　　 Saying nonsense in front of the expert is a drop in price, and they will not sell it to you. Everyone knows how to make a reasonable transaction price.

　　 "That is, we won't take out those little guys. We bought these two bronze mirrors for a lot of money."

　　 Little guy, small size, low-grade bronze mirror.

　　 The stall owner said it very proudly.

　　 is also proud of the owner, these two bronze mirrors are really good!

　　 Zhang Nan is holding the face mirror in his hand, which is at least 25 cm in diameter, and it is most likely from the Tang Dynasty.

　　 If the two bronze mirrors were purchased from the same person, it is very likely that they came from a tomb of a husband and wife in the Tang Dynasty that is not too small, and it should be an official tomb.

　　 In ancient times, not only women were buried with mirrors, men had to be dressed up, and there were usually bronze mirrors in the tombs.

　　Furthermore, those who were capable of building brick tombs were either landlords or officials. Bronze mirrors are sparsely buried, and the difference lies in the size and craftsmanship of the bronze mirrors.

　　 Zhang Nan took a closer look, and even asked the stall to take a 5x magnifying glass to take a closer look. This is the case in every stall in the night market.

　　Customers need to see clearly. If you don’t have a magnifying glass, you will have to run away if you don’t pay attention.

　　 This mythical beast mirror is round, round button, and round button seat. The mouths of the two animals have their tails around the button seat, and the outside is a hexagonal double-line concave border.

　　 The inner area is decorated with six beasts, separated by a double-line concave border, and there is a circle of words in the outer area, but Zhang Nan has not yet recognized it.

After 　　, the outer circle is decorated with the zodiac pattern, and there is a circle of ornaments on the outermost edge, which is similar to the pattern of entanglement, but there are differences.

　　 The black oxide layer is thick, there is almost no patina, even the mirror surface can still show people's shadows!

　　 "This sacred beast mirror has a unique shape, complicated patterns, well-made, and extremely exquisite! Rare, rare! Good thing!" Zhang Nan already liked the two bronze mirrors in his heart.

　　 Especially the mythical beast mirror in my hand is definitely the top item among the Tang Mirrors. The two bronze mirrors should be cast by the Tang Dynasty government-run workshops with superb craftsmanship!

　　 "Boss, you have a good flashlight."

　　 Zhang Nan didn't speak, just watching. The stall owner has never seen this kind of flashlight in Zhang Nan's hand. It is small, and the light is not as red as the "three-segment flashlight" that can be bought, nor is it as white and dazzling as the rare glare flashlights. It looks like under the light. I can't help but say that I can't help but look at goods during the day.

　　 "It's ok, a friend gave it."

　　 I didn’t want to say more: This flashlight is an imported product. The color temperature of the light is about 5300K, which is similar to the color temperature of the sun at noon.

　　 Looking at things, especially porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, etc., generally need to be viewed under natural light, so that the color will not run off (running, because of the color temperature of the light, the color is wrong.).

　　 If it's in a room at night, at least it's under fluorescent lights.

　　 Therefore, antiques are usually traded in the daytime, and the final inspection has to be near the window, or even outside.

　　 But many of these transactions are at night, and this lamp is basically an incandescent lamp. Zhang Nan prepared such a flashlight with the help of a friend from an electromechanical company.

　　 Zhang Nan put down the bronze mirror in his hand and asked, "What's the price?"

　　 The stall owner pointed to the beast mirror: "500 yuan on this side, 350 yuan on that side."

　　Zhang Nan smiled, "Boss, we are from Jiangnan, but don't you think we are from Xiangjiang?"

too expensive!

　　 It's not that Zhang Nan can't afford it, but that although the two bronze mirrors are the best of the best, they are really not worth the price!

　　 In the mid-1990s, antique dealers from Henan Province went to Jiangnan Province. Generally, there were only one to two hundred, two to three hundred bronze mirrors that were decent. Zhang Nan, who was about the same grade as this magical beast mirror, had seen it twice, and they were all sold for about 1,000 yuan.

　　 And the salary at that time was four to five times what it is now.

　　 "The boss, you make a price."

　　 The stall owner was not annoyed, shouting prices all over the sky and returning the money on the ground.

　　 "I'll give you a real price, 250 yuan for this beast mirror, and 150 on the other."

　　 The wages of workers in the national factories in Henan province are only 60 or 70 per month.

　　 "This is too little, I have to lose money at this price!" The stall owner was unwilling.

　　 "Boss, you collected these two mirrors from Tufuzi, and they totaled up to 200 yuan and killed them."

　　 Zhang Nan said very sure, who would let him know the market.

　　 This is also caused by the current market situation of popular bronzes and low prices of porcelain. Didn’t Zhang Nan spend 200 yuan to buy a large plate of Yongzheng Guan kiln blue and white wearing flowers and dragon patterns.

　　 By the 90s, the price of that large plate will be much higher than the two bronze mirrors.

　　 But in the 21st century, it’s hard to tell. The two are not comparable ~www.readwn.com~ There is a saying here, depending on how you ship.

　　 Antiques are like this. The price fluctuates with the changes of the times. For thirty years in Hedong and Hexi in thirty years, no one knows what the future will be except Zhang Nan.

　　 Such a good bronze mirror is sold at this price?

　　 This is the fact, who said that tomb robbers will definitely make a fortune?

　　 a low-grade bronze mirror, this will cost a few dollars, a dozen or twenty! Just now, Zhang Nan had seen a few of them in other stalls and sold them in a pile of jade.

　　 Except for a very small number of gangs that can make a fortune, let alone in the 1980s, even in 2010 or so, many tutors just had enough food and clothing.

Twenty years later, Zhang Nan knew that there were a few familiar tutors. In a few years, he dug dozens of ancient tombs. As a result, he was still struggling with food and clothing. .

　　 Even if you are lucky enough to dig out good things, most of it will be made by middlemen and shippers.

　　 "This price is really not good, and such a good thing will not come across in a few years." The stall owner was still reluctant, but after thinking about it, he said, "You can take it away if you add up to 500 yuan on both sides."

　　 Zhang Nan felt that this stall owner was also a good business man, and he probably refused to bargain any more.

　　 After speaking, he took out a wad of money from his pocket, and pointed out 50 pieces of "Great Unity" to the stall owner. On the other side, Guan Xingquan took the two bronze mirrors out of the newspaper, re-wrapped them in front of them, and stuffed them into his own bag.

Although it is a joke to drop the bag under Guan Xingquan’s eyes, Zhang Nan has already confessed to him about the clear rules on both sides of the money and goods. Welcome to visit and read, the latest, fastest and most. Huo's serial works are all at ~www.readwn.com~ mobile phone users, please go to read.