V1.Chapter 18 (1/2)

The antique market in Dongshi is different from the antique street in the commercial street. There are shops on the antique street. There are many genuine goods and large transactions. The antique market is dominated by barren goods, that is, the antiques purchased from the countryside, mixed with some modern craft imitations, which can be described as fish eyes mixed with pearls, less true and more false. But it is also the place where you can practice your eyesight and collect your skills, so many people are willing to visit here.

As soon as the four entered the market, a stall owner recognized Xia Shao, waved warmly and said, ”yo! Xiao Xia, here again?”

”Xiao Xia, come here, the new goods here, come here and palm your hand?”

”Eh, isn't this professor Zhou's nephew and grandson? Why did you come with Xiao Xia? Do you know each other?”

”Uncle Wu, we are classmates.” pangdun scratched his head back.

”Oh! Are you classmates? Oh, it's really... For so many years, I didn't know that the two youngest Tibetan friends in the market were classmates. My business is really...” Wu Shuhai said with a smile.

Over the years, because Professor Zhou likes to collect, pangdun has followed him several times and got familiar with some stall owners in the market.

Xia Shao often came to the antique market. At first, these friends didn't know. It was two years ago that Liu Cuicui and Du Ping came to the antique market with their classmates and happened to meet her. They knew that Xia Shao often came. Later, pangdun also knew about it, but the three just thought she was influenced by Professor Zhou and liked to visit. They didn't think she would really pick up the leak. After all, picking up the leak also depends on her eyesight.

Liu Cuicui and Du Ping think they don't have such eyesight, while pangdun has been influenced by Professor Zhou in recent years. Although he has learned some knowledge of antique identification, his eyesight is undoubtedly very shallow. Even though Xia Shao and pangdun have studied with Professor Zhou, their eyesight is not much worse.

The Duan Inkstone collected by Professor Zhou five years ago during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty initially cost 100 yuan. Now if you take it to auction, the reserve price is at least 30000 according to the market situation, and it is basically more than 100000! If you meet a collector who likes Duanyan, the price can be high.

When the stall owner who sold the Duan Inkstone missed it, he regretted that he had to beat his chest and feet, but he had nothing to do. Antiques is a very special industry, which pays attention to eating by eyesight. In this industry, there is no fraud, and there are no rules for returning goods. Because buying and selling antiques is a contest in the field of knowledge between the two sides, maybe the seller missed, maybe the buyer bought a fake and bought it wrong. They can only sum up their own experiences and lessons and can't blame others. Therefore, most people dare not set foot in antique shops. The difficulty lies in the authenticity.

However, this is the charm of this industry.

Xia Shao came to Wu's stall. According to Liu Cuicui and Du Ping, some ancient jade, porcelain, copper coins, calligraphy and painting were put together at random, which looked ancient and looked like real.

”Come on, little students, look at these. They are all old objects collected in the countryside. Maybe they can pick up leaks!” the owner of the stall Wu smiled and drew the area in the left corner, motioning Xia Shao to see the objects in this place.

When Xia Shao saw it, he smiled and looked at it without talking.

Wu Shuhai sighed at her expression. Over the past five years, he has also touched some ways about Xia Shao's temperament. However, if she smiles like this, it means that he basically won't do it today. He also wondered why she was not old, but her smile always made him feel unfathomable, as if he could see his ideas and the collection on the stall at a glance.

If Xia Shao knew what Wu Shuhai thought at this time, he would probably praise his keen intuition. In fact, there are genuine goods on this stall, but it is not in the area Wu Shuhai pointed out to them. Naturally, these antique vendors are not stupid. They will identify the items received in the countryside first. Some can be determined to be genuine. Who is willing to mix them with fake goods to reduce their value? Those genuine goods are often traded privately, and the transaction price is kept confidential. The rest of the objects that are newly imitated or uncertain at first sight will be classified into another category. Generally, such objects are used by laymen.

Although Xia Shao and pangdun are no longer laymen, they are both students with ordinary family background. In short, they have no money. They can't afford it.

In the antique industry, there has always been a market in the city, depending on the asking price. When you open the door to do business, you are trying to make a profit. Since Wu Shuhai knew that they were poor students and could not afford genuine goods, he naturally asked them to choose among the cheap ones. Those things are not worth a lot of money, but if you sell one, you will have money for today's meal.

Xia Shao didn't even know how to do it. He just smiled and looked at it. He knew that there was no genuine product in the pile. Pangdun squatted down and looked at a few things. Finally, he stood up and said, ”Uncle Wu, let's go to another place.”

”Why, I don't like it? Don't introduce it. Let's have a look. It's your summer vacation? That's just right. It's good to buy one and go back to play. Isn't it?” although there are no rules of forced buying and selling in any industry, Wu Shuhai naturally has to make the last effort for today's meal money.

Pangdun would never refuse people. After listening to the stall owner's words to stay, he scratched his head with embarrassment.

Xia Shao smiled and said, ”Uncle Wu, let's go for a walk again. Maybe we'll turn back in a while.”

Wu Shuhai couldn't say anything for a moment, so he had to look at the four people with a smile and go elsewhere.

After looking at more than a dozen stalls, Liu Cuicui didn't find any leakage to pick up. However, Liu Cuicui took a fancy to a jade bracelet in one stall. The bracelet looks like an old jade with a rope tied to it.