Chapter 284 There is no darkest
Chen Jianye just looked at them row by row.
After looking at two rows, he moved his position.
Until you see the seventh column.
Chen Jianye finally slowed down the time he spent looking at antiques.
His eyes were fixed on a glass cup, staring at it intently.
Qiu Jibin and Yang Haoming saw Chen Jianye's attitude change, and they followed Chen Jianye's gaze and looked at the glass cup.
“This thing looks like it really is like that.”
"Jianye, do you want me to take it down for you?"
Yang Haoming looked at it carefully for several times, but he was still unsure.
Still the same as before.
When he arrived at Panjiayuan, Yang Haoming felt a little nervous.
In addition, this place has a mixture of real and fake antiques. It's so hard to pick out a real item from dozens of fakes that your eyes are dazzled before you even pick one.
Even if he really came across the real thing, Yang Haoming would not dare to make any judgment.
"I come."
Chen Jianye reached out and took the glass cup, holding it in his hand and gently playing with it, stroking it.
He does benchwork and his fingers have a very keen sense of touch.
The surface of the workpiece in contact is thin or thick, or how rough it is.
Just run the tip of your finger over the surface of the workpiece and you will know as soon as you touch it.
Today, he uses a similar method when he touches the surface of antiques with his fingers.
With top-notch craftsmanship, production techniques and raw materials, the surface of the antiques is very exquisite.
Touch it with your fingers and it will be lubricated.
Fakes can at best be similar in appearance, but not in spirit.
In the most basic areas, a slight gap would be infinitely magnified in Chen Jianye's hands.
Chen Jianye played with it for a while and then put the glass bottle back to its place.
"true or false?"
Yang Haoming asked impatiently.
"You try it."
Chen Jianye said with a smile.
Yang Haoming picked up the glass bottle, looked at it carefully, stroked it, and finally shook his head: "To be honest, I can't tell the difference."
"It's fake. Use two fingers to stretch out and touch the mouth of the inner bottle."
Chen Jianye reminded.
Yang Haoming followed Chen Jianye's instructions and stroked the mouth of the inner bottle: "It seems to have some waves."
"Yes, if it is genuine, there will be no waves at the mouth of the inner bottle."
Chen Jianye said with a smile.
"Is ancient craftsmanship so amazing? Isn't it normal for the mouth of the bottle to shrink after being heated and produce waves?"
Qiu Jibin couldn't believe it.
"The craftsmanship of the ancients was not that amazing. It was just that the people they served were princes and nobles, so the craftsmen would review their own works. Before sending them to the clan house, there would also be officials responsible for checking the quality of the porcelain."
“Once there is even a tiny flaw, the only outcome is that it will be broken into pieces, so defective products with wavy rims on the inner bottles will not be passed down.”
Chen Jianye explained.
"What if the craftsman got sick or something happened, and asked his apprentice to do the job, so the bad glass bottles were sent to the clan house?"
Qiu Jibin questioned.
"The hypothesis you mentioned is indeed possible, but I don't have the time to figure it out, nor do I need to."
"I buy antiques for peace of mind and to value their future value. If there are flaws, I can only use them as ornaments when I take them home. Why would I gamble?"
Chen Jianye said very honestly.
Only antiques made with the most advanced craftsmanship have extremely high value.
Some antiques cannot be sold at high prices even if they are very old and have defects.
"Jianye is right. There are more than 20 shops in Panjiayuan alone. There is no need to rush to buy things."
“Even if you buy something, you have to buy something that is 100% authentic.”
Yang Haoming echoed.
"Okay, you two are experts, you two can take a look."
Qiu Jibin waved his hand.
As the old saying goes, every profession has its specialties.
Qiu Jibin knew that he didn't understand, and he was too lazy to make random suggestions for fear of being disliked.
Chen Jianye continued reading.
There was no object on the remaining three rows of wooden shelves that was worth his attention for more than ten seconds.
After looking at one wooden rack, Chen Jianye continued to look at the second one.
There are three wooden shelves in this shop.
If Chen Jianye wants to finish reading it, he will have to put in some effort.
On the second wooden shelf, Chen Jianye continued to examine the antiques from top to bottom smoothly, one by one.
This ensures that he can examine every antique.
If you don't suit his taste, then you're naturally not destined to be together.
If there are relatively authentic antiques, Chen Jianye will take a closer look.
You can even take it in your hands, rub it gently, and look at the colorful paintings on the antiques.
But the result is the same, fake is fake.
Until Chen Jianye saw an antique in the second to last column of the second shelf.
It was a jade bracelet.
Chen Jianye picked up the jade bracelet, rubbed it gently in his hand, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
This bracelet is genuine.
Although the material used is mutton-fat jade, which is not top-grade, the workmanship is acceptable.
It can be described as moist and smooth.
"Haoming, can you help me ask how much this bracelet costs? It can be bought for less than eighty yuan."
Chen Jianye thought about it and handed the bracelet to Yang Haoming.
“Is this thing genuine?”
Yang Haoming took it with both hands.
"It's pretty much the same. Even if it's 'very fake' as you said, it's still worth buying it for 80 yuan."
Chen Jianye said.
"Got it."
"Keep looking, I'll get you a quote."
A smile appeared on Yang Haoming's face.
Chen Jianye continued to scan the antiques.
After looking through the second wooden cabinet, Chen Jianye did not see any other real item except the bracelet.
"What the hell, I thought those old people were extremely evil, but I didn't expect that they would be the ones who would eat people without leaving any bones if they just walked into a store."
Chen Jianye cursed in his heart.
In the past, when he dealt with the old folks, there would be at least two or three genuine items on a row of wooden shelves.
This store is so bad that there is only one real item in two rows of wooden shelves.
It can be called a shady shop among shady shops.
No wonder Yang Haoming has repeatedly mentioned that the antique circle is very complicated.
It's really a case of killing people without any compensation.
It is harder to find a bargain than to buy a lottery ticket.
"Jianye, Mr. Liu wants one hundred dollars for this jade bracelet."
Yang Haoming came back with the jade bracelet and said in a low voice.
"Then don't do it."
Chen Jianye said casually, with no intention of bargaining or negotiating.
He didn't really want the jade bracelet in the first place, he was just interested and asked about the price.
If the price is cheap, he will buy it for Ran Qiuye to wear as an ornament.
If it's expensive, then don't consider it.
One hundred dollars is enough to buy two antiques in good condition.
No matter how much money you have, this is not the way to spend it.
Yang Haoming put the bracelet back on the wooden frame.
"One hundred dollars, tsk tsk."
"Haoming, you have to be careful when you collect antiques. If you bring back a piece of junk, we'll both have to eat coarse food."
Qiu Jibin reminded.
"You don't even need to tell me that. I won't do any business worth more than fifty dollars."
Yang Haoming said with a smile.
"That's fine. We just need to make a little money a month to spend. Don't even think about making a lot of money."
Qiu Jibin nodded.
An ordinary jade bracelet costs one hundred yuan, what if it is fake.
If both of them share the cost, they will lose fifty dollars.
This loss is Qiu Jibin’s monthly income, and he really can’t afford it.
Not to mention Yang Haoming, his income is not even as good as Qiu Jibin's.
Chen Jianye continued to look at the antiques on the third row of wooden shelves.
This time he did take a fancy to two antiques, but because the prices were too high, Chen Jianye was not very interested.
For him, a 100,000-fold return is the baseline.
If you buy an antique for a hundred dollars and later sell it for no more than ten million, there is no need to buy it.
There are plenty of antiques anyway.
Why waste money on antiques that are not worth much?