12 Million for a Bowl!
Hearing the words of the two old men,
Shen Xu was stunned. He didn't know if he had picked up a drop or if he had caught a glimpse of it.
He had not even identified the true origin of this antique.
Or perhaps the system had already identified it, but he was not knowledgeable enough to determine the true origin of the small bowl.
This antique was indeed real. Since the antique was real, it was not considered eye-catching.
Shen Xu was conflicted.
However, he thought about it.
Regardless of whether it was eye-catching or picking up the leftovers, he would not lose out. Why was he so conflicted?
This Gao Dahu was really his lucky star. He would give him more year-end bonuses as compensation!
When Huang Yuanhao heard that Shen Xu's small bowl was so awesome, he was extremely envious. He wanted to snatch the small bowl over.
However, since the old master said that this small bowl was so precious, the price should not be just over 1 million, right?
Thinking of this, he could not help but ask,
"Grandpas, how much can this small bowl be sold for?”
Before the elders could speak, Huang Wenjun could not help but say angrily,
"Vulgar, vulgar, unbearably vulgar! All you know is money. This is a national treasure! Can it be measured by money?"
Huang Wenjun didn't have a chance to speak with the elders around. He was feeling depressed. When he heard Huang Yuanhao's words, he grabbed Huang Yuanhao and lectured him.
Huang Yuanhao felt wronged and muttered,
"Even if it's a priceless treasure, there's still a price to measure!”
At this moment, Elder Qian laughed.
"Wenjun, Lil Hao isn't young anymore. Don't always educate him like a child.”
Huang Wenjun glared at Huang Yuanhao and said,
"Elder Qian is right, but no matter how old the child is, he still has to be reprimanded if he says something wrong!”
Shen Xu saw that his best friend was in trouble and hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
"Uncle Huang, calm down. It just so happens that I also have plans to make a move. Let the few old men estimate the price!”
Huang Wenjun said to Huang Yuanhao in disappointment,
"Look at Little Xu. Learn from him. Don't run to the countryside like a stick.”
Huang Wenjun's depression was almost gone.
He turned to Elder Qian and said,
"Uncle Qian, you have participated in the most auctions, so you should be very familiar with the price.”
Huang Wenjun said,
Shen Xu could still hear Huang Yuanhao mumbling not far away.
"You still say that I'm vulgar? Aren't you the same?”
Shen Xu could not help but find it funny.
However, he had no choice. After all, he was his son and his father.
Elder Qian pondered for a moment before saying,
"I did see a Qianlong jade bowl like this before, but I saw it at a small auction in the antique circle.”
"At that time, that jade bowl looked similar to this one. The auction price was 8 million!”
The so-called auction in the antique circle was a small-scale auction organized by collectors in their antique shops or tea houses in order to sell good antiques at a high price.
There was no handling fee for this kind of auction, so the price Elder Qian mentioned was the actual price!
However, Shen Xu suddenly remembered the system notification and asked,
"Elder Qian, do you know Zhu Yongtai?”
Elder Qian nodded and said,
"Of course I know. Zhu Yongtai is from Suzhou and was a palace jade carving master during the Qianlong period.”
" The jade carvings he made have simple and vigorous artistic features. One of his most famous jade carvings is 'Yu the Great's Flood Control Jade Mountain'. The jade mountain stands tall like a peak, showing the scene of Yu the Great commanding people to cut mountains and chisels on cliffs to dredge the flood!”
"The back of Jade Mountain is engraved with hundreds of words of imperial poems and seals. It is a priceless treasure that Zhu Yongtai spent ten years to complete! It was still behind the Happy Longevity Hall in Harmony Garden.”
At this point, Elder Qian asked in confusion,
"Why are you suddenly asking about this person? Could it be…"
As he spoke, Elder Qian seemed to have thought of something. He hurriedly picked up the small bowl again and observed it with a magnifying glass.
When the other three heard this, they also reacted. They picked up the magnifying glass and carefully observed the small bowl.
Not long after,
Elder Wang was the first to finish reading.
He sighed and shook his head.
"Ah, this is indeed Zhu Yongtai's craftsmanship. The embossed sculpture technique of the 'Light and Shadow Concave-Projection Technique' is Zhu Yongtai's unique technique.”
"I'm old, I'm old. I didn't expect that I, Wang Heling, would be so shrewd all my life that I would make an eye on this small bowl when I'm old!”
When Elder Zhao heard this, he comforted her,
"Old Wang, don't say that. It's not eye-catching. We've only seen Zhu Yongtai's Light and Shadow Concave Technique in photos. This is the first time we've seen it in real life!”
Shen Xu thought to himself,'If you're already eye-catching, then what about me?'
Elder Wang's entire spirit was a little dispirited. He said with a bitter smile,
"How is this not eye-catching? Zhu Yongtai's work is worth 4 million more than the others!，You don't have to find excuses for me."
"Fortunately, this time it was for Little Xu, and there were no outsiders here. Otherwise, my reputation in the antique circle would be ruined.”
Indeed, the antique circle was not big, but it was not small. Anything in the circle spread very quickly.
In the antique industry, the most important thing to do was to have a good reputation. If your reputation was ruined, who would ask you to do it?
When Huang Yuanhao heard Elder Wang's words, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped open as he said,
"Doesn't that mean this bowl costs 12 million yuan?”
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