The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

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At this point, Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan could also guess: This artifact should have been unearthed from Hunan Province in all likelihood, and Zhang Nan should have recognized it before.

How did it come from the United States? How did the lid and the body separate?

Who bought the 1 million silver dollars and 800,000 US dollars 66 years ago?

At that time, the U.S. dollar was worth a lot. One U.S. dollar was equivalent to at least two silver dollars.

Others have doubts, and Zhang Nan is clear. "There are two versions of the source of this object. The first is that it was unearthed in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province in 1922, based on Zhou Pan, a collector of the cover and a senior official of the Hunan Army. Interpretation materials before execution.

The second argument is that it was unearthed in another village in Taoyuan County in 1919, based on the visits and textual research of researchers from the Xiang Provincial Museum and records in "Taoyuan Republic of China".

At present, I believe that the second statement is more credible, and that high-ranking national-military officer is likely to have a wrong memory.

In fact, it doesn't matter, it's all in the same county anyway.

According to the latter statement, there had just been a heavy rain in the area at that time, and a farmer dug out the Suntian Quanfang Lei in his field after the rain.

However, the family didn't know its actual value at the time, and kept this thing at home as a homely item, until in 1924 an antique merchant named Shi went to their home after hearing the news. "

At this point, Zhang Nan felt that his mouth was a little weak, so he wanted to take out a cigarette, but he didn't bring him. Xiang Weirong knew that his brother-in-law was addicted to cigarettes, so he handed him a phoenix.

Because Henry was there, Zhang Nan spoke in English. After listening to the previous paragraph, Henry felt a little unbelievable and couldn't help saying: "Boss, this is incredible!"

He patted the heavy and "black ancient" body of the lei, "That family actually used a bronze vessel worth a million silver coins as a household container, it's incredible!"

Hearing this, Xiang Weirong, who had just smoked, smiled and said, "It's not surprising, it's just a documentary record. That's it.

Maybe true, maybe false.

If it were true, it would be normal. The early days of the Republic of China would be a very complicated era. From the perspective of antiques alone, the price of bronzes was extremely high at that time. In terms of prices, even many important artifacts were sold at higher prices than they are now. A lot more expensive!

Because collectors of that era admired bronzes.

But even if the price is extremely high, few people know it, and the concepts of antiques and cultural relics are not as popular as they are now..."

Is it universal?

In contrast, China has been able to Taobao at the scrap purchase station this year. After 20 years, it became popular: an ordinary copper plate can be fooled into millions by scammers, and then the people still believe it is true and are deceived by the "auction procedure". fee".

There are many people who don't even know after being deceived. They just think that others don't know the goods, and there are many stories about real antique lovers who are dumbfounded.

In the past few years, his brother-in-law Xiang Weirong has also gained considerable knowledge in antiques. If he reads more and listens more, he will soon become an expert.

"...The family said they were farmers, they were probably wealthy farmers, because they at least had their own land.

But even if you are a landlord, your level of education is very likely to be low..."

Xiang Weirong is talking to Henry, "...My hometown is in a village at the foot of a mountain facing the plain. There are about three or four hundred people in the village. My father was born in 1919, and his family has very few fields. Farmers, the maximum annual output in the fields is enough food rations.

At that time, it was a very extravagant thing for children in China’s rural areas to receive education. Fortunately, my grandfather was also a part-time job as a rural Taoist priest at the time, which was similar to the religious-religious people in the United States. There would be considerable extras every year. Income, so there was still some spare money at home.

When my father was 7 years old, he was sent to a private school in a large village next door. He was studying in a traditional Chinese micro private school. After three years of studying, he went home to help with farm work, or gave my grandpa out to do Taoist work. When the assistant.

After three years of literacy and study, he is already a real cultural person in the village.

There are about 40 people in the village between the ages of five and six with him, and only three have received this kind of systematic literacy education when they were young.

As for the other people in the village, they learned basic literacy in literacy classes after the founding of New China in their prime of life. This was the basic education situation in the rural areas of China's economically developed areas before liberation.

My father often said that in his youth, someone who could read a newspaper brought from the city and write a simple letter for others was very respected in the countryside, and he was respected. The batch of people is not blind.

At the beginning, many young people had never been to the county seat because they were illiterate. They had little knowledge and didn’t recognize these antiques and cultural relics. It was normal that the family didn’t smash this thing to sell scrap copper, or ask a coppersmith to give it. It’s already pretty good to make daily-use bronzes at home. At that time, hundreds of pounds of bronze might sell for a lot of money. "

Speaking of this, Xiang Weirong paused, and then said: "Perhaps the family actually knows that this is a treasure, but it is not necessarily true, but for an ordinary farmer at that time, it is very likely that having a heavy treasure is not a good thing. It's a disaster."

Zhang Nan was also listening and added: "Like me, when I won the award, I was doing confidential work like a spy, haha..."

When the antique merchant surnamed Shi saw the Suntian Quanfang Lei, he immediately expressed his willingness to buy it for 400 yuan. When the farmer saw that he had paid a lot of money, he also had a heart-warming eye. He kept his eldest son on the side of the antique dealer and told his eldest son to go to a nearby school with a device to ask a knowledgeable teacher.

From this point of view, the farmer’s son is very likely to be studying at school, and his family should be in a good condition.

If the antique dealer offered a price that was a bit more expensive than the price of copper, there would not be so much trouble: one second!

Unexpectedly, I was seen by the principal. The principal of this school saw the lid very unusually. After recognizing the inscription on the cover, he was overjoyed and expressed his willingness to buy a piece of ocean.

The kid rushed back and couldn't help shouting all the way, but when the antique dealer heard it from a distance, this one was also decisive. He immediately threw 400 yuan in the ocean and fled with his body!

"...This story has just begun. This antique dealer has a way out. He quickly sold this piece of scorpion to two big collectors in Shanghai for a price of 1 million silver dollars. .

The two put the lei on the ship to the United States 10 days later and sold it to the oil tycoon Rockefeller for a sky-high price of 800,000 US dollars. It is not known whether it was John Rockefeller or his son John Rockefeller Jr.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether it is Lao Tzu or his son. That Mr. Rockefeller really likes this treasure. It is estimated that he is still a perfectionist and is eager to buy a lid to make a complete device.

Back then, the oil tycoon entrusted someone to bring US$140,000 to the Huaxia acquisition device cover, but at this time the device cover was sold to a Hunan army commander named Zhou Pan for 3,000 silver dollars by the principal.

At that time, the Chinese warlords fought, and a regimental leader with real power was a powerful faction, and this Zhou Pan was also a ruthless character. After more than 20 years, he also served as the deputy commander of the Lieutenant General Corps.

This guy sat on the floor and started the price, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for half a million dollars, and the deal fell apart.

From then on, Qi Gai was kept secret, until after the founding of New China, Zhou Pan wanted to use Qi Gai in exchange for his own life, but he was unsuccessful and was executed during the Zhen-Fan period in 52 years.

Later, from 1956 to the present, the lid of the Satten Quanfang Lei has been kept in the Hunan Provincial Museum. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Nan himself didn’t understand, and seemed to be talking to himself: “It’s strange that Rockefeller later sold it because he couldn’t make up the trimmer. He should have been working in Japan since the 1950s and 1960s. Here, why did you get here?"

Frowning, he said to Henry: "Ask the producer, who the seller is, and see if you can figure out the origin of the thing."

Zhang Nan remembered that in 2001, this Sunten all-square ware appeared again and appeared at the Christie’s Asian Art Auction in New York.

Two well-known Huaxia Museums that heard the news jointly raised a sum of money and planned to buy it, but they lost the high price of more than 9 million U.S. dollars offered by a French collector.

At that time, this price seemed to be the highest price for Asian art!

In 2014, when the Christie’s Asian Art Auction in New York was preparing to auction the Sunten Quanfang Lei again, some people in China decided to go all out to bring this heavy object back to China: there was a letter from the Hunan Provincial Museum to the president of Christie’s Asia. The letter has attracted attention from all quarters.

The letter reads: "Your company will auction the Chinese Shang and Zhou Dynasty bronze gluttonous square ribs on March 20 in New York. Given its relationship with Hunan Province, we are very grateful for your offer to purchase in advance with our museum!

Confined to this museum as a non-profit trustee heritage custodian institution ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the funds needed to purchase the collection are all funded by all parties. Although we have worked hard today, only 20 million US dollars have been raised.

Therefore, I pray that you can agree to the transaction at this price (including your company's commission).

If this negotiation is allowed, we will pay three million US dollars in advance within one week, and the balance will be paid in two months.

I would like to reply and look forward to good news. "

At that time, many well-known Chinese collectors also jointly issued an open letter, appealing to Chinese collectors around the world: "I implore Chinese collectors at home and abroad to put the overall picture first in the auction, and do not drive up prices based on personal likes and dislikes, and look forward to the global Chinese Tibetan community's mutual help. To plan for future generations to contribute to the grand return of this national treasure, and to make another great story in the Chinese collection."

Later, it is said that Christie's actively communicated with the then owner of Safang Lei, and the buyer and the seller reached an agreement that the device would be donated to the Hunan Provincial Museum.

After that, this "king of bronze", who once set the highest transaction record of Asian art in the world auction market, finally returned to China and entered the museum.

As for how much money was spent, Zhang Nan doesn't know, this kind of thing may never be made public.

But I just feel: unhappy!

Very upset!

Pray for your party...

"Pray for you! In the 21st century, who will China pray for?!"

Shame!

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