Jianbao life

Chapter 760 Warren's Small Abacus
Kelly's mother is probably ten years younger than Warren, and she is well maintained and well-dressed. From a distance, she looks like a beautiful young woman.

Chu Chen felt that if Kelly's parents walked together, they would look like a father and daughter from a distance. It was hard to imagine that this would be a couple who had been married for more than 20 years.

Of course, when Chu Chen thinks this way, he also judges it from the perspective of Easterners. In the eyes of Westerners, this kind of age difference can only be said to be normal, and it cannot be regarded as an old husband and young wife at all.

The two sides exchanged a few polite words, and Warren introduced the topic of horses to antiques. He smiled and asked, "Chu, I heard from my daughter that you have a very powerful master."

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "Yes, my master is very good at identifying antiques. He has a high prestige in the industry in my country."

"I really envy you. You can be accepted as a disciple by such a master, unlike me who can only figure it out by myself and take a lot of detours!"

At this point, Warren let out a long sigh, and then he apologized and said: "Chu, after my daughter came back, she told me that my learning method was wrong. Can't you guide me?"

Kelly asked after hearing the words: "Daddy, do you still want to buy antiques in the future?"

Warren also understood what his daughter meant. He spread his hands and said, "Oh! Kelly, after all, this is my only hobby. You don't want to take it away, do you? And I'm completely interested in this aspect, so I don't necessarily want to buy it. It’s always okay to appreciate and learn, right?”

Seeing what her father said, Kelly had no reason to object.Therefore, Warren turned his attention to Chu Chen again.

Chu Chen said: "Mr. Warren, with all due respect, your previous learning method is only suitable for beginners. If you want to study in depth, in addition to reading some more professional books that are biased towards academic methods, it is best to find Some enthusiasts in this field discuss together, in the words of our industry, it is to find the right circle.”

Warren frowned and said, "Chu, I can understand what you said, but among the people I know, except for that antique dealer, no one else is interested in studying Chinese antiques. The circle like you said is also very difficult. Can you talk about other learning methods?"

Chu Chen replied: "Then you can only rely on yourself. The main thing is to learn more, watch more, buy less, and summarize more. If you memorize these words, and if you have good talent, then you will become a It is not difficult for experienced old collectors."

Warren nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and then he asked with a smile: "Chu, I wonder if you can introduce me to some professional books?"

Chu Chen thought for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "I have been reading books in Chinese. As for whether there are English versions, I am not sure. How about sending them to you by e-mail after I go back and check them?" ?”

"Thank you so much!"

Warren quickly expressed his thanks to Chu Chen, and then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he said quickly: "Chu, speaking of Chinese books, I still have a few ancient books from your country, I wonder if I can trouble you to help Let me check the authenticity of the book?"

"Okay! So you're waiting for me here!"

Chu Chen muttered to himself, before, he always thought that foreigners should be straightforward when speaking and doing things, but from Warren, he felt that foreigners acted the same way as Chinese people. The last thing to do is to get down to business.Of course, this could also be the case with Warren's character.

Closer to home, since Chu Chen came here for the antiques of Warren, he has no reason to refuse now, so he readily agreed to Warren's request.

Let his daughter be in charge of entertaining Wu Ke and the others, and then Warren took Chu Chen to his study.

Warren's study, in addition to the European style, also has a lot of Chinese classical charm. From this, it can be seen that Warren should really like Chinese culture.

"Chu, wait a moment, I'll go get the things out."

After talking to Chu Chen, Warren walked into the study. Chu Chen saw from a distance that there seemed to be a safe there.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen felt a little funny in his heart. It was so solemnly put in the safe, how could Warren not know the value of the things.

Some friends may say, how can you know the authenticity of something based on Warren's level?But everyone, don't forget that these few days Warren should have appraised the things that Chu Chen helped to appraise the day before yesterday, and asked someone else to appraise them again. Chu Chen didn't believe that he would not appraise the rest of the things together.

Since Warren appraised it, but did not sell it at the time, it may have made an appointment with Chu Chen in advance. If it is sold, it is not easy to explain to Chu Chen. Another reason Chu Chen thinks is the most important reason may be that Warren I feel that the price he gave is high, so of course I will definitely sell it to him.

But if Warren thought that Chu Chen would buy all his things at the market price, he would be very wrong.

If it is something like the official kiln porcelain gourd bottle, Chu Chen is willing to buy it at the market price he gave. After all, such antiques are more precious and have high collection and research value, even if they are bought at the market price. , he will not suffer.

But if it is something more commonplace, Chu Chen will definitely lower the price. After all, he is not a philanthropist. Although favors must be talked about, it doesn't necessarily mean that he will always do things that harm himself and benefit others, right?
While Warren was picking things up, Chu Chen looked around, and saw that the study room was relatively simple, with bookshelves on one side, and some books on management and antiques on it, but among these books, Chu Chen, I also saw that the title of a book is actually called XX Tian Teach You to Learn Antique Appraisal.

Seeing the title of this book, Chu Chen thought it was a bit funny. If XX days taught you how to type, then it was still possible, but in the field of antique appraisal, except for those with supernatural powers like him, which one of them would spend a lifetime using it? Come to study?
Therefore, judging from the title of the book, Chu Chen felt that the content in the book was a little unreliable. It would be difficult to rely on such a book to learn antique appraisal without going astray.

On the opposite side of the bookcase is an antique cabinet, on which are some antiques such as porcelain or jade ornaments. Because Chu Chen is used to not using supernatural powers, he doesn't know whether these things are real or not.

Just as Chu Chen was about to walk over to appreciate it, he saw Warren walking over with a dozen or so thread-bound books.

After putting all the books on the desk in the room, Warren said with a smile on his face: "Chu, please let me take a look first. I still have two things over there."

Seeing that Chu Chen smiled and said it was okay, he walked back to the safe.

Warren brought a total of twelve books. The first book was called "Planting and Weaving", which was written by the painter Lou Chou during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. His works were highly praised and praised by the emperors of all dynasties.The emperor pushes three times, the queen kisses silkworms, men farm and women weave. This is a beautiful picture of small-scale peasant economy in ancient China.

Lou Chou in the Southern Song Dynasty drew 45 pieces of "Poems of Farming and Weaving", including 21 pictures of farming and 24 pictures of weaving.Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty toured the south, and after seeing "Poems of Farming and Weaving", he was moved by the coldness of the Weaver Girl and the pain of the farmers, and ordered the inner court to enshrine Jiao Bingzhen to redraw on the basis of the building paintings, including 23 farming pictures and [-] weaving pictures. And make a poem for each chapter.

The "Picture of Farming and Weaving" in Chu Chen's hand is the version of the Kangxi period. The ancient book is quite well preserved without any damage. Based on the appearance and preciousness of this book, he estimates that the price in the market should be around About 20 RMB.

In addition to this "Picture of Farming and Weaving", the other eleven books are all part of the collection of "Imperial Collection of Ancient and Modern Books".

"Imperial Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" was compiled by imperial order of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty.Originally compiled by Chen Menglei, the original name was "Ancient and Modern Book Collection", and the first draft was completed from October of the 40th year of Kangxi to April of the 45th year of Kangxi.When Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne, he ordered Jiang Yanxi and others to reedit and proofread it.

This series of books is divided into six compilations: Lixiang, Fangyu, Minglun, Natural History, Neo-Confucianism, and Economics, with 32 classics and sub-divisions, a total of [-] volumes, each of which is reviewed separately according to different situations .It is the largest surviving class book in Chinese history.

This book was typesetting with copper movable type in the fourth year of Yongzheng, and completed in the sixth year of Yongzheng. Together with a trial printing sample, a total of 65 volumes were printed, each with [-] volumes of text, [-] volumes of catalog, and [-] volumes.Two kinds of paper are used for the printed version, one is printed on Kaihua paper and the other is printed on Taishilian paper.Both kinds of paper are of high quality, finely printed, gorgeously bound and beautiful.

The eleven classics written by Warren belong to the two categories of Neo-Confucianism and Economics in the Collection of Imperial Books of Ancient and Modern Times. Among them, Neo-Confucianism accounts for eight and Economics accounts for three. All are printed on civilized paper. Although the quality of the books is not as good as that just now This "Plowing and Weaving Picture", but the degree of completeness is quite good.

"Imperial Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" has sporadically appeared in the market and auctions, but most of them are printed on Taishilian paper, and printed on Kaihua paper is rare.And it was the first time that Chu Chen saw such a large number of printed copies of Kaihua paper that were preserved relatively completely, whether it was in the market or at an auction.

From this point, we can also see the preciousness of Warren's set of books.

However, "Imperial Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" is much more common in the market than the previous "Plowing and Weaving Map", and the base of this series of books is too large. Although Warren's books are relatively precious, the price on the market is 18%. It is lower than "Plowing and Weaving Map".In terms of appearance, Chu Chen estimated that the combined value of these eleven books should be around [-].

(End of this chapter)