Antiques with golden eyes

An outdoor tea restaurant in the flea market.

Shen Yu, who was sitting on a single wooden chair, looked very calm.

After looking through the soapstone seal in his hand several times, he became even more certain that he had found a treasure.

The value of this seal is at least one million.

Shen Yu made the appraisal purely with his eyesight and experience, and did not use the Golden Eyes for Appraising Treasures.

This is because the identification method of seals is different from that of other antiques.

For other antiques, you first check the authenticity and then compare the pros and cons.

As for seals, material is more important than anything else.

All knife skills, long hours, etc. have to be put to the back.

The first point in identifying a seal is to first look at what material the seal is made of.

The Shoushan or Chang fossils of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the modern Tianhuang and Chicken Blood Stones.

Stones have existed for hundreds of millions of years, so there is no need to talk about history.

If its material is good, it will be expensive; if its material is poor, it will be cheap.

It's that simple.

If you really want to make this seal reveal its true appearance, you will need some tools.

After all, the outer casing needs to be carefully cleaned, and vigorous efforts may damage the seal itself.

Bloodstone is composed of two parts: "earth" and "blood".

In ancient times, it and Chang fossil were actually the same kind of stone.

To put it simply, if it is red, it is chicken blood stone, and if it is not red, it is Changshi stone.

Now because chicken blood stone has been mined in other places, we can no longer say this.

But among the chicken blood stones, Changhua chicken blood stone is still the most expensive.

The "blood" of chicken blood stone is actually a mineral whose main component is cinnabar.

Many people don’t know what cinnabar is, but many people know its other name, which is cinnabar.

Whether a stone is precious or not mainly depends on the distribution of its blood color.

Blood color can be divided into bright red, true red, dark red, purple-red, etc.

The wider the blood area, the more brilliant it is, and the higher its value.

A piece of bloodstone, if the blood color accounts for 30% of the total area of ​​the stone, it is a high-grade bloodstone.

Those with blood color greater than 50 are very rare.

Those with blood color greater than 60 can be called treasures.

Those whose blood color is greater than 70 are treasures among treasures.

The real purpose has been achieved, now we need to quickly go back to the store to see the true appearance of this seal.

After dropping twenty yuan, Shen Yu walked quickly towards the antique city.

Entering Lantingju, there was only one person in the store, Lanya, who was quietly wiping various high-imitation porcelain in front of the antique shelf.

After asking, I found out that Li Qing'er took Liu Yan out for shopping.

Shen Yu handed the blue and white gourd bottle to Lan Ya.

"The bottle I just purchased today will test you to see if it can be dated."

Lan Ya smiled gently, took the porcelain bottle carefully, then walked slowly and placed it on the appreciation table.

She first turned it over and looked at it for a few times, then picked up a strong flashlight and shone it on the glaze and base of the porcelain.

"This should be a folk kiln imitation of the Jiajing official kiln blue and white gourd vase. The specific age should be the late Qing Dynasty or the early Republic of China. The technology is generally good, but the blue and white material used is a bit poor, resulting in poor color development and it looks worse than it does now. High imitation porcelain.

"The market value is about 3,000 yuan. If you find one you like, it can be sold for 5,000 yuan."

"Awesome." Shen Yu praised.

Lan Ya wiped the gourd bottle with a wet towel and placed it in a conspicuous empty space on the book shelf.

At the same time, the price is marked, 6888 yuan.

"That bottle is a bonus. The most important thing today is to pick up a seal." After washing his hands and face in the bathroom, Shen Yu wiped his face with a towel and smiled at Lan Ya.

After getting along for the past two months, Shen Yu was greatly impressed by Lan Ya's knowledge of antiques.

With this capable store manager, Shen Yu saves so much worry and effort, and he doesn’t know how much more relaxed he is every day.

"Seal? What material is it made of?" Lan Ya asked expectantly.

"You'll know after you see it for yourself."

Pulling up the curtains, Shen Yu placed the seal on the appreciation table and turned on the special desk lamp.

"Is this a bloodstone seal?"

Shen Yu nodded, "That's right."

"It seems to be covered with a special layer of paint, right?"

"It doesn't have to be paint, other dyes are also possible. Of course, it doesn't matter what the outer shell is. What is the proportion of bloodstone and blood inside is worth looking forward to."

He put a piece of cardboard on the appreciation table, put on gloves, and took out a wooden scraper. Shen Yu began to clean the red paint on the surface of the seal.

Shen Yu originally felt that it might be difficult to clean, after all, he didn’t know how long it had been wrapped.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the scraper touched the seal, a large piece of red paint on the watch case fell off by itself.

The next step is even easier, three times and five times divided by two, in less than half a minute, the whole square chapter "breaks out of its shell".

This is an extremely fine-textured Soapstone seal, with a dome shape, bright and pure blood color, fine carving, complete without cracks, patina, and very mellow.

After weighing it, the weight is about 90 grams.

Shen Yu shined the light on the soapstone seal.

For a moment, Shen Yu was also attracted by the beauty emanating from this square seal.

"Boss, you made a big mistake this time. This is an extremely rare Dahongpao bloodstone."

Shen Yu smiled and nodded in agreement.

The best quality is the one whose six sides are all red. This kind of bloodstone is also called "Dahongpao".

But in fact, red bloodstone basically does not exist.

As long as the proportion of learning blood reaches 70% and the bloodstone is gorgeous and psychic, it can be called "Dahongpao".

The red color of this square seal is like the setting sun of blood, with blood accounting for far more than 70%. The other colors are composed of black, blue, cyan and green.

Lanya suddenly said softly: "Boss, do you think there is a natural pattern on this?"

Shen Yu looked at where Lanya was pointing and couldn't help but be stunned.

Somewhere on the surface of the seal, a landscape pattern is formed that is a mixture of five colors: black, blue, red, green and cyan.

The pattern is full of stone forests and springs on the mountain, bright and lively, natural and elegant.

This naturally formed pattern is rarer and more precious than the simple blood-colored Dahongpao.

"The quality of the stone is flawless, it is natural, it is a divine product, it is a rare and divine product among chicken blood stones." Shen Yu praised it sincerely.

"Boss, is Su Zhang more valuable?" Lan Ya reminded Shen Yu from the side.

Only then did Shen Yu come to his senses, yes, this is a plain seal.

Sometimes, plain seals are indeed more valuable.

As the name suggests, the plain seal only has the shape of the square seal carved out, but there is no engraving or inscription.

In other words, the name of the owner has not yet been engraved, so it belongs to the chapter of no owner.

No matter who buys this kind of plain seal, they can ask someone to engrave their name or nickname directly on the bottom of the seal.

You can become the owner of this seal immediately.

As a result, Suzhang will certainly be more expensive.

For some wealthy businessmen, it is really worth spending 18 million to buy a soapstone seal that can be engraved with their own names and placed on their desks to play with all the time.

After all, in ancient times, Dahongpao-level bloodstones could only be owned by princes and emperors.

Of course, this does not mean that celebrities’ bloodstone seals are not valuable. Celebrity seals are very valuable, very valuable.

But one thing is that celebrity seals are bought for the purpose of collection. You can’t use them at all, and you will get tired of them as time goes by.

Shen Yu has always felt that soapstone is still the best.

Shen Yu couldn't appreciate those seals carved with scales and bumpy dragon buttons and seals.

This is also the difference between modern and ancient aesthetics.

Modern people will feel uncomfortable looking at things that are too dense.

This chicken-blood stone medal may be valued at more than 8 million.

"Boss, congratulations." Lan Ya smiled softly.

"Everyone who meets you will get a bonus. This month, you and Sister Yan will each receive an additional 10,000 yuan."