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As a popular item in the Chinese antique collection circle, inkstone can be said to have been the favorite of those literati and poets since ancient times.

The use and collection of exquisite inkstones has a history of hundreds or even thousands of years in China.

After so many years of use and collection, Chinese people naturally have their own unique preferences and opinions on inkstones. In the circle of Chinese antique inkstones, there are four types of inkstones that have long been passed down from Ming Dynasty to the world.

They are Tao Yan from Gan@Su, She Yan from An@Hui, Shan@xicheng Ni Yan, and Duan Yan from East Guangdong!

As for the square inkstone held in Jin Muchen's hand, he just checked the characteristics of this inkstone, and the characteristics of this inkstone are exactly the same as those of the Duan Inkstone in the Four Famous Inkstones, so this should be a Duan Inkstone.

Thinking of this, Jin Muchen couldn't help feeling uncontrollably excited. Looking at this booth, the inkstones were placed in a row, but they were stacked in columns, large and small, about a dozen of these inkstones.

Jin Muchen calmly put down the inkstone in his hand, and then took the dozen or so inkstones in his hands. After a rough inspection, this time even if he could hold on, he had to let out a long breath. come out.

Because he found that these dozen inkstones were all veritable Duan inkstones.

And they were all of the kind with very good workmanship, and there was no flaw in the quality. He could no longer hold back the joy in his heart. He originally thought that this trip to Little Havana would come home empty-handed.

Now, it seems that this time there is another unexpected surprise.

I said before that this inkstone is a crazy stone, which is not nonsense.

In recent years, the trend of collecting antiques in China has skyrocketed, and the prices of all kinds of antiques have risen sharply, including this Duan Inkstone.

In the past, the most popular stone products were of course gems, especially jade and jade. Because of the characteristics of Wenwan jewelry, it has become very popular in China in recent years.

It belongs to the most popular batch of stone products in the antique play market, and the quality is good. Even modern works have little historical value, but the prices are often hyped up to sky-high prices.

Especially jadeite, when the market was booming in the past few years, was hyped up to sky-high prices in China. Jadeite the size of a fingernail can cost hundreds of thousands or millions.

Needless to say, jade is also needless to say, as long as it can touch the edge of white mutton fat, you can easily buy tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of prices.

But most of these stones belong to the category of gems. They are all born with a kind of protagonist halo, so no matter when they are, they are the favorite of people who like to collect.

Such a gem. Sometimes it doesn't have to be antiques, even modern-made ornaments are just as popular.

And just when most people focus on this kind of gemstone, they don't find it. At this time, another kind of stone is also quietly heating up.

And this kind of stone is Duan Yan!

Unlike the other three famous inkstones, most of the other inkstones have disappeared due to excessive mining. However, due to the proper protection of Duan Inkstone, there are still resources available for exploitation even now.

It's just because of the protective attitude of the local government that many mines have been closed and banned from mining. And it is precisely because of this protectionist attitude that the prices of the raw materials for the manufacture of Duan inkstones have skyrocketed, and the prices of Duan inkstones have skyrocketed in the market.

As early as when it was re-opened, the market price of Duan Inkstone at that time. It is only about 1,000 yuan, but up to now, a good Duan inkstone, even if it is the smallest in size and the kind with average carving, now starts at about 400,000 yuan, and the size is large and the carving is exquisite, then Not to mention, it can easily reach millions.

This is also to say that modern products, if it is an ancient Duan inkstone, the workmanship is excellent, and the age is old, then the starting price must start from one million.

If you can get a little bit of the name of a historical celebrity, it will be even more incredible. If you send it for shooting, it will basically be in the millions, or even tens of millions, and you will not be able to shoot it at all.

This shows how crazy this Duan Inkstone is now in the domestic market.

But today, Jin Muchen never expected that he could see so many high-quality Duan inkstones in an inconspicuous small market on the other side of the ocean.

The most important thing is that these Duan inkstones, after his inspection, are of very good quality.

Looking at the production level, it is absolutely excellent, and looking at the size, it is even more incredible. They are all the most popular large-scale works. Even if there are so many Duan inkstones in China, you cannot be in the same booth. able to see.

Jin Muchen roughly calculated that there are about 13 Duan Inkstones in front of him now.

These inkstones, depending on the age of production, should not be the kind of ancient products, they should all be modern products, but they should be some years old.

The older ones should be from fifty or sixty years ago, and the more recent ones should have a history of more than twenty years.

In this way, it is not wrong, which is exactly in line with the development history of this Duan Inkstone.

It turned out that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country was in vain at that time. Because of the blockade of China by European and American countries, the domestic economic construction was very difficult at that time.

In order to raise funds in exchange for foreign exchange, to import urgently needed machinery and technology from abroad, and to develop the domestic economy, the government at that time tried its best to earn foreign exchange.

The large-scale export of resources to exchange foreign currency is not less, and many of these things have made our descendants Chinese feel heartache.

For example, at that time, we exported a lot of oil in exchange for foreign exchange, but in the end, our own oil was not enough, and we became the world's number one oil importer.

This need not be mentioned for the time being, and other export resources are no longer few, including the famous Duan Inkstone.

At that time, people did not have the protection consciousness of this kind of cultural resources at all, so from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, eastern Guangdong Province organized manpower to mine a large number of ore in the pits of Duanyan, produce and make Duanyan, and exchange foreign currency for export.

What is even more distressing is that people at that time did not realize the value of this inkstone at all, but only exported it as a relatively high-end handicraft.

It was not until later that the domestic collection trend became popular that people realized that this kind of Duan inkstone was also a scarce resource. At that time, the local government realized the importance of this raw ore and began to close the mine for protection. It is a pity that the original ore of this Duan Inkstone has almost been exhausted at this time.

This is also the main reason why the price of Duan Inkstone has been rising all the way in the market in recent years.

Especially in eastern Guangdong Province, where it originated, the collectors of antique literature and toys have an almost paranoid and crazy liking for this kind of Duan inkstone. Duan inkstones worth millions of dollars in the capital city can often be found in eastern Guangdong. sold for millions of dollars.

This is also the main reason why the Duan Inkstones exported to all over the world in recent years have started to return crazily.

It's just that the stall owner in front of him obviously doesn't know much about this Duan Inkstone. It would be so famous and popular in China. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so careless and sold the dozen or so Duan Inkstones.

Jin Muchen roughly checked it. These inkstones are all fine products without flaws. They should be high-end handicrafts that have been spread from China to overseas over the years.

Although it is not an antique, this discovery also made him very happy.

He turned his head to look at Tanaka who had been by his side and asked, "Tanaka, how do you plan to sell these things?"

He didn't call out the name of this inkstone. In fact, he just wanted to see how much Tanaka knew about these things, whether he knew it in detail, or was it just a sham who got these treasures by accident.

And this Tanaka is obviously a smart person. Hearing Jin Muchen's question, he deliberately called his name and said, "Jim, these things are the auxiliary tools that the Chinese used to write in the past. Their name is inkstone. These things are my grandfather's collection. My baby, I also got it some time ago..."

When Tanaka said this, Jin Muchen also heard it. It seems that this guy doesn't understand this inkstone at all, but he doesn't understand it very deeply. He should be half a bucket of water.

Knowing this, Jin Muchen had a bottom line in his heart, but before he started, he still wanted to know more about the origin of these inkstones.

"What? Are these things your grandfather's collection?"

"Yeah, that old man has liked to collect these things all his life~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He is in the antique business in Japan, but it's a pity that the old man has never liked me, otherwise I don't have to set up a stall here. Hehe , I don't know if the **** racist will pop out of the grave in anger after he knows that his collection of his life ended up in my hands. Hey, sorry, that's impossible, because he It's turned to ashes..."

This Tanaka, speaking of his grandfather's attitude, surprised Jin Muchen. No matter what, that was your grandfather, right?

How can you talk about your own grandpa like that?

Seeing the curiosity on Jin Muchen's face, this Tanaka raised his brows, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms and lit one for himself: "It's nothing to do now, so it's okay to talk to you. Tanaka is my mother's surname, and my real surname should be Jordan, but because of my irresponsible father, I don't like to use that surname either..."

As soon as he heard this, Jin Muchen basically understood that this guy should be a typical black abandoned baby. Black people in the United States have such a common problem. They keep seeds everywhere, but they are irresponsible.

As far as he knows, more than 60 percent of children in the black population in the United States have never seen their fathers since childhood. . . (To be continued.)