Chapter 766

Kelly's mother is likely to be about ten years younger than Warren's. besides, she is well maintained and dressed in fashion. From a distance, she looks like a beautiful young woman.

Chu Chen thinks that if Kelly's parents go together, they will look like a father and daughter from a distance. It's hard to imagine that they will be a couple who have been married for more than 20 years.

Of course, Chu Chen's thinking is also based on the Oriental concept. In the eyes of Westerners, this age difference can only be said to be normal, and can not be regarded as an old man and a young wife at all.

After a few polite exchanges, Warren introduced antiques to the horse topic. He asked with a smile, "Chu, listen to my daughter, you have a great master."

Chuchen replied with a smile: "yes, my master is very good at antique identification. He has a high prestige in the industry of my country."

"I really envy you that you can be accepted as a disciple by such a master. Unlike me, I can only explore by myself and take many detours!"

At this point, Warren sighed. Then he apologized and said, "Chu, when my daughter came back, she told me that my learning method was wrong. I wonder if you can give me some guidance in this respect?"

Hearing this, Kelly asked, "Daddy, do you want to buy antiques in the future?"

Warren also understood what his daughter meant. He spread out his hand and said, "Oh! Kelly, this is my only hobby after all. You don't want to deprive me, do you? Besides, I'm totally interested in this aspect, and I don't have to buy it. It's OK to appreciate and learn, right

Seeing her father say so, Kelly has no reason to object. So Warren transferred his eyes to chuchen.

Chu Chen said: "Mr. Warren, with all due respect, your previous learning method is only suitable for beginners. If you want to further study, in addition to reading more professional books which are inclined to academic methods, you'd better find some fans in this field to discuss. In our industry, it's just to find the right circle."

Warren frowned and said, "Chu, I can understand what you said, but among the people I know, except the antique dealer, no one else is interested in studying Chinese antiques. Even if I want to find a circle like what you said, it's very difficult. Can you tell me more about other learning methods? "

Chu Chen replied: "it's up to you to learn more, watch more, buy less and sum up more. If you remember these words and your talent is good, it's not difficult to become an experienced old collector."

Warren nodded, then he asked with a smile, "Chu, I wonder if you can introduce me to some professional books?"

Chu Chen thought about it and said in some embarrassment, "I've been reading Chinese books. As for whether there is an English version, I'm not sure. How about sending it to you by email after I go back to check it?"

"Thank you so much!"

Warren quickly expressed his thanks to Chu Chen, and then, as if something had suddenly occurred to him, he said, "Chu, speaking of Chinese books, I still have some ancient books of your country. I wonder if you could help me to check the authenticity of the books?"

"Well! It's waiting for me here

Chu Chen murmured to himself that he had always thought that foreigners should be more forthright in speaking and doing things. However, from Warren, he thought that foreigners were no different from Chinese people. Before talking about business, he made a big detour until he finally mentioned business. Of course, it could also be Warren's character.

Back to the point, since chuchen came here to visit Warren's Antiques, he had no reason to refuse, so he readily agreed to Warren's request.

Let her daughter be responsible for hosting Wu Ke and 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. It can be seen that Warren really likes Chinese culture.

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

After talking to chuchen, Warren went to the inside of the study. Chuchen saw from a distance that there seemed to be a safe.

Seeing this, chuchen felt a little funny. He put it in the safe so seriously. How could Warren not know the value of things.

Maybe a friend said, how can you know the truth of things by Warren's level? But don't forget, these days Warren should have asked someone else to identify the things that Chu Chen helped to identify the day before yesterday. Chu Chen doesn't believe that he will identify the rest together.

Since Warren identified it, he didn't sell it at that time. On the one hand, he may have made an appointment with chuchen in advance. It's not easy to explain to chuchen if he sells it. On the other hand, chuchen thinks that the most important reason is that Warren thinks that the price he gives is high, and of course he will sell it to him.

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

If it's something like the official porcelain gourd bottle, Chu chendao is willing to buy it at the market price he gives. After all, this kind of antique is precious and has high collection and research value. Even if he buys it at the market price, he won't lose money.But if it's something more ordinary, Chu Chen will certainly lower the price. After all, he's not a philanthropist. Although we have to talk about human feelings, it doesn't mean that he has to do something that harms himself and others all the time, does it?

While Warren was taking things, Chu Chen looked around and saw that the furnishings in the study were relatively simple, with bookshelves on one side and some books on management and antiques on them. However, among these books, Chu Chen saw a book named XX Tian Jiao you learn how to identify antiques.

Seeing the title of the book, Chu Chen thought it was funny. If he taught you how to type in XX days, it was possible. But in the field of antique identification, apart from his ability, which one of the others didn't spend their whole life studying?

Therefore, judging from the title of the book, Chu Chen thinks that the contents of the book are not reliable. It is very difficult to learn antique identification from such a book without going astray.

On the opposite side of the bookcase, there is a antique cabinet, on which there are some antiques such as porcelain or jade ornaments. Because Chu Chen used not to use powers, he didn't know whether these things were true or false.

Just as Chu Chen was about to walk over to appreciate it, he saw Warren coming with about ten thread bound books.

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

See Chu Chen smile to say it doesn't matter, he went back to the safe side.

Warren brought a total of 12 books. Chu Chen's "gengzhitu" is the version of the Kangxi period. The ancient books are well preserved, and there is no damage at all. Based on the appearance and value of this book, he estimated that the price in the market should be around 200000 RMB.

In addition to this "gengzhitu", the other 11 books are all part of the collection of ancient and modern books.

The collection of ancient and modern books is compiled by Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. Originally compiled by Chen Menglei, it was originally named "collection of ancient and modern books", 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 edit and revise it again.

This series is divided into six collections, including calendar, image, Fang Yu, Ming Lun, natural history, Neo Confucianism, and economics. There are thirty-two classics, with a total of 6109 chapters. According to different situations, each book is divided into huikao, zonglun, Tu, Biao, liezhuan, Yiwen, Xuanju, Jishi, zalu, waibian, etc. It is the largest existing class book in Chinese history.

This book was printed in bronze movable type in the fourth year of Yongzheng reign. It was completed in the sixth year of Yongzheng reign. Together with a sample for trial printing, it was printed into 65 volumes, with 10000 volumes for each text and 40 volumes for each catalogue, and packed into 5020 volumes. Two kinds of paper are used for the printed version, one is Kaihua paper and the other is taishilian paper. The two kinds of paper are of high quality, fine printing, rich binding and elegant appearance.

Warren's eleven books belong to the two categories of Neo Confucianism and economics in the imperial collection of ancient and modern books. Eight of them belong to Neo Confucianism, and three belong to economics. All of them are printed on civilized paper. Although the quality of the books is not as good as that of Geng Zhitu just now, they are still quite complete.

The collection of ancient and modern books published by the emperor has appeared sporadically in the market and auction, but most of them are printed in taishilian paper, while the printed in Kaihua paper is rare. It was the first time that Chu Chen saw such a large number of printed copies of Kaihua paper preserved completely in the market or auction.

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

However, the collection of ancient and modern books is much more common in the market than the last one, gengzhitu. Moreover, the base number of this series is too large. Although Warren's books are also precious, the market price is lower than gengzhitu. In terms of quality, Chu Chen estimated that the total value of these 11 books should be around 180000.