In 1995, there was an old man who priced 8 million yuan and wanted to sell heirlooms and send them to the cultural relics department for experts to see, although the experts determined that this cultural relics were treasures, they said that they were only willing to give 10,000 yuan.
The price was too far from the old man's expectations, and he angrily left the cultural relics department with the heirloom. In the end, under the guidance of a professional, he sent the heirloom to auction, and it sold for 18 million.
Why does the same baby have such a big price gap? The old man who sold this treasure was just an ordinary northeastern farmer, and he had a total of 7 children in his family, and if you count him, there were 8 people in the family.
He asked for 8 million, also for good distribution. The treasure in the hands of the old man is actually the famous "Ten YongTu" in history, and its author is the Northern Song Dynasty writer Zhang Xian, who and Su Shi are friends for a long time, and both of them have great fame in the literary world, and have left many masterpieces.
Zhang Xian's "Ten Yong Tu" is a landscape painting, which was later collected by the Qing government royal family for a long time, and has never had the opportunity to meet the public.
After the fall of the Qing government, the last emperor Puyi, in order to restore his power and position, has been trying to win the support of all forces.
In this process, Puyi spent a lot of money, and in order to raise funds, he transported many treasures from the palace in the name of rewarding Pujie.
Later, the last emperor Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City because of Feng Yuxiang. However, the treasures he smuggled out before were not all taken away, and his life was still very moist.
Later, Puyi colluded with the Japanese and established the so-called puppet state of Manchukuo, but Puyi's ideal of life was not realized.
The Japanese just wanted to take advantage of him and always treated him like a puppet. Puyi was also very dissatisfied with what the Japanese had done.
In 1945, Japan was forced to surrender, and the last emperor Puyi also lost his patron, and was captured by the Soviet Union and became a prisoner in prison.
The thousands of treasures he hid in his house were also robbed by palace maids and guards during this period. The "Ten Arias" was lost to the people during this period, and few people know its whereabouts for more than 50 years.
So, how did this "Ten Arias" fall into the hands of the old man? According to the old man, his father was once a bodyguard by Emperor Puyi's side, and although he did not grab this "Ten Yong Tu", he was more familiar with the treasures in the palace.
Later, the old man's father accidentally saw the wandering folk "Ten YongTu" on the stall, and he was particularly excited and rushed to spend money to buy it.
This painting thus became an heirloom of their family, and when he handed it to his son before his death, he solemnly instructed him that he must protect the painting well, and that if there were no special circumstances, he must not sell it.
When the old man took the painting from his father, he did keep his father's instructions in mind and carefully preserved it for decades. The reason why he changed his mind and wanted to sell the painting was because his family was too poor.
A family of 8 people needs to spend a lot of money every day, but he has struggled all his life, and he has no savings, and he can't even get the money for the marriage of his youngest son.
Because of this, he decided to go against his father's wishes and sell the painting in exchange for cash to improve the family's life.
When the old man first took the "Ten Arias" to the cultural relics department, the experts did not pay special attention to it. Because in that era, people would often take the so-called heirlooms and ask the cultural relics department for valuation, and among these heirlooms, only some of them were treasures, and most of them were seemingly gorgeous fakes.
However, when the cultural relics experts saw the "Ten Yong Tu" in the hands of the old man, they were shocked, because this painting has always been quite famous in history and is a rare treasure.
The old man thought that the experts would soon agree to his request and buy his treasure for 8 million.
As a result, his request was rejected by experts. Experts said that although the painting is precious, they are only willing to give 10,000 yuan to the old man as a subsidy.
In the 1990s, the country's reform and opening up has been carried out for decades, and although this 10,000 yuan is a considerable wealth for ordinary families, it is not enough to change the fate of a family, and there is a huge gap with the psychological expectations of the old man.
Therefore, he took the painting in an indignant manner and did not hand him over to the experts of the antiquities department. The old man, who did not want to give up, took this painting several times and found a more knowledgeable professional in Beijing.
This professional's surname is Qin, and because he has high discriminating ability, he will come into contact with a large number of treasures every year.
After he saw the Ten Arias in the old man's hand, he was also particularly surprised. Finally, he showed the old man a clear path and asked him to take the painting to auction.
With the help of this professional, the old man sent the "Ten Arias" to the auction house as he wished. The cultural relics department has always been particularly concerned about the movement of this painting, and they were still quite calm, but when they learned that the old man sent the "Ten Wing Tu" to auction, they immediately panicked.
Experts from the cultural relics department held an emergency meeting, and everyone sat together and discussed it.
During this period, although some people said that it did not matter if the "Ten Arias" was missed, there was no need to pay too much attention, but most people believed that this painting was particularly precious and must be recycled as soon as possible.
If it is not auctioned, the "Ten Arias" is likely to be bought by some wealthy merchants or overseas people.
In this way, this "Ten Arias" will be "missing" for a long time. In the end, the cultural relics department decided to send someone to participate in the auction.
People in the industry who are more concerned about antique calligraphy and paintings know the preciousness of the "Ten Arias" and recognize its value.
Therefore, there were far more people participating in the auction than expected, and after several rounds of competition, the "Ten Yong Tu" taken out by the old man was bought by experts from the cultural relics department for 18 million yuan.
This huge wealth completely changed the fate of the old man's family. When the people learned of this, they all talked about it.
Some people expressed envy for the old man selling heirlooms, and some people expressed dissatisfaction with the deliberate price reduction of experts.
If the experts met the psychological expectations of the old man at the beginning and took it away at a price of 8 million yuan, they would not have to participate in the subsequent auction at all, nor would they have to spend an additional 10 million yuan.
However, there is no regret medicine in the world. This is the end of the matter, no matter how much regret it is already too late. The only fortunate thing is that this "Ten Arias" has been successfully recovered by the cultural relics department and has not been exiled overseas.