Ma Weidou, Han nationality, was born in Beijing, 1955. My ancestral home is Rongcheng, Shandong. He is a member of China Democratic National Construction Association, a collector, the founder and current curator of Guanfu Museum. Ma Weidou used to work in China Youth Publishing House. In more than ten years, he published hundreds of novels and reportage, and published them as collections. Ma Weidou began to collect China's ancient cultural relics in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, his collection had reached a large scale, exceeding 1000 pieces of ceramics, ancient furniture and jade articles. 1992 His book "Ma Shuo Ceramics" is regarded by many readers as the enlightenment of traditional culture. Later, he wrote monographs on appreciation and research of cultural relics, such as Pen Container in Ming and Qing Dynasties, published hundreds of papers on cultural relics in Collectors and Cultural Relics Newspaper, and participated in the compilation of China Snuff Bottle. Ma Weidou's other monograph, Ancient Doors and Windows in China, was published in 2002 and won the first prize of the 6th National Book Award and the 2nd National Excellent Art Book Award.
In this book, Ma Weidou will tell you how he started collecting, how to get the first collection, how to "pick up the leaks", how to recruit thieves at home, how to bargain with people, how to get all kinds of news, how to make others trust him, how to talk to experts PK, how to build a private museum, how to have a few treasures in the museum, and even tell you quietly what the next collection hotspot is ... Don't think that he is just chatting and playing. After reading it, you will know that there is Ma Weidou's genius knowledge and decades of wisdom in life.
This book focuses on the collection experience of Mr. Ma Weidou, a famous contemporary collector in China. Through humorous language and illustrated forms, this paper vividly shows Mr. Ma's hard, little-known and intelligent collection experiences and stories, which involve collecting stories, collecting secrets, building museums, and understanding of life and literary career, so that readers can taste the legendary stories in a relaxed atmosphere.