Jin Yutong

Chapter 237 Camphorwood Kirin

"Okay, I've already appraised treasures, now let's show off the items I brought to the auction, and I won't refuse to everyone, let's start with me." Seeing that the old man Huang was silent, Liu Lei smiled and said, then put the bag beside him on the table, opened the bag and took out a very delicate box, but inside the box was a pair of beads shaped like dragonfly eyes.

"Some time ago, in an ancient calligraphy and painting shop, I found a pair of dragonfly glass beads in the Warring States Period. The pair of glass beads are oval in shape. I have identified that the diameter is 4.8 cm. The diameter of the perforation on the bead surface is 0.8 cm. The largest bead in the Zhongyuan Cultural Relics Store is a little smaller."

Liu Lei passed the small box containing the glass beads to the middle-aged man sitting on his left, and said with a smile: "I bought this pair of beads for more than 100 yuan. I missed it, huh, huh, the value of the bead collected by the Central Plains Cultural Relics Store must be known to all of you here. Compared with this bead, mine is a little bit worse, so let’s ask for a price of [-], which is a good start for everyone. "

"pretty good."

The middle-aged man sitting on Liu Lei's left, surnamed Lin, is the owner of an antique shop. The antique shop he opened is a miscellaneous type. He also has a lot of research on such dragonfly glass beads. After observing the glass beads, he first Nodded in satisfaction, then commented: "The surface of this pair of beads is made of ivory-colored backing, decorated with eight sets of regular and symmetrical dot patterns of "color", and they are respectively made of blue, yellow and maroon glass. Dot dyeing, the center of the ring pattern is in a raised state, which can be said to be complicated. The "color" circle pattern has big eyes and small eyes, and is separated by small strings of beads, but it is complicated but not "chaotic", and the craftsmanship is relatively diverse. Combining the three decoration methods of pasting plastic, pasting color and engraving books, it highlights its three-dimensional effect, and the colors are quite rich, making it look gorgeous and luxurious, and it is a good collection."

After the appraisal, Mr. Lin also called out the price, which was not too high, it was [-] yuan. This was because almost everyone present had a bit of discernment in appraisal. For example, the price quoted by Liu Lei was [-] yuan, which was about the same price.

After Mr. Lin looked at the beads, he passed them on to others, and they took turns to look at them one by one. When it was Zhu Feng's turn, he just glanced at them and handed them to Chen Ran. Chen Ran also observed them. Dragonfly glazed beads are a new craft and decoration style in the Warring States period. They were only popular during the Warring States period for 300 years, and they are rare in existence.

The pair of beads in front of me is indeed a good pair of glazed beads. You must know that the glazed beads in the Zhongyuan Cultural Relics Store are a national first-class cultural relic.After observing for a while, Chen Ran released an energy aperture to detect it, and it was indeed a bead from the Warring States period. After the detection, Chen Ran also accumulated six energy apertures.

Although this bead is not bad, it is miscellaneous after all, and it was only bought by Mr. Lin for [-] in the end.

After receiving a bead, Mr. Lin was in a good mood. He also lifted a black box from the ground and put it on the conference table. He opened the black box, rotated it, and turned the contents of the box to face everyone.

"This is a pair of wood-carved unicorns that I bought back from an 2000-year-old man in the ancient city of Pingyu for 80 yuan ten days ago. Each pair of wood-carved unicorns is 36 centimeters high, 15 centimeters wide, and weighs about 10 kilograms. According to the old man, this pair of unicorns has been kept in his ancestral house for earthquake disasters to ward off evil spirits, attract wealth and protect the Lord. After identification, the pair of wood-carved unicorns were carved from camphor wood in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Their fragrance has the ability to repel mosquitoes. effect."

As soon as Mr. Lin opened the box, there was indeed a scent, which made people uncontrollably refreshed, and Chen Ran couldn't help but sniffed. It is said that camphor wood can be used to treat rheumatic paralysis, cold and pain in the heart, and appetite. Insufficiency, bruises, especially its fragrance can clear away evil spirits, promote dampness and kill insects.Putting it in the old man's room is very effective for the old man's body, and it can be used as a good gift for the old man. Chen Ran has the intention to photograph it, but even if he wants to photograph it at this moment, he doesn't have the funds. .

For this pair of wood-carved unicorns, Mr. Lin quoted 15 yuan, and many people followed suit. Old man Huang was the first to bid, and the price reached 17 yuan directly, and the rest and others also bid. Zhu Feng Instead, he sat there drinking tea without making a sound.

Chen Ran found that Wang Zhiqing was also a little moved. Sure enough, when the price was called to 19, Wang Zhiqing suddenly raised his hand and directly quoted: "21!"

Although the pair of wood-carved unicorns is not bad, they are not rare items after all. When the asking price reached 21 yuan, no one followed suit. In the end, Wang Zhiqing bought the pair of wood-carved unicorns at a price of 21 yuan.

"My father suffers from rheumatism, so this trip was not in vain after taking pictures of this pair of camphor wood unicorns." Wang Zhiqing said with a smile to Chen Ran when he brought over the black box containing the carved wooden unicorns.

Chen Ran nodded, suffering from rheumatism, it would be perfect to photograph this pair of unicorns carved from camphor wood.

Next, those present auctioned five or six items in a row, but they were all not very valuable items, and they were not rare items, which made Chen Ran somewhat disappointed, but it became clear after thinking about it. Some senior collectors have kept all the good things for themselves. No one would take them out and sell them on such occasions. In such an occasion, it is obviously impossible to sell at a high price, but there is also an advantage, that is, basically all the things presented here are real things. For the boss, it is undoubtedly a good place to go.

It's just that during the whole process, Zhu Feng didn't make a move, and just sat there drinking tea, maybe it's because of these things that Zhu Feng didn't even look down on them.

Chen Ran also saw a few pretty good ones, but none that moved him particularly, but he was not without gains, at least the energy aperture has accumulated to more than 60.

"Brother Chen, don't worry, there will be good things in a while." Perhaps sensing that Chen Ran was disappointed, Zhu Feng suddenly lowered his head and said to Chen Ran.

Chen Ran was startled, then nodded, knowing in his heart that after the auction is over, there must be a good show. No wonder Zhu Feng has been sitting there waiting patiently. Money is gone, even if there are good things, I'm afraid they can only miss it.

He really doesn't have much money left in his hand now, that's just tens of thousands of dollars, ten thousand dollars, really can't shoot anything on such an occasion. very high.

Although a little helpless, Chen Ran was not discouraged. Even if he couldn't find good things, he could at least see what was wrong.

After almost everyone at the scene auctioned an old object, no one left. They all cast their eyes on Zhu Feng. Obviously, the next good show was completely arranged by Zhu Feng, and everyone couldn't understand it. announced.

Perhaps this is the reason why such treasure appraising activities are held in the clubhouse opened by Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng didn't speak either, just smiled and nodded to her secretary.

The secretary turned around and went out. Not long after, she returned to the room again. Behind her was a middle-aged man with a crew cut. The middle-aged man was dressed in a rather nondescript way. Tang suit, but a pair of leather shoes under his feet, a string of chains around his neck with a large circle like that worn by ethnic minorities, and his short hair, he looks like a lama.

"Brother Chen, this person is called a monk, what does he do..." Seeing Xiao Pingtou walking in with the secretary, Zhu Feng lowered his head and introduced to Chen Ran with a smile. It is tomb robbers.

When Zhu Feng introduced that this person was a tomb robber, the first thing Chen Ran thought of was Wang Zhiqing. Wang Zhiqing is from the Institute of Archaeology, and he is almost a class enemy like the tomb robbers. Generally, archaeologists or historians hate tomb robbers. To the bone, now that Wang Zhiqing sees the tomb robbers, he doesn't know what it will be like.

Chen Ran went to see Wang Zhiqing, but Wang Zhiqing's face was as usual, but seeing Chen Ran looking towards him, how could he not know what Chen Ran was thinking, so he smiled wryly, and explained in a low voice beside Chen Ran: "Xiao Ran, you Don't look at me as an archaeologist, but in fact I have participated in many underground black markets..."

Hearing Wang Zhiqing's explanation, Chen Ran knew what was going on. The tomb robbers and archaeologists were like a certain Democratic Party and a certain party during the Anti-Japanese War. The two were hostile, but sometimes cooperated. There were many They are all clues from archaeological researchers, and they are specialized in providing some news and clues for archaeological researchers. In addition, archaeological researchers often go deep into these underground black markets to participate in underground auctions. First, they hope to be able to auction antiquities that are of greater archaeological value. In addition, Well, just looking for some clues of ancient tombs, of course, sometimes I also take photos of some things I like.

The tomb of Cao Cao, which caused a sensation all over the country in 2009, was actually discovered first by tomb robbers. Archaeological researchers learned about it from the hands of tomb robbers, rather than through formal archaeological excavations. After being discovered, the entire tomb robber’s den They were all taken over, and this is the end of what should have happened.

Xiaopingtou, that is, after the monk came in, there were two people behind him. These two people carried a big box. When they came to the hall, the monk opened the box and took out the things in the big box one by one. , placed on a table on the side of the hall.

"Hello, everyone. My name is monk. I won't talk nonsense. In order to save everyone's time, I won't auction one by one. I put all the things on display at the same time. Each thing has a number. , and the low price of the auction, after you appreciate it, just call the price directly according to the serial number, and friends, you can go to the stage to appreciate it now!"

While Chen Ran and Wang Zhiqing were talking, the monk had already moved out all the things in the big box and put them on the table. There were also some things on the ground on both sides of the table. There were quite a lot of things, both large and small. .

"Brother Chen, brother, I didn't bring an appraiser with me. If I find something good, I'll count on you. Come on, let's go up and have a look." After the monk announced, Zhu Feng patted Chen Ran on the shoulder and greeted him with a smile. With a sound, Chen Ran walked towards the table.

Chen Ran and Wang Zhiqing nodded to each other, and they both stood up and followed. At first, other people also came to the front, but as Chen Ran walked over, they all gave way to Chen Ran. He also said some compliments.

Chen Ran was not polite to them, nodded, and walked up to look at the items in front of him, but he didn't expect that the first thing he looked at caught his eyes!