The snuffbox gave the money, and Shen Qiu's eyes were suddenly attracted by an incense burner in the corner of the stall.

This is a lion's head amphora incense burner, the furnace itself is half-open oval shape, two furnace ears of the lion's head are exposed on both sides, the overall workmanship is decent, and the traces of the accumulation of incense ash can be seen in the copper furnace.

The copper furnace is almost the size of a normal person's palm on the hand, and the weight is very heavy, Shen Qiu glanced at it and determined that the material of the incense burner is brass, and there are several obvious copper spots around the outer ring of the copper furnace, and there are no obvious bump marks on the appearance of the copper furnace, and the color and condition are okay.

With a mahogany bracket at the top and bottom, the overall shape of the copper furnace is atmospheric and smooth.

"Boss, how do you sell this incense burner!"

The boss is a round-headed and round-headed Shandong man, with an authentic Shandong accent: "Four thousand incense burners!

Shen Qiu frowned, four thousand things were considered a high price on North Street.

And this Shandong boss is different from other bosses, he does business with a decisive price, and the price of the snuff bottle just now is 1,080, so he refuses to let the price go for a penny.

Shen Qiu looked at the boss's face and released the same message, the heavenly court was full, the round eyes and big mouth, and the eyebrows showed the bold and arrogant air of the rough mine.

"Shen Dashao! Xuande copper furnace in the Tang Dynasty is definitely an old thing in the generation!" The boss of Shandong tapped the surface of the copper furnace with his fingers, and the copper furnace then issued a crisp response: "And the copper quality of Xuande in the Tang Dynasty is different from the current brass." ”

The boss of Shandong used a magnifying glass to shine on the surface of the copper furnace, and he could clearly see that it was full of small gold dots like ants: "See, the doped ones here are all gold-plated! Shen Dashao, you will definitely not lose money when you buy my furnace, and you will have to sell it for at least tens of thousands of dollars in the boutique!"

The price of four thousand is not expensive, in the past, Shen Qiu could accept this goods without blinking his eyelids, but at this time and then, Xie Jingwen only gave a budget of five thousand yuan, the snuff box was removed by one thousand eight, and the remaining three thousand two was not enough to collect this amphora copper furnace!

"Boss, let's get cheaper!"

"It's not cheap!" Shandong boss's head shook like a rattle: "The price of my stove is high, the goods collected by three thousand are not much if you earn a thousand yuan in time-consuming and freight, and the things of the Xuande furnace itself are very rare now, buy one less piece, and the profit will multiply several times in a few years!"

As soon as the boss said this, the crowd of onlookers began to talk nonsense: "Who are you fooling! There are so many such things on South Street, and there are only one or two thousand people in good condition, and no one wants you in this kind of color for 1,000 yuan on South Street!"

"Boss, you can sell it to Shen Qiu cheaply, the position of the treasure connoisseur who has been managed by others with great difficulty, it is your blessing to fall in love with the Xuande stove, you don't want to block the good prospects of others to be promoted to the rank of knight!"

"Okay boss, don't hide here, who doesn't know that this Tang Xuande is now on the market, and he will sell it to Shen Da Shao for three thousand! We have to go to Xuan Bao Zhai to watch a good show! In case Shen Qiu becomes the master of Xuan Bao Zhai, you will be the blessed land of North Street in the future!"

Shen Qiu hadn't opened his mouth yet, and the crowd around him was watching the lively crowd, and the boss probably hadn't encountered this kind of situation, and he was said to be red in the face after a while.

The boss was in a hurry, so he simply threw out a minimum price, 3,000 yuan!

"Come on! 3,000 is 3,000! I want the Xuande amphora copper furnace!"

Shen Qiu simply gave the three thousand two to the boss of Shandong, and used the remaining two hundred yuan to buy a statue of Guan Gong made of sterling silver on him, the statue of Guan Gong was slightly smaller than the Xuande copper furnace, about the size of an adult's fist.

This kind of Guan Gong statue is more common in antique stalls, and the workmanship is average, and it is an object before the Republic of China.

It's not that Shen Qiu thinks this Guan Gong statue is valuable, it's just to ask for an auspicious number, the snuff bottle and the Xuande copper stove are the harvest of today's antique stall on North Street.

Shen Qiu's treasure hunt came to an end, and a man wearing a peaked cap stood in the crowd, revealing a pair of gold-rimmed myopic glasses under the brim, and a seeping gaze reflected behind the lenses.

This person is none other than Shen Qiu's "good brother" Zhao Chunlei.

The corners of Zhao Chunlei's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a disdainful smile: "Shen Qiu, I thought you really learned some secret art of treasure appreciation! It took me a long time to find such a few things, just rely on these few things, if I can become a master in Xuanbao Zhai, I, Zhao Chunlei, will eat shit live!"

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At about half past ten, there were already a lot of people gathered at the door of Xuan Bao Zhai to watch the excitement, Shen Qiu and Kang Kai were all in place, one was a former down-and-out old turtle, and the other was a famous student of the Department of Archaeology of Yenching University.

For the sake of fairness, Xie Jingwen also specially invited the owner of the shop next to him, Mr. Zheng Tongfang, to come over for identification.

Zheng Lao is also a well-known treasure master in Jiangcheng, but he is good at the identification of various jade miscellaneous pieces, jade miscellaneous pieces are considered small pieces in the antique industry, and small pieces of antiques are extremely testing the observation ability and historical precipitation knowledge of the treasure master.

These two points can be said to be the best of them.

Xuan Bao Zhai arranged two mahogany eight immortal tables, respectively used to display the treasures bought by Shen Qiu and Kang Kai, before the treasures of the two people appeared, the discussion of the onlookers outside was in full swing.

"Do you still need to test this? Shen Qiu, an old turtle like Shen Qiu, still has the face to come and apply for a master's job? None of the three things he found have entered my eyes! Dare to compare with Kang Kai, it is simply a humiliation!"

"I also saw that Shen Qiu's pick-up was missed, the three things are not valuable things, and the value may not be more than five thousand! I don't know what he thinks, he spent three thousand yuan to buy that Xuande furnace! I have a better condition for that kind of Xuande furnace here, and it will be out for a thousand yuan! I estimate that the value of these three treasures is at most three thousand yuan!"

Xie Jingwen stood in the middle of the shop, maintaining her usual kind smile, originally she was Shen Qiu full of confidence, but now she generally learned that Shen Qiu had found the baby, and she couldn't help but hang in her heart without saying anything.

If Shen Qiu fails today, then she Xie Jingwen will be the biggest victim, and she asked Shen Qiu to be the master of the appraisal, and she will also become a joke in Jiang Cheng in the future.

Cao Donglai next to him showed a trace of worry on his cheeks, he didn't expect that the competition between the two people would cause so many onlookers and become a hot topic on the antique street, Shen Qiu won, if he loses, Xuan Bao Zhai's signboard will definitely be greatly discounted, and for the old club Xie Jia, it is to lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

However, Kang Kai looked at Shen Qiu and showed a victor's smile, he seemed to have predicted the result a long time ago, since Shen Qiu decided to go to North Street to dig for treasure, the outcome of this competition was obvious.

Liangbao's link officially began, Shen Qiu and Kang Kai each found three treasures, which happened to be presented in the way of Tian Ji horse racing, and Shen Qiu's first appearance was the sterling silver Guan Gong statue.

What came out of Kang Kai was also a miscellaneous piece, a jade wishful abacus made of pure copper, combined with the meaning of "Ruyi" and "abacus", the volume was large enough to make Guan Gong a big circle.

Zheng Lao specially put on reading glasses, he first put on gloves to weigh the weight of Guan Gong's silver elephant, carefully observed it with a portable magnifying glass, and gently put down the Guan Gong statue after about two minutes.

Zheng Lao then observed the bronze jade Ruyi in the same way, and after pondering for a while, he showed a pleased smile.

"First of all, I thank you for your trust in me, let me Zheng Tongfang to do the appraisal of this competition, to witness the birth of the new treasure master of Xuan Bao Zhai, I know that the identity background of the two is very different, life experience is different, I Zheng Tongfang here promises, will be treated equally, in a fair and just mentality to treat every piece of collection that the two took back! I will first talk about the statue of Guan Gong found by Shen Qiu!"

"The shape of this Guan Gong statue is complete, the long knife in Guan Gong's hand, the integrity of the ornament pattern on the waist is still good, and the back of the Guan Gong statue is also marked with the inscription, which is made by a craftsman in modern times, not a famous artist, but its carving and production techniques have certain basic skills!"

As soon as Zheng Lao's words fell, the crowd of onlookers outside couldn't help but interject: "Zheng Lao! How much is this Guan Gong statue that Shen Qiu bought for 200 yuan? It also lets us see Master Shen Qiu's unique vision!"