Chapter 009: Beiyang Armaments
The statue of Guan Gong was placed flat in the center of the Eight Immortals Table, and the sunlight outside sprinkled on its body, exuding wisps of dazzling light.
Xie Jingwen felt dim when she looked at this light.
This kind of ornament Guan Gong statue in the antique market can be said to be as many as a cow's hair, the whole market large and small Guan Gong statue is not less than 100,000 pieces, but all the antique world is basically a hand.
Shen Qiu, who has also been in the antique world for three years, actually bought this kind of ordinary object, Xie Jingwen can be regarded as a master who has read countless people, she really can't understand Shen Qiu.
"Ahem!"
Zheng Lao's gaze fell on the body of the Guan Gong statue again: "In addition, I have a special discovery, just now I weighed the weight of this Guan Gong statue, and found that the proportion of this weight is biased, to be precise, this Guan Gong statue is too heavy, I suspect that this Guan Gong statue is not made of sterling silver......"
Zheng Lao raised his fingernails and gently pinched the base of the Guan Gong statue, and a trace of brass marks were immediately revealed on the base of the Guan Gong statue, obviously this is the brass base, wrapped in a layer of solid silver plating.
Wow.
The scene was suddenly in shock, and someone immediately reacted: "Brass! Guan Gong statue is made of brass, not pure silver!"
Zheng Lao nodded and said: "Guan Gong is like a pure silver material, then its valuation should be estimated to be five hundred, which can be regarded as a leak, but now that it has become brass, the value is greatly discounted, and the conservative estimate is eighty......!
"Eighty?"
The onlookers at the scene whispered: "Shen Dashao's leakage is a little special! He has broken the record of Xuan Bao Zhai's receipt! It is estimated that Xuan Bao Zhai has never confiscated such a cheap treasure until now! Hahahaha!"
"The first shot to open the door was dumb! Shen Dashao, your game today is still a little hanging!"
Shen Qiu's face was as calm as water, and he nodded and motioned for Zheng Lao to continue, this Guan Gong statue itself was used to make up the numbers, and it was not surprising that this situation occurred.
Zheng Laoen took Kang Kai's jade Ruyi bronze piece: "Kang Kai's treasure, I have just carefully observed, this is the Dao Guangnian supervisor, although the material is copper, but its own condition, as well as the beads in this abacus are very well preserved, in ancient times Ruyi and abacus are mascots, this treasure is very clever to integrate the two together, with a certain degree of innovative significance!"
"Although the age is not far away, but this treasure also has a certain collection significance, I once saw a Hetian jade wishful thinking at the auction of Yanjing Jiadebao, when the auction was 850,000 high price, this wishful thinking, I estimate the price of 30,000 yuan!
"Elder Zheng, I bought it back for 1,500!"
Kang Kai had a smug smile on his face, he was very satisfied with Zheng Lao's valuation, and then looked at the statue of Guan Gong that Shen Qiu bought back for two hundred was not worth mentioning at all, and he had a wishful thinking to get rid of him ten streets.
Zheng Lao made eye contact with Xie Jingwen and Cao Donglai respectively: "Well, now I announce that Kang Kai won the first round, and Daoguang's wishful thinking came out on top!"
The crowd whispered, and the contest continued, and Conkai pulled out a black, musket-like treasure from his leather bag.
This treasure is about thirty centimeters long, as thick as a thumb, and covered with pitch-black copper stains.
Zheng Lao took the firecracker, his mood was a little surprised, the handboy carefully looked around, and couldn't help but praise: "That's right, that's right! This is the firearm used by the Beiyang warlords during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty!"
Although more than 100 years have passed since this firecracker, its structural parts are still well preserved, and you can see that its trigger can still be used normally, although the age of this firearm is not long, but it has a certain historical and archaeological role, witnessing the humiliating history of the invasion and occupation of the Qing Dynasty by the Eight-Nation Alliance of foreign devils!
"Zheng Lao! It didn't cost much! In fact, it cost three thousand!" Kang Kai pursed his lips and smiled: "I thought it was relatively rare at the time, so I bought it! I don't know if it's a leak!"
"Yes, yes, worthy of being a high-achieving student from Yenching Archaeological University, he is really young and promising! This firearm is definitely missing!" Zheng Lao nodded meaningfully and confirmed: "Your firecracker can be estimated at least 50,000 yuan based on various factors! If Kang Kai can sell it in my store, I can sell it at a higher price!"
Hearing this estimate, the onlookers suddenly sighed, some praised and some envied, and there were indeed very few people who could pick up this kind of leak with their own ability in Jiangcheng.
It's Shen Qiu, what kind of treasure will he come out to fight in this link.
Shen Qiu didn't sell it here, and straightforwardly took out the second treasure, that is, the snuff bottle from the Yongzheng period.
Zheng Lao only glanced at it when he got it, then shook his head and put down the snuffbox, and even asked uncertainly, "Shen Qiu?"
After getting Shen Qiu's confirmation, Zheng Lao couldn't help but glance at Xie Jingwen, and said in his heart that this girl is usually serious and responsible, how could she make such a crazy behavior and let a boy who is not in the stream be the master of Xuan Bao Zhai.
"Shen Qiu, the quality of your snuffbox is average! Even the baby is very improvised!" Zheng Lao raised the snuffbox and pointed the base of the snuffbox towards Shen Qiu, and the pitted grooves on the base were revealed.
Most of the snuff bottles are products of the Qing Dynasty, small and easy to carry, and most of the materials of snuff bottles are divided into porcelain, copper, ivory, jade, agate, amber and other materials, using blue and white, colorful, internalization and other skills, made of. ”
"This snuffbox of yours is amber, and it is also the cheapest of the many materials, plus his condition is broken, and the internal pattern is not delicate enough, so its overall estimate will not be too high, the price of a thousand yuan has reached the top, and your treasure still can't be regarded as a leak......"
Old Zheng's voice fell, and there were boos on the scene, and the old master Cao Donglai turned his head to Xie Jingwen and said: "Miss! Now that the situation is very clear, this Shen Qiu clearly doesn't understand antiques, and two things in a row are eye-catching, do you really dare to use such a person?"
Xie Jingwen was indeed a little unbearable this time, and turned to Shen Qiu with a red face: "Shen Qiu, what do you mean by deliberately fixing me?"
Shen Qiu in turn comforted Xie Jingwen: "Don't worry, Boss Xie, isn't there a third link?
Xie Jingwen stared at Shen Qiu with dark eyes and said, "You kid had better find a treasure and plug their mouths, otherwise I'll be finished with you!"
The first and second rounds of Liangbao came to an end, Kang Kai's cumulative amount was 80,000 yuan, and Shen Qiu's cumulative value was only 1,080 yuan, which was not even half of Kang Kai's, which can be described as an initial defeat.
But when people saw Shen Qiu's relaxed and comfortable smiling face, he didn't seem to care about it, even if it was opened by Kang Kai with such a large distance.
"Young man......" Zheng Lao came to Shen Qiu and said: "You are not ashamed to be eye-catching now, after all, you have not officially come to work in Xuan Bao Zhai, it is normal for ordinary people to go to Baobao, I still think that you will go back and experience again, and make up for today's regrets in time!"
Zheng Lao's painting has an extraordinary meaning, worthy of being a veteran of the antique street, he is not only for Shen Qiu to step down, but also to save face for Xuan Bao Zhai, once Shen Qiu loses the competition, the situation will become irretrievable.
Rather than losing the competition, it is better to end it now, and it is not a shame to stop the horse from the precipice.
"Elder Zheng, thank you for the reminder!"
Shen Qiu smiled: "Your eyesight appreciation ability is indeed good, but what really tests you is my last treasure, if you can really see this last treasure, then you are not a treasure master in Jiangcheng!"
When Shen Qiu's words fell, Zheng Lao's face was iron-blue, and his eyes were bigger than a light bulb.
What does this Shen Qiu mean, is this a blatant provocation of his authority!