Zhang Nan listened to the conversation of several people and learned that the barber shop would prepare a shaving cup with his name on it for the old customers.

Very interesting customs, but also a very business philosophy of the industry creation, the guy who came up with this method is a genius!

However, I don't know why the porcelain industry in the United States was not particularly developed or cultural traditions, these cups were almost imported from Germany or France in the early days, and the price of each cup was generally between 50 cents and 2.5 US dollars.

At that time, the dollar was pegged to gold, which was much more valuable than that, and even a pistol started at $2, and a pair of leather boots was only $1.5, so these cups were not cheap.

Then the Doni Rudiger took a hand with a pen on it and wrote on the desk and said, "... The cups are all hand-painted, and like this one, the owner should be a writer or newspaper editor. ”

Anna Phillipston's eyes lit up, and then she asked, "The pattern on the cup represents the owner's occupation?"

"Yes, a lot of them are like this, isn't it interesting for people to be in the beginning?

If a new customer walks into a barber shop, just take a look at these shaving cups specially placed on the table, you can get a general idea of the composition of the shop's customer base, and you can also intuitively see the reputation and craftsmanship of the shop. ”

At that time, it was the era of the Titanic, people had classes, and people with too different classes would be separated on the ship, and they would not be mixed in daily life.

And these shaving cups not only have personality, but also class, and basically have to have a background of the middle class or above, so that they can have their own exclusive shaving cups.

As she spoke, Doni changed the cup from the small table, the one with a burgundy glazed base, and the pattern on it was a picture of a customer talking to a watchmaker in a watch shop.

"The surface of this cup is also plated with a large amount of 22K gold, and it is estimated that it will cost at least $2.5 at the beginning, which is very expensive!"

Hearing this, the host Anna interjected: "Clockmaker, he can afford to pay for it." ”

Of course, a watchmaker a hundred years ago was a very rich and respected profession. ”

Speaking of which, onlookers should also understand that these cups are very miniature items of the times, and the recording of cups has also entered the classic stage of the show: Are these cups precious?

What is precious, to put it bluntly, is money and cultural connotation.

"Nowadays, there are not many shaving cups that are more than seventy or eighty years old, and even fewer have the characteristics of the owner's profession, but there is always a way to find them," said expert Doni.

But..."

She picked up one of the cups.

"But it's really hard to find this, and there's almost no hope of finding it!"

6 cups, one of them belongs to the railroad system because there is a locomotive on top of the cup, a high-class tailor with a picture of a custom-made suit on the cup, a writer or editor, a sheriff with a sheriff on top of the cup, a government worker, presumably a high-ranking one, and a scene painting of a person sitting in an office decorated with American flags.

Doni was holding the sixth cup, Zhang Nan had good eyes, and when she saw the strange pattern on it, she couldn't understand the situation all of a sudden.

As for Alyosha who was standing behind him, he even thought further after glancing at it - ", the man-eating madman Damo is here, then this cup is absolutely rare!"

Damo, who has long been known throughout the United States, and even most of the Western world, knows that he is lying half-paralyzed in a high-security prison hospital awaiting trial.

Why do you have something to do with the man-eating maniac?

The cup shows a guy in a suit standing in front of a tall four-legged bed with a half-naked man covered with a white cloth only on the vital part.

The one standing had a knife in his hand, and he was cutting one of the thighs of the lying one!

It's very feeling, cut!

Alyosha was amusing himself by what murderer would put his hobby on the shaving cup as a profession?

What the hell is the guy with the knife doing, what is he doing?

Doni Rudiger was heard: "Compared to the relatively common patterns on the other 5 cups, this surgeon's shaving cup is extremely rare!"

Normally, the surgeon's cup will have a medicine box or other pattern that can show the identity of the doctor, but this cup shows a doctor named Pauline cutting the patient's thigh, which is very vivid and bold!

Rare, extremely rare!"

The name of the cup is written on it, in gold letters.

Here comes the meat show – how much is it worth?

Doni started by talking about the writer's cup, which was worth between $800 and $1,000, even though the names of the people on it were blurred in gold paint.

The treasure bearer couple smiled happily - judging by the way they dressed, the couple should belong to the middle class with good economic conditions and are not short of money. But it is also a good thing to be sure that the small collections left by the elders are of good value and rarity.

And this writer's cup is still the more ordinary of the 6 cups, and then Doni Rudiger directly picked up the "thigh-cutting" shaving cup that she values the most.

"As for Dr. Poleyn's cup, it's the most special and rarest shaving cup I've ever seen, and if it were to be auctioned, it would have cost more than $20,000. ”

This is not a happy smile, the treasure holder couple and the host Anna all have a surprised expression, especially the gentleman, with a mouth open, and a jaw that almost dropped.

Anna's expression should be pretended, the host, and she should also have the quality of an actor. But everyone could see that the treasure bearer and his wife were really surprised, "... I'm amazed how valuable they are! I can't believe it..."

It took a second or two for the couple to show happy expressions.

In the end, it was estimated that these 6 cups could reach $30,000.

Zhang Nan smiled and watched this relaxing recording, and after the cameraman, host, treasure holder and expert added a few close-ups according to the requirements of the choreographer, these six cups became one of Anna's choices.

However, Zhang Nan knew that these cups would definitely not become the "folk national treasures" that won in the end, not only because their value and connotation were not to a certain extent, but because of their circulation.

A middle-aged middle-class couple with good conditions would never sell their father's beloved collection for $30,000.

Since they won't sell, it's rare for the big boss to come to the scene, and the film crew will only choose them if hell - Zhang Nan has little interest in this kind of old American cultural objects, and besides, the limitations of this kind of collection are too great: the collection of these cups is to collect its "shaving nature", not because it is porcelain!

are all separated from the collections of their own materials, and they have become extremely niche collections instead of major categories, which Zhang Nan does not play.