In addition to financial reasons, there is also because of lack of eyesight, afraid of buying fakes, don't think that the price is clearly marked, and the boss sincerely introduces the age and story of the antiques and thinks it is true.

Visiting the antique market, who does not want to buy the real thing, in fact, the risk of fakes is greater. It is precisely because too many people think that what they buy overseas is genuine, that foreigners are more honest than the people of the Celestial Empire, and that foreigners will not deceive people, and it is precisely because too many people have such an understanding that there is a huge profit margin for fakes.

Arthur heard some old people in the circle talk about the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, a town found that foreigners are easy to deceive, the antique porcelain produced by a town is particularly easy to sell overseas, and dozens of times more expensive than the country, so the "smart" people in a town have run abroad, selling local antique porcelain in batches, for a time, due to the application for too many people to go abroad, the place where the visa to go abroad, there are long queues all night...

Therefore, in terms of buying porcelain, Arthur is extremely careful, after all, the leak is not so easy to pick up, no one who opens the door to do business is a fool, there are people with good antiques in their hands, who is not willing to go to the auction house to sell their treasures?

If you buy a fake, even if you only spend a few hundred yuan, you will be deceived, and if you spend a lot of money and buy a fake, you will suffer a big loss and be deceived!

Don't be fooled by the news of the auction of overseas auctions of sky-high antiques reported on the news, the whole world is the same in front of interests, in fact, many of them are well-made up stories of overseas interest groups, what is the old collection of Earl So-and-so, what is only two pieces in the world, etc., in fact, they are all lies carefully fabricated by the seller in order to sell sky-high prices, if you believe it, it means that you are fooled, if you pay a sky-high price to buy, it means that you are in the game.

Tsk, thinking about it like this, how did you forget the halo bonus of your earldom and family reputation?

Standing in front of a pair of gilt pink and blue glazed vases, Arthur looked at this pair of exquisite vases with burning eyes, and the introduction of the shopkeeper came to his ears: "... This is the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the Celestial Dynasty, you see that the inlay of these bottle mouths and handles is the craftsmanship of the 18th century, copper, completely handmade, chiseled, gilded, these characteristics prove that this is the European aristocracy custom-made, this pair of vases I received from a nobleman... ”

Arthur glanced back at the shopkeeper with a smile on his face, nodded and said, "Very beautiful." Can you take it out and I'll see it?"

"Of course, you wait—"

When the boss happily opened the glass cabinet and took something, Emilia on the side looked at Arthur with some curiosity, raised her eyebrows slightly, and seemed to ask something, but was interrupted by Arthur smiling and shaking her head.

"Look—"

The boss placed the two vases on the counter, handed Arthur a magnifying glass, and gestured with a smile.

"Can I pick it up and take a look?" Arthur asked with a smile.

"Please—"

Arthur grabbed the mouth of the bottle with one hand and the body of the bottle with the other, turned the bottle over, and glanced at the bottom paragraph, the bottom of the blue square seal book, "Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty" is right.

To tell the truth, this style of vase he has really seen in his previous life, in a private museum, this is a typical custom export porcelain, the 18th century is the period of collision between Chinese and Western cultures, Europeans and Americans are very obsessed with and love for the porcelain of the Celestial Empire, resulting in a large number of artworks flowing to Europe, these exquisite works of art can not only bring them a sense of beauty, which in the eyes of Europeans at that time, but also bring them knowledge, and even luck.

The smile on Arthur's face became brighter and brighter, although he couldn't finally determine the authenticity of this pair of vases, but they were exquisite enough, and they were basically intact, he smiled and carefully put down the vase in his hand, picked up another one and looked at it carefully, and then put it down, smiled and said to the boss: "Can I get a discount?"

"This... The shopkeeper frowned slightly, and after glancing at Arthur and Amilia, his eyes finally fell on the straight body standing, and he didn't say a word after entering the door, just silently followed behind the two, and the butler Paul, who had always maintained a faint smile on his face, groaned, and finally said: "9.5% off." ”

"4750 pounds, OK, happy cooperation!" Arthur smiled without any delay and reached out to shake his hand.

After that, it's time to pay the money, pack the boxes, and sign the transaction contract.

The original price was 5,000 pounds, and finally two vases were sold for 4,750 pounds, which made Emilia, who had been holding back the question, start to take Arthur's hand and ask as soon as she left the store: "Honey, are you a little impulsive, in case this is... “

"Hehe, don't worry, my dear, believe me, I say they're real, even if they're fake, they're not fake... Arthur reached out and hugged Emilia with a worried face, and smiled and reassured that when he saw the pair of vases in his previous life, the museum docent had said that this kind of bottle also had one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, but it was a vase with two ears and two handles.

Five thousand pounds, it's really not expensive, and, whether the vase is genuine or fake, when he takes it back to Boleyn Manor and places it on the cupboard, the fake is also real!

The hundreds of years of earl aristocratic family has an orderly inheritance and profound heritage, and he can say whatever he likes, doesn't he?

Looking at Emilia who still looked worried, Arthur couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, don't think about it so much, whether it's true or not, I like this vase very much, like it is more important than anything else, isn't it?"

Hearing Arthur say this, Emilia was no longer entangled, shook her head helplessly and chuckled, and said softly: "Your reason is so powerful!"

"Hehe, okay, let's go to the flea market over there, to be honest, in the flea market, there will really be fun of Taobao. Arthur smiled happily and said as he tightened his grip on Emilia in his arms.

"Hmm. ”

Southampton's largest flea thrift market was originally a fruit and vegetable market. By the early fifties of the last century, more and more merchants took a fancy to this treasure land of feng shui, and came here every Saturday to trade, as many as 1,000 trading stalls, where European silverware, ancient porcelain of the Celestial Empire, antique cameras, jewelry, etc. are all-inclusive, and it is a veritable paradise for treasure hunters.

In fact, whether it is the United Kingdom, the United States, or the Celestial Empire, as in any antique market, when you get to the market, you have to test your eyesight. Because, due to the development of information, it is becoming more and more difficult to "pick up leaks", because people who have real antiques in their hands can easily find out whether their treasure is real or fake, and as a result, the probability of selling real treasures as fakes is getting smaller and smaller.

Of course, you can't talk too much, there are always opportunities, just like now, Arthur is walking, stopping in front of a stall and squatting down...