Chapter 310: No Windfall is Not Rich
"Are you the only ones here? Can't you find some more people to come over? It's almost midnight. Glancing at his watch, and then looking at Afra and the others around him who couldn't hold on tonight because they didn't sleep yesterday, Jiang Hai said impatiently, and when he heard his words, the person in charge opposite couldn't help but smile embarrassedly.
Since Jiang Hai's ship arrived at the dock, Jiang Hai took these things with him and got into the escort car arranged by Phillips, and of course, Moses Adams, who had been waiting here for a long time.
The group soon arrived at Phillips' office in Miami, and then the experts who had been prepared by the person in charge came in handy, but unfortunately, he underestimated Jiang Hai's treasures.
He only prepared six experts, and it would take more than ten minutes, or even more than half a year, for an expert to identify the authenticity of a thing, after all, these things are very valuable, in case any of them look away, it will be them, so they have to deal with it carefully, starting from more than seven o'clock in the evening, Jiang Hai and they arrived here.
Until now, before I knew it, it was more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, and these people still only counted about half of the things, and half of the things had not been moved, especially the most important thing, the set of armor.
Almost two days in a row, although Jiang Hai's physique is not unbearable, but sleepiness is inevitable.
couldn't help yawning, and said helplessly to the person in charge in front of him.
"I'll deal with it right away." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, although the person in charge complained a little in his heart, Jiang Hai brought so many things over, but he wouldn't say that, after all, these things can create wealth for the auction house.
Don't look at that armor as a big head. But in fact, on that armor, the money that can be made at auction is not too much.
It's more to make a name for themselves, the only thing they can ask for is the commission after the auction, but in order to win over Jiang Hai, a big customer, the original 10% commission has been reduced to 3%. 100 million to earn 30,000, 1 billion to 300,000, it is indeed not much, they are more just to make a shout.
But these jewels, gold and silver coins, if they are sold, they are real money.
The price they gave Jiang Hai was very high, but no matter how high it was, they would also make a profit, even if it was a gold coin for a hundred dollars. A silver coin earns ten dollars, a gem earns a thousand dollars, and this large number of jewels is enough for them to earn hundreds of millions.
So compared to that armor, they had to be a little more careful about it.
However, just like Jiang Hai said, it is indeed too slow for six people to deal with such a large pile of jewelry.
Not to mention whether they can resist it, just he is waiting here. It's also extremely tiring.
So after thinking about it for a while, he went out and went to find a group of clerks to come over. These people are the staff of Phillips's office in Miami, and the main thing for them is to help with the identification, of course, those valuable jewelry, gold coins, will not let them touch their hands, but the general value of silver coins is okay. You can ask them to help.
For this reason, they also deliberately changed into clothes without pockets, and then came over and started to get busy.
Divide the largest silver coins, and the rest of the people identify those valuable things, which is indeed a lot faster.
At five o'clock in the morning, all the gold and silver coins were appraised. Jiang Hai got a total of 27,665 gold coins this time, plus 86,742 silver coins, of course, not all of these gold and silver coins are Spanish.
In fact, the coins in Europe have always been chaotic and did not have a clear currency, especially in the Middle Ages in Europe.
From the 14th to the 16th centuries, the currency in Europe was quite chaotic.
Europe is in chaos like this, not to mention the American continent, which has become their colony.
At the beginning of the 14th century, the HRE princes copied the Groschen coins and minted the Groschen coin, which was considered hard currency at the time.
However, France issued two gold coins, both of which failed, and it was not until the appearance of the French standard gold coin that it was stabilized, and it remained in use until the time of Louis XIV.
This was followed in 1344 by the British issue of a noble gold coin weighing about 8.972 grams and worth six shillings and eight pence, equivalent to half a mark (gold) and a third pound (silver), but it was not very well promoted.
The Rhine princes unified the standard of imitating Rollin coins, collectively known as the Rhine shield, but the shield was very light, initially only 23 carats weighed, 23 carats is not a gram, otherwise a diamond, a dozen carats is equal to a dozen grams, then it is the boss.
The conversion unit is five carats equal to one gram, and the Rhine shield is 23 grams and one-half carats in the early stage and 19 carats in the later period.
Converted into grams, it is about four grams, and for pirates, such a large gold coin is indeed a bit unsightly.
Jiang Hai's gold coins here, in addition to Spanish gold coins, are the most expensive gold coins of Jin Aiju and England.
Basically, each of them weighs nearly ten grams, and these gold coins are worth enough money.
Although they are not all Spanish gold coins, they are about the same age, and they are about the same weight, so the value is naturally about the same.
According to the instructions given by the leader of the auction house, the person in charge still came according to the price of the last transaction.
A gold coin of 1,000 US dollars, a silver coin of 350 US dollars, together, these more than 110,000 pieces, a ton of gold and silver coins worth a total of 58024700 US dollars, more than 50 US dollars, although not particularly much, but also very much in line with Jiang Hai's requirements.
At least as soon as the money came out, the number of his deposits rose again, and the most important thing was that those gems had not yet been identified, and with this money as a foundation, Jiang Hai's spirit was much better.
Unconsciously, the sun of Miami sprinkled on this land, until more than nine o'clock in the morning, when Afra and others, who had been asleep in a daze, moved their bodies that were a little sour because they were sleeping, and finally the last gem had been identified.
"What? Something is wrong? As soon as he leaned back on the sofa, Jiang Hai looked at the person in charge in front of him and said.
"Of course not, it's all right, but it's a lot of money." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, the person in charge here shook his head, walked in front of Jiang Hai, and handed the six forms to Jiang Hai's hands.
These six tables were made by the six people, and every time they finished reading something, they would write down a string of numbers on it, which was their valuation, and basically it was impossible for the auction house to buy at a loss, and they would estimate and buy according to the price on it.
Although they didn't know where Jiang Hai got these things, it didn't prevent them from taking them in.
Taking the form in front of him, Jiang Hai also looked at it, and when he saw the first form, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"A pigeon's blood ruby, net weight 41.5 carats, estimated year between 1600-1650, other items: none, is a necklace pendant, estimated price: 183350-192275."
"A golden green cat's eye, net weight 37.84 carats, estimated year 1600-1650, other objects: a string of natural pearls and lilies, estimated price: 156700-158900." ……
Looking at the numbers on these things, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be happy, there are not only rubies, emeralds, sapphires, topazes, but also a lot of cat's eyes (chrysoberyls) and so on, and even ivory and coral products.
Jiang Hai didn't know much about this, but he understood the estimated price behind him, even if it was all calculated according to the lowest price, he made a lot of money this time, and what was written on the six tables was about the same, and Jiang Hai also calculated the price of these things in his heart, which made his heart skip half a beat.
Sure enough, a pirate ship like this is actually just a few small heads of gold and silver coins, and the real value is these jewels.
"These jewels, I won't quote you at the lowest price, let's take a whole number, the gold and silver coins here, let's count it as 58 million, and these jewels, my final price is 242 million, let's just make up 300 million, what do you think?" Seeing that Jiang Hai put down the things in his hand with satisfaction, the person in charge here, after hesitating for a moment, told Jiang the price at which they bought this batch of jewelry.
Jiang Hai knew that if he was to auction it, this batch of jewelry, at least he could sell it for another 100 million or even more.
But there is a problem, that is, the problem of paying taxes, and there is also the fact that he has to pay some commissions if he wants to sell these jewels, and if he calculates the money, he may have 200 million in his hand, and it is good to receive 300 million now.
"No problem, deal." After thinking about it in his heart, Jiang Hai also looked at Moses Adams next to him, and Moses Adams handed over the mobile phone after seeing Jiang Hai's gaze, and there was a string of numbers on it, which was the price he estimated.
280 million, this is what Moses Adams estimated, it is 20 million less than this price, which proves that the other party did not lie to him this time, Moses Adams really didn't close his eyes for a second tonight, he has been staring at these jewels, and from time to time he also took photos and sent them to antique dealers he knew to estimate the price.
It's a bit of a no-brainer, but it's not uncommon here at Phillips to do so, but it's not uncommon for this to happen.
He hadn't slept all night, and his spirit was really good now, because he had already been prepared, after all, he just got up yesterday afternoon, even if he stared at it all night, now his eyes are just a little red. (To be continued.) )
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