First Arrival Territory: 120. Table of Legends

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"Less than thirty years old, what's the matter, this affects the price of antiques?" Wang Bo asked in surprise.

Adams laughed: "Of course not, I asked your age to make sure you are not the youngest billionaire I know!" There is no doubt that you are such a guy! ”

Hearing this, Wang Bo's heart that had been hanging finally relaxed, and he said with a smile: "So, what does Mr. President mean, these things of mine are worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars?" ”

"Perhaps!"

Adams replied conservatively and then introduced the antiques.

Because he thought that since these antiques were taken out by Wang Bo, the other party should know their information, so he did not introduce the identity of the antiques, but directly introduced the estimated price.

To Wang Bo's surprise, among the dozen or so antiques, the most valuable one was not the set of porcelain, nor the gold and silver statues, but the delicate-looking gold pocket watch.

"The estimated price of this legendary Patek Philippe pocket watch is around $30 million, or more, depending on how much we advertise. This set of jewelry from the Mughal period in India is worth the next best, reaching a price of about 15 million......"

After listening to Adams's introduction, Wang Bo asked with some surprise: "This pocket watch is so valuable?" Worth more than this gold and silver statue? ”

Adams said, "Maybe you don't know the identity of this pocket watch? ”

Wang Bo nodded and said, "Yes, I always thought it was an ordinary gold watch, how could it be so valuable?" ”

Adams cautiously picked up the gold pocket watch and said, "Look at the time on it, there are other things on the dial." ”

Wang Bo glanced at it and said, "It's 8:40 in the evening, isn't it?" No problem at all, my phone tells the time at the same time. ”

Adams laughed and said, "Wrong, here's the problem!" Wesker said it had stopped working when you took out this pocket watch, and he had rewound it in the morning, right? ”

"Yes."

"In other words, I don't know how long this pocket watch has not been used, and it can still operate normally, at least now it has been running for twelve hours and it has not had a time error, don't you think this is very powerful?"

Wang Bo wanted to speak, but Adams didn't give him a chance and continued to explain: "Do you know how long this watch was born? 120 years old, it's two centuries old! ”

"But that's not the most valuable part of it, its real value lies in its legend. First of all, according to the "Swiss Legendary Watch Industry", this pocket watch is the only one, and it is the legendary zài! ”

Wang Bo knows that the auction of any antique must follow the law of "rare is precious", and the same is true for antique clocks and watches as art treasures.

Among them, among antiques, the value of unique products is the largest, even if there are two identical genuine products, one of them will often be destroyed in various ways, and the so-called unique products are created by "artificial" to realize the maximum value of antiques.

"The second is the function, which is unique in history in that it can be used not only to tell the time, but also to be equipped with complications such as a perpetual calendar, moon phases, minute repeaters, etc. Also, if you look at the biggest sub-plate, what do you think it looks like? Adams asked with interest.

There are also five sub-dials in the dial of the pocket watch, the largest of which is located in the middle, and the background of the field is blue, and it is inlaid with dotted diamonds, which looks particularly beautiful.

Wang Bo had already studied it, and he asked tentatively, "It's a bit like the starry sky?" ”

"Yes, it's the starry sky, which is the night sky star map of Edinburgh, Scotland, and it is the first time in Patek Philippe's history that a star chart has been added to a pocket watch. In order to achieve this complication, the pocket watch had a total of more than 900 parts, which was incredible for the craftsmanship of the time! ”

"Do you know how long it took Patek Philippe's best watchmakers to make this pocket watch? Five years, five whole years! At this point, Adams couldn't help but sigh.

There is hardly anyone in modern watchmaking who wants to spend five years making a pocket watch, and in that respect this legendary pocket watch is the only one.

And that's not the end of it, Adams continued: "The name of this watch is the legendary pocket watch, do you know why it has such a name? ”

Wang Bo shook his head, and Adams smiled: "Because since its birth, it has experienced the hands of three legendary figures - the Duke of Edinburgh, the American steel giant, and the Prince of Qatar." It accompanied all three of them for no more than four years, and all three died in the fourth year of its possession, and it was later said that it was considered an ominous watch by the Qatari royal family, and it was destroyed after the death of the prince, but I didn't expect it to survive! ”

At this point, Adams himself was moved, he shook his head and said, "Damn, why am I so poor?" If I had enough money, I would have collected this pocket watch, it is simply a legend in the world of collecting! ”

Charlie pulled Wang Bo and whispered, "I'll build yì, don't sell this pocket watch, collect it yourself." ”

Lao Wang laughed, collect a fart, he is a rough man, and he has no interest in vassal elegance.

Adams introduced one antique after another, and the reason why these antiques can be worth more than 100 million is mainly due to the increase in the price of pocket watches and jewelry, which together can reach about 45 million.

Secondly, the two very Indian-style gold statues are also more valuable, and each can reach a high price of tens of millions of New Zealand dollars. In addition, two ivory pistols, jade snuff bottles, silver carvings, and wooden canes can reach a price of about 30 million.

On the contrary, Wang Bo's most optimistic set of porcelain tableware is the least valuable, and the eight pieces together are only estimated at around two million New Zealand dollars.

Adams explained to him that this set of porcelain is Japanese bone china, according to the initial carbon 14 inspection, the survival time is about a century and a half, and it has the cherry blossom mark of the Japanese imperial family, which should be the special tableware of the imperial family at that time.

After listening to this introduction, Wang Bo was confused, "This set of porcelain has existed for a long time, and it is still a royal utensil, so it shouldn't be at such a low price." ”

Adams smiled bitterly and said: "You may know that countries around the world have different attitudes towards antiques lost in history, and most countries have patriots who buy them back, but in fact the price of these antiques is mainly speculated by these people. ”

Wang Bo nodded, he understood this rule.

"The Japanese are very shrewd, and their government, businessmen, and chaebols never buy back their own antiques, so the prices of Japanese antiques are the lowest," Adams added. To tell the truth, Wang, if this set of utensils belonged to the Qing Dynasty royal family of your country, the price could be increased by five hundred to ten million, but it belonged to the Japanese royal family, so it would not be worth much. ”

Wang Bo was stunned for a long time before he held back a sentence: "Fake, the Japanese of dog-day!" ”