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The condition of the three lamps can be said to be brand new, the rust on the lamp base has all disappeared, and the cracks on the lampshade are all neat and new, and there is not a single crack to be seen.

And after the three table lamps were taken out of the purple jade space by him, he himself immediately felt a sense of relaxation, and the feeling of soreness and weakness just now immediately disappeared from his body.

Sure enough, it has something to do with these three table lamps, and it seems that it is not easy to restore these old antiques, and it will take more than ten hours to sleep.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out the phone, and saw that there were several missed calls from Candace, so he hurriedly called back and briefly explained to Candace, so that she could rest assured.

At this time, Uncle Fang happened to go upstairs with the boiled ginger tea and handed the ginger tea into his hands, and Uncle Fang saw the three table lamps placed at the head of his bed.

Just by looking at it like that, Fang Bo's eyes immediately lit up.

"Good stuff! Where did you get that? ”

Fang Bo asked around the three table lamps on the table, Jin Muchen pinched his nose and drank the bowl of ginger tea, then got up and got out of bed and came to Fang Bo's side.

"This is from Long Island......

Then he told how he met Harvey and Mike on the ladder on Friday, how he followed them to Harvey's vacation home, how he knew that there was a garage sale next door, and so on.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that he picked up the rags by himself and didn't spend a penny to get them, but he said vaguely that the three table lamps were placed in the garage at that time, covered with dust, and looked very dilapidated, and the owner was also illiterate.

In the end, he was taken down at a very low price, and after coming back last night, he was busy working for most of the night in order to clean the three table lamps.

Fang Bo looked at the dirty sewage in the basin that was still in the room, and the sponge on the side, and the rag was convinced.

Fang Bo went downstairs and found a few more light bulbs, installed the lamp, plugged in the electricity and turned on the switch, and the light turned on immediately.

"Good thing, your kid's luck is really going against the sky, haha, when you were my apprentice, this choice was really right. Boy, you know no, there's a good chance you've picked up the leak again this time, and it's still a big leak! ”

Uncle Fang turned off the light, then flipped the lamp over, looked at the style under the lamp, and then said to Jin Muchen with a laugh.

Jin Muchen was also stunned when he heard this, the reason why he took back the three table lamps before was that he just thought that this table lamp must be a treasure, but he didn't expect Fang Bo's evaluation of these three table lamps to be so high.

said that he picked up a big leak, could it be that these three table lamps or some treasures?

Fang Bo carefully observed this first lamp, Jin Muchen figured out what material each green table lamp, took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, and then kept flipping it over and over again.

After watching it for a long time, he said to Jin Muchen.

"I don't know about the other two, but this lamp is definitely the most expensive of the three."

"Why?"

Jin Muchen asked, and Uncle Fang gave him a blank look: "You kid, the Tao is still too shallow, and there are still many things to learn!" You look at the material of this lamp, but the tortoiseshell is used, and the two lamps are just bronze, brass and glass, and this material has already determined the price of this lamp. ”

"Huh? It's tortoiseshell? I said, why is the material of this lamp so strange? I studied it for a long time, but I couldn't figure it out."

Jin Muchen scratched his head and said.

"Hehe, boy, you are probably going to develop now......"

Uncle Fang put his head under the lampshade again, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then muttered to Jin Muchen, Jin Muchen was stunned when he heard it.

"Look here?"

Fang Bo pointed to the inside of the lampshade, a very inconspicuous place and said to Jin Muchen, Jin Muchen put his head under the lampshade to take a closer look, and on the inside of the lampshade, he actually found a very small line of handwriting signatures.

louis-fort-tiffany！

"Do you know who this guy is?"

Uncle Fang looked at Jin Muchen with a smile and asked, Jin Muchen's head shook like a rattle, China has been so antique celebrities, can't you remember everything?

Who knows what this foreigner does?

Fang Bo directly played him a brain melon, and then pointed at him with a little annoyance and said.

"You kid, you're confused, haven't you heard of Tiffany?"

"Of course I've heard of Tiffany, I know that they mainly make jewelry, and they also produce table lamps, but it seems that their main business is diamond jewelry!"

"It seems that you kid still have to make up for it, although I am not too proficient in Western antiques, but this louis-fort-tiffany, how to say it, is also a celebrity in the Western antique circle!"

Fang Bo shook his head with a smile and said to Jin Muchen, and then began to explain to Jin Muchen.

It turned out that this Louis-Fort-Tiffany was none other than Charles, the founder of Tiffany. Tiffany's son is also the second generation of the Tiffany & Co. company.

This guy didn't want to be a jewelry merchant, he originally wanted to be a painter, but later because of his family, he still took over the family business, and he ran it quite well.

However, while in the jewelry business, he also has his own hobbies and pursuits, and his hobby is to produce and design stained glass.

So in 1886, he started his own stained glass manufacturing company, just at a time when the United States was in a period of great development, and churches were being built in many cities.

And those churches wanted to use the stained glass used by those churches on the European continent, so his stained glass company took advantage of this shareholder trend and jumped up.

After that period, as the market for stained glass became saturated, he began to turn to stained glass to make zuò handmade vases and table lamps.

And this rich second generation is not just a simple company, he is also an artist, a design master.

At that time, he personally produced and designed many stained glass vases and table lamps.

And because he always takes the light as a unique element when designing, so that the painted surface on the glass lampshade exudes a unique charm, so his works are often very exquisite and beautiful, which makes people love it, and is quite sought after in the market.

So there was a saying about Tiffany back then, women wanted to get a set of Tiffany jewelry, while men wanted to get a Tiffany lamp.

Later, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Tiffany table lamp products have been quite famous in the United States and even around the world.

Many people are even willing to spend a lot of money on Tiffany's work, and at this time, Tiffany is rarely designing and manufacturing her own work because of her advanced age and the heavy workload of managing the company.

Moreover, at that time, due to the changes of the times, high-power fluorescent lamps became popular, and people thought that Tiffany's works could no longer meet people's daily needs and could not reflect the effect of the art of the times.

However, he is the only one who firmly believes that his works and artistic style have always been unique, and will definitely be revitalized in the future.

Since the 70s of the last century, his belief that with the change of popular elements, has become a reality, and his works have begun to be recognized and sought after by people from the new, and now, his authentic works are even more difficult to find!

"So there's still such a thing?"

Jin Muchen said after listening to Uncle Fang's explanation.

"Otherwise, what do you think! This Louis, Convert, and Tiffany are famous contemporary American artists and design masters. Nowadays, his works are often hard to find, and many collectors are collecting glass tiles, lamps and vases that he designed and made in those days. His work now starts at $100,000 even if it's just an ordinary glass brick! ”

Uncle Fang said to Jin Muchen, Jin Muchen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, a glass brick starts at 100,000 US dollars?

"Yes! 100,000 dollars to start, who made this Convert. Is Tiffany an American? Therefore, his works are quite popular with American collectors. ”

Fang Bo continued, this is the same as the reason that Chinese like simple and elegant blue and white ancient porcelain, as well as antique landscape calligraphy and painting, once it comes to national pride, then the value of many antiques is immediately different.

Then these three pieces of exquisite table lamps made by themselves, can they be returned? Then you can't buy hundreds of thousands of dollars! It's really developed now!

Jin Muchen felt that his little heart was trembling uncontrollably.

"Your three table lamps are very exquisite, and there is Louis's signature on them, the work should be made in 1907, at this time he has rarely personally participated in the design and production of Tiffany table lamps, your few pieces should be his masterpieces of that period. After all, it was the golden age of his artistic career, and because it was the end of his career, the price was certainly not cheap. But how much it is worth, I really can't say for sure, after all, I just don't know much about these Western antiques, if you want to sell them, I'll call Rick later, you show him it, and then ask him to help you contact the buyer. I don't think he can take such a valuable thing! ”

Uncle Fang looked at Jin Muchen and said, Jin Muchen nodded again and again, that was really good.

The next day, Jin Muchen asked John Sr. for leave for the first time, did not go to work at the distribution center, and drove straight to the CityBarn antique store in SOHO early in the morning.

When he arrived, Old Rick was already waiting for him in the store, and he had a phone call with Uncle Fang yesterday, saying that Uncle Fang's nephew had received three pieces of Louis. Tiffany made Zuò's boutique table lamp, and he was also excited that he didn't sleep well all night.

After all, it is not an easy task to be able to see Tiffany's masterpieces these days, and many of the master's works are now collected by various gods of wealth, and it is not so easy to see.