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Evans Lighter, but anyone who likes to collect cigarettes, I am afraid that no one knows, this is a very old lighter brand from the United States.

The lighters they produce are very popular in the market, all of which have their own characteristics.

Unlike world-famous lighters such as Givenchy, Zhibao, Dupont, and Cadile, Zhibao is famous all over the world because it was the standard configuration of the U.S. Army in World War II, while lighters such as Givenchy, Dupont, and Cadilla are famous because of their fame in the jewelry industry.

The Evans brand, on the other hand, relies on its long history and professionalism, and has been making lighters since its inception.

Because the brand has a long history, and each batch of production is a high-quality product, the scale of sales has not been large, so the circulation of this brand of lighters in the market is not extensive, especially before the forties of the last century.

At that time, the products belonged to the pre-industrial period, and most of them were mixed by hand and machining, so the production was very scarce.

But anything that can be preserved until now and is in good condition is basically not sold.

But that was in the antique market in the United States, Jin Muchen really didn't expect that today in Panjiayuan, he could meet it, you must know that in China, such a boutique antique lighter is really rare.

There are also a number of Tibetan friends who like to collect smoking utensils in China, but most of their energy is placed in treasures. Givenchy. Dupont such a lighter collection on. And there are not many collectors who know and love real antique lighters like Evans.

"Boss, your lighter is very well preserved! Evans lighters of this age can be maintained so well, which is rare on the domestic market. ”

Jin Muchen said with a smile, as he spoke. While playing with the lighter in his hand, as soon as the boss heard this, he knew that Jin Muchen was a knowledgeable guy, and immediately opened the conversation.

"Yes! This lighter has been in my house for some years, and it was handed down by my grandfather, and I brought it to the capital from Xiangjiang, but unfortunately I haven't met anyone who knows the goods before......"

It turns out that this boss is from Xiangjiang, but he is obviously from the other group of people in Xiangjiang who like to quarrel with the mainland, and he is obviously more optimistic about the future development of the mainland. So a few years ago, I looked north to Shenzhou and came to the capital with my family. bought a store in Panjiayuan and started his own antique business in the capital.

It's no wonder that the antique shop he runs is significantly different from the other antique shops here.

The things in his store are obviously European, or British, and most of them are British antiques, which were collected by their ancestors in Xiangjiang for generations.

At that time, the boss also wanted to be unique, so he took these foreign antiques to Shenzhou, and it was precisely because of his unique Western style here that this store was quite famous in the antique collection circle in Beijing.

Jin Muchen hadn't been in the collecting circle in the capital before, so he really didn't know much about their family's situation.

"Hey, boss, you're looking at this ......"

The boss said, took another lighter from Bogu's shelf, and pushed it in front of Jin Muchen.

This lighter was much larger than the Evans lighter he had seen before.

In terms of size, it is a little taller than the average cigarette box, but below is a rectangular painted porcelain box with a lid on it, and at the top of the lid is a copper-gilt lighter lighter, and at the bottom there is a small porcelain saucer with a beautiful painted pattern.

It looks very beautiful, Jin Muchen knows that this thing is a three-piece set, in professional terms, this is called a desktop lighter.

The porcelain box below is used to hold cigarettes, the small plate below is an ash dish, and the top is a lighter, just looking at such a three-piece set, you know that this should be a product before the twenties of the last century, because after the twenties, basically such things are rarely produced.

After all, after the invention of paper cigarette boxes that are more convenient to carry, or steel and copper cigarette boxes, who wants to use such smoking utensils?

Big, bulky, and inconvenient to carry, it is destined to be such a smoking set, which can be the desk play of those dignitaries.

However, although as a smoking set, such a three-piece set is basically difficult to find in the market, but as a collectible, such a three-piece set is very sought after in the market.

Especially like this three-piece set, which is still produced by Langsen, it is even more amazing!

Ronson, like Evans, is one of the well-known lighter brands in the United States, but on the mainland side, it is a little more famous than Evans.

The reason is very simple, Sun Cannon's wife also likes to smoke, and her favorite smoking set is the Langson brand, she herself has a lot of Langsen lighters, portable, desktop have, so at that time, Langson lighters were very popular in the circle of domestic dignitaries, and being able to have one is a symbol of identity and status.

And now the two brands of Langson and Evans are two of the top ten most popular antique lighter brands in the collection industry, so Jin Muchen only took a few looks, and the more he looked at this desktop lighter, the more he liked it.

This three-piece set is very well preserved, the porcelain cigarette case is painted on four sides, painted with different flowers, roses, jasmine, tulips, and peonies, which looks beautiful and beautiful.

The firecracker on it is also of bronze gilt quality, and it is very well preserved, even if you pick it up now and gently pluck it, you can still do it at a point.

Not to mention the porcelain plate below, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as intact as new, and it is very likely that its previous owners were reluctant to drop the ash in this porcelain plate.

"Ronson's three-piece suit, so well preserved, it's rare now!"

Jin Muchen kept playing with the three-piece lighter set of Langsen, the previous Evans lighter had already brought him a lot of surprises, and now this three-piece set of Langson made him even more addicted.

"Boss, make a price! These two pieces! ”

Jin Muchen put the three-piece suit in his hand on the table, and then asked the boss to arrive, and the boss touched his chin.

"Evans' lighter, three thousand, this three-piece set of Langson, eight thousand!"

"Okay, deal!"

Jin Muchen didn't hesitate at all, and agreed in one bite, this boss was also quite happy to see Jin Muchen so bold.

Evans's lighters are now collected by many people in China, but most of their collections are industrialized products that have been mass-produced since the forties.

The kind of stainless steel cigarette box and lighter integrated, such a lighter generally depends on the condition of preservation, if the condition is good, that is, 300 to 1,000 yuan.

And his Evans lighter, but a product before the forties, the quality of copper tire enamel is rare, so the asking price of three thousand is not too much.

In addition, Langsen's lighter, not to mention, the copper gilt all-porcelain three-piece set, so well preserved, is definitely a rare boutique in China.

Although Langsen's lighter is currently priced between 500 and 1,005 in the domestic market, he wants 8,000 for such a complete three-piece set, which is definitely not much.

This is the boss's idea, and what Jin Muchen thinks is that these two sets of lighters cost less than two thousand dollars, and if they are brought back to the United States, it will not be a problem to multiply them several times.

What's more, the purpose of his coming to this Cantonese hometown is actually not on these two lighters, his purpose is to use the three vases on another shelf next to the Nabogu shelf.

These three vases look very strange, and at first glance you can see that they are definitely not Chinese style, and the colors are also very strange.

It's not the kind of painted color that we can see on porcelain, the copper gilt background, the outside is decorated with a purple glaze, but it looks a little distorted, in the vernacular is the color thief, with the strange shape of this vase, it makes these three vases look weird and wonderful.

If you are a player of Chinese porcelain, if you look at such a few vases, I am afraid that you will feel that your eyes are dirty.

Because compared with the porcelain vases of ancient China, these three vases can only be described in four words, that is, nondescript!

Not to mention the shape, there is no atmosphere, roundness and dignified momentum of Chinese vases at all.

If you have to make a comparison, then the Chinese antique vase is the kind of noble and elegant aristocratic beauty, and these three vases, in terms of shape, are the hippie killing Matt on the street, and the two are not comparable at all in terms of shape.

In terms of the painting of the bottle, not to mention, the statues on the Chinese antique vases are all realistic, festive, or majestic, and the paintings are all from the hands of special Chinese masters, and the pigments used for coloring are also carefully selected.

Therefore, after firing, the painting of the bottle body and the painting seem to be lifelike, the picture is clearly expressed, and the painted color of the bottle body is also with oily characteristics.

And there is no painted pattern on these three vases, not to mention the color, the background color is the color of copper gilt, Nima plated the outer layer of porcelain with the color of copper gilt, and those foreign devils with big brains can think of it, with the purple of the hair thief, it looks weird.

Of course, this is the judgment of ordinary collectors on these three vases, but Jin Muchen has another interpretation of these three vases, although he does not know the origin of these vases, but the reason why he is attracted by these three vases is because of the bright purple glow that constantly flashes on the three vases.

Just those purple lights, he concluded in his heart that these three vases must be amazing treasures! (To be continued......)