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Looking at the porters who came in and out, as well as the antique dealers who chased them out of the villa from time to time and carefully instructed the workers to handle them gently, Candace explained to Jin Muchen.

Hearing Candace say this, Jin Muchen couldn't help but be more interested in this mansion, they came a little late, and they didn't know if there were any good things left for them.

"You're here for the garage sale, too?"

When the two came to the door, a middle-aged white man in a suit and leather shoes appeared at the door of the villa, looked at the two and asked.

"Yes, we're friends with Harvey."

"Oh? Harvey. Speight's friend? Welcome, I'm Josh. Bentley, Sidney. Bentley's son, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

The middle-aged man, who happened to be the son of Harvey's old neighbor and one of the hosts of the garage sale, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looked polite and polite.

"Hello, I'm Mu Chen, this is my girlfriend Candace, we just heard Harvey say yesterday that you have a garage sale here, and I happened to have a look when I was free today."

Jin Muchen shook hands with the other party and made a brief self-introduction.

"Okay, please inside, please look at it casually, see what is suitable, please bid."

Josh warmly invited the two of them to the house, and after a few brief greetings with them, he invited them to their own devices.

The villa is full of antique dealers coming in and out, and some are nearby residents, everyone walks around, looks at the villa, sees the right things, will sit down and mark, and then estimate a psychological offer for themselves, and go to discuss with the owner.

If several people have their eye on an item at the same time, the owner will choose the highest of them based on their offer, which is a bit like a small auction.

When selling such a luxury house in the United States, there are generally two options, one is like now, that is, to sell all the things in the house, and finally only some things and houses that no one wants, and hand them over to the agent for sale.

The advantage of this is that you can get a higher profit for the householder, but the disadvantage is that it is a waste of time and energy, and sometimes if the house is too big, you have to hold several such garage sales, and you have to advertise in the newspaper, which is very troublesome anyway.

There is another way, that is, the whole house is sold together, along with all the things in the house, and many antique dealers with the mentality of picking up leaks will bid for such a house, and then the highest price will get it.

In this way, the head of the household will save a lot of trouble, but the disadvantage is that it is very easy, it will let those antique dealers pick up the leaks, and sometimes often in the house, a random inconspicuous item will be worth a lot of money, and may even be more expensive than the whole house.

And those who are real antique dealers are often very fond of such garage sales, or house auctions.

When the garage is on sale, everyone picks it together, and even bids for a certain collection, and fights endlessly.

But if there is an auction of a whole house full of antiques, they will join forces, negotiate the conditions, and then jointly participate in the bidding and jointly fund the auction of the house.

Then according to the proportion of investment, the antiques in the house are divided equally, and finally the house is decorated and sold.

"Anyway, no matter what they do, they won't lose money, and when there is such an auction, these antique dealers are indispensable. In the future, if you become such an antique dealer, don't forget to pay attention to the daily newspaper, because such a large garage sale, or the auction of the villa of a celebrity, will be advertised in the newspaper. ”

Candace explained to Jin Muchen the origin of such a garage sale in the United States, as well as the doorway inside, Jin Muchen probably had an impression of such a garage sale in his mind, isn't this an American-style old house?

It's just that the method is more straightforward than the method of digging out old houses in our country!

As he listened to Candace's explanation, his eyes were fixed on the antique dealers who were busy in the house.

These guys are all dressed in suits and leather shoes, and at first glance they are the owners or agents of those high-end antique stores in Manhattan, and they are very proficient in all kinds of antique cultural toys.

At this time, they were carefully browsing every room in this villa, as long as the owner allowed it to be open, they would go in and have a look, for fear that because of a small negligence, they would miss every possibility of picking up leaks.

Jin Muchen and Candace, following a group of two antique dealers, began to take a general tour of the entire villa, and I have to say that this Mr. Bentley is really quite tasteful.

The decoration of the villa is typical of Western American style, with mahogany floors, mahogany staircases, and even the lower part of the walls are covered with half-cut mahogany panels, while the upper part is hung with many oil paintings of unknown origin and age.

The two antique dealers were very interested in these oil paintings, and they took a few looks, and then they exchanged a few names, saying a few names that Jin Muchen had never heard of, presumably some well-known painters.

After finally determining the author of these paintings, the two blushed and argued twice, and finally divided the oil paintings on the wall, each part, and then called the Josh just now, bargained, and finally made a deal.

Then there will be the porters they brought with them, who will come here and carefully take off the paintings, pack them and carry them to the truck outside the door.

The whole process is so simple, Jin Muchen probably read it once, and he has a general understanding of this process.

However, after looking around, I didn't see anything too good, the so-called antiques here, if you let Chinese collectors come to see, it is better to say that they are some cultural toys.

For example, the crystal balls placed on the table of the study, or some exquisite wooden trucks, ships, airplane models, etc., the materials are really good, and the workmanship is also very exquisite, which can definitely be regarded as the level of fine craftsmanship, but there is no historical and cultural value.

So the price is a few hundred yuan, expensive, a little better, it is about a thousand yuan, these things, those antique dealers like it very much, but Jin Muchen didn't make a move, firstly, because he didn't know much about these Western miscellaneous items, and secondly, he didn't like them.

His pair of eyes that can see the jewels, swept a few glances at the 'antiques' that those antique dealers are vying for, and he didn't see any jewels at all, indicating that these things, even if they have some value, are not of high value, unless they meet buyers who like these things very much, it is difficult to sell them at a high price, and they do not have the price level recognized by ordinary shareholders, so Jin Muchen is not so interested in those things.

After seeing more and understanding more, Jin Muchen felt a little disappointed in his heart, because the whole villa had already turned around for most of the time, but he couldn't see anything that made him feel like.

Fortunately, the hosts arranged it quite thoroughly, and at noon they ordered take-out drinks for everyone from outside, so that everyone went to the hall on the first floor for a rest.

Soon lunch was over, and after a brief rest, Josh. Bentley came to the living room on the first floor.

"Alright, gentlemen, in the morning you have already selected all the things you should see and buy, because we are pressed for time, so in the afternoon, we will have an important auction, please come with me."

The antique dealers present suddenly became excited, and a few people who knew each other muttered quietly.

At this time, Candace said in Jin Muchen's ear: "Look, the highlight is coming, this auction is the finale of this garage sale." You see the happy looks of those guys, there must be a lot of good things in this finale. ”

Jin Muchen suddenly, no wonder people say that Americans are shrewd and commercialization methods are mature, look at the garage sale, it is obviously a small second-hand auction, but the whole process and details are arranged very perfectly, and in the end, there is actually a finale of the small auction.

Such steps and processes are almost the same as those of large auction companies.

Come up first and let everyone shop casually, and then sell some things that are not very valuable, and wait until the end is the really good thing, what everyone really wants.

This Bentley family is really shrewd enough, and in this way, of course, it can ensure that their interests are maximized.

Since he arrived here, of course Jin Muchen didn't want to go home empty-handed, so he followed the army up to the second floor, and on the south-facing side of the second floor, there was a large study room of about 100 square meters, and in the morning, this room was always locked.

And by the time everyone came to the door of this room this time, the door had already opened, and Josh, who was in charge of the auction. Bentley was standing in the room.

"Okay, you have thirty minutes, you can watch it casually, but you must be careful, handle it carefully, don't break or damage the item, once it is damaged, then you have to ask for compensation for fraud." Thirty minutes later, I'll start the auction here. Now, everyone, please! ”

Said Josh. Bentley got off the small stage and let everyone move freely.

Of course, Jin Muchen couldn't miss such an opportunity, and walked around this big study room accompanied by Candace.

When he first entered this study, Jin Muchen had already defined the deceased Mr. Bentley in his heart, this must be a player and collector, because in this study, it can be said that there are jewels everywhere.

When he stepped in before, he was even dazzled by those treasures, and his heart was pounding