Chapter 11: Ten Thousand Years of Ivory
Xin Ye said to drink tea, and when Bentley arrived at his destination, it was a private club called Lanshan!
The clubhouse is located in the southeast corner of the Bac Giang Natural Ecological Park, the main body is a Western-style five-story building, surrounded by ancient trees, which is very mysterious.
As soon as the three of them stepped into the main hall of the clubhouse, Yu Sheng'an was attracted by an ornament in the center of the clubhouse hall!
It was a large and tall imitation skull, with two mammoth tusks more than a meter long and curved into a half-moon shape stuck in the skull.
One is dark brown bark; A lighter in color, light brown skin.
Ivory fangs, show off your might!
Yu Sheng'an subconsciously walked over, stopped beside the ornament, and even reached out and touched it with the back of his hand, looking happy to see the hunt.
Fei Hong subconsciously glanced at Brother Xin, and finally understood how Brother Xin "tested the color"!
This method is really high, one does not offend people, and the other is quiet.
"Shocked, right? When I first came, I was also amazed by this ornament! Don't say it, just this ornament, the grade of this club will come up. Xin Ye said deliberately.
Yu Sheng'an nodded, looking at the "Mammoth Skull" ornament in front of him with a rather complicated look.
To put it mildly, he worked as a corpse digger in Siberia, chasing the summer, hovering in a no-man's land, following the master to dig ivory for more than two years, although he handled countless mammoth tusks, but this was the first time he saw the mammoth tusks on display outside!
It's ridiculous to say.
In Kievan Rus' Siperiya, digging up corpses is actually a violation of the law, but the first three times they were caught were only fined, so poaching is extremely rampant!
But the mammoth ivory sold is the only legal ivory product on the market!
It turns out that in order to protect modern elephants, countries around the world have basically banned the trade of modern ivory, and the value of modern ivory has also plummeted.
Mammoth tusks, because they are extinct animals, have become the only legal substitute.
It's ridiculous, it's staggering.
"Yo, isn't this Xin Ye?"
A strange greeting from yin and yang woke Yu Sheng'an up.
He looked up and followed the sound, only to see a middle-aged man in a black suit, surrounded by three or five people, walking over with a mocking expression.
Xin Ye glanced at him and ignored him.
The middle-aged man in the suit approached, looked at the appearance of Xin Ye and his party of three people surrounding the ivory ornaments, and teased: "Look at the ivory? Don't look at it, this kind of ivory is rare in a hundred years, no matter how you look at it, you can't see it! β
"Does this have anything to do with you?" Friends were present, no matter how good Xin Ye's temper was, he had to choke back at this time.
"Of course it does! If I'm not mistaken, you saw the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea Mammoth Tooth Sculpture at the Shanghetuo Exchange Conference, so you came over to grind the gun, right? Let me tell you, I also took a fancy to that ivory carving, do you think it matters? "The middle-aged man in the suit is smiling and not smiling.
"Really? At that time, we will each rely on our abilities! Xin Ye said.
"Okay, I love that!" The middle-aged man in the suit looks heroic.
After speaking, his eyes wandered to Yu Sheng'an, and his eyes rolled and said: "I heard that a while ago, you received a Xuande white-glazed chicken heart bowl from a young man, this young man can't be this one, right?" β
"So what?" Xin Ye said coldly.
The middle-aged man in the suit suddenly lit up, and he seemed to be sincere and said to Yu Sheng'an: "This brother, don't blame me for speaking badly, this master, but he is a well-known master on the road, and if the collection is given to him, it will definitely be lost to his grandmother's house!" β
I have to say that this person's discord plan is really good.
Under this sentence, no matter how good the relationship is, I am afraid that there will be a bit of estrangement in my heart.
Xin Ye's face suddenly turned ugly, and he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Fart, who is the master?" I'm hiding it! β
The middle-aged man in the suit saw that Xin Ye was anxious, not angry but happy, and mocked: "Hey, I said it, right?" Otherwise, what are you anxious about? β
Xin Ye was furious and was about to speak, Yu Sheng'an suddenly interjected: "I did sell a chicken heart bowl to Xin Ye, I don't know if it's a loss, but I know that your eyesight is really not good!" β
The middle-aged man in the suit with a mocking face suddenly froze.
Xin Ye and Fei Hong looked at Yu Sheng'an with a surprised expression.
The middle-aged man in the suit smiled angrily: "Yo, what a good pair of sharp teeth, come, tell me, why can't I see enough?" What did Wang Tianxin tell you? β
Yu Sheng'an said tepidly: "That's not it, I just heard from you that this pair of ivory is rare in a hundred years, and I know that your level is indeed average." β
"Hey! Hey! "The middle-aged man in the suit was happy, he pointed at Yu Sheng'an, looked at the companions around him with a sneering face, and he clearly said, 'Everyone, listen to how this kid is making a big fuss!'
"Don't blame me, young man, for not reminding you, this ivory is a 10,000-year-old ivory! Do you understand 10,000-year-old ivory? It's the ancient mammoth ivory, which Ma Ye spent five million to win the best! This condition is almost unique in the market! The middle-aged man in the suit pointed to the mammoth ivory and vibrated loudly.
The sound even attracted a few passing guests to subconsciously gather.
It seems that the nature of loving melons and watching lively is not divided between rich and poor.
Yu Sheng'an smiled: "You are judging the price of your feelings, then you can't say this!" β
The middle-aged man in the suit stiffened, he took a breath, barely suppressed his anger, and sneered: "It sounds like you still have high opinions?" Come, come, talk, I'm listening. β
"I don't dare to talk about it, but I really have some opinions on this ivory."
Without waiting for the middle-aged man in the suit to laugh, Yu Sheng'an continued: "You just said that this pair of ivory is rare in a hundred years, hehe, let me tell you, the mammoth ivory that is really rare in a hundred years is the blue ice material in the ice material, which is three points more beautiful than the 3A level that most people say!" β
The ice material that Yu Sheng'an said is not the "ice material" in jadeite.
It refers to the level of corrosion of mammoth ivory, from high to low, which are ice, frozen soil, earth, and molars.
These classifications, as the name suggests, can be understood to be related to the environment in which mammoth ivory is preserved.
In other words, ivory frozen in ice is naturally more intact and less eroded than ivory in soil.
Among them, the soil material, basically close to the waste material, calcified severely, the white jade moist feeling of ivory is almost completely absent, simple and old like a stone, it is difficult to carve, the value is the lowest, and the stock in the market is also the most, generally used to make a small pendant, a piece, a knife handle and the like.
Of course, this kind of ivory is also full of historical simplicity when it is put out as a whole, and the taste is unique, and it also has an elegant taste!
Yu Sheng'an dug mammoth tusks in Siberia for more than two years, and most of the dug up was earth, which was worth a little money, but he couldn't make a fortune.
Of course, he had also seen top-grade ice, and it was precisely because of this top-notch ice, that his master ...... him Buried alive!
Back to business.
At this time, Yu Sheng'an pointed to the mammoth ivory in front of him and said, "As for this pair?" You look at this tooth skin, dark brown with marks, serious erosion, almost no ivory white jade moist feeling, this quality, the market rating is the most ice grade B, in fact, if you give me a valuation, B grade is not counted, it can only be regarded as a frozen soil material with good color! β
Yu Sheng'an talked eloquently: "Not only that, this is also a major repair tooth!" β
"After all, mammoth ivory has a history of tens of thousands of years, and it is not easy to preserve it, so it is more or less flawed, and it is understandable to repair it at all, but if it is a major repair, it is not a rare occurrence in a hundred years."
"The restorer of this tooth is also capable, knowing that the tip of the tooth cannot be repaired, it is easy to be seen, but he cares about it, you look at the natural closed line on the tooth, it is almost invisible, don't think about it, this must be touch-up."
"And in the second half, you can still see all kinds of abrasion marks on the tip of the teeth, and the root of the tooth is directly gone, which is too fake! If I'm not mistaken, it must be that there are too many cracks in the tooth skin, so I simply fill in and polish, I think the inside is empty, most of them are filled with silicone. β
"This kind of 10,000-year-old tooth is also suitable for the whole possibility, otherwise it will be a crack if you move the knife casually, and no matter how powerful the carving master is, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!"
Yu Shengan pointed to the details of the mammoth tusks and explained them one by one, which made the middle-aged man in the suit completely dumbfounded.
I really met an expert, and the little ink in my stomach immediately appeared as a prototype.
But being suppressed by a boy of unknown origin, the middle-aged man in the suit was naturally unwilling, and he said stiffly: "You just put it aside and blow it!" Master Ma, five million things, won't find someone to palm? β
Yu Sheng'an didn't speak yet, but Xin Ye sneered: "The eyesight of experts is also divided into three, six, nine, etc., just like you, how many times you have found someone to palm, but you still don't pay the tuition fee?" β
As soon as this mockery came out, the middle-aged man in the suit turned green.
"Fuck your mother's ass, you didn't hit the eye? Last year, the copper cloisonnΓ© enamel long-necked flask paid more than 300,000 tuition, thinking I didn't know? β
Yes, this kind of black history is picked up, and this kind of controversy suddenly can't be fought for.
At this moment, an old man about sixty years old in black casual clothes came out of the crowd, he stretched out his hand to both sides and pressed it on both sides, and said unhurriedly: "Everyone who comes is a guest, give me some thin noodles, don't make noise!" β
As soon as he opened his mouth, Xin Ye, who almost wiped his gun, and the middle-aged man in the suit, although their faces were extremely ugly, they really closed their mouths!
The old man looked at Yu Sheng'an, stretched out his hand and said, "Young man, what do you call it?" β
Yu Sheng'an hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook it: "Yu Sheng'an, Yu Sheng'an, Yu Sheng'an, Yu Sheng'an." β
"Good name! Unpretentious! The old man praised, and he immediately said with a straight expression: "I just heard you say that this ivory is at most frozen soil?" β
When the words fell, Xin Ye was obviously nervous.
The middle-aged man in the suit became excited: "No, this kid still said that it was all silicone!" β
Yu Sheng'an said tentatively: "This ivory is yours?" β
The old man smiled and nodded.
"I'm really sorry, I'm talking too much, I also watched Xin Ye being troubled, and I was ......angry for a while," Yu Sheng'an hurriedly explained.
In the master's house, evaluating other people's things as inferior products, no matter how unqualified he is, he also knows that such behavior is wrong.
The old man waved his hand: "No, no, no, there is no need to apologize, now that I have freedom of speech, since I have put it out, I am naturally not afraid of other people's discussions." However, you say that it is frozen soil, and I really have a bit of a diaphragm in my heart, so I will ask, are you sure it is frozen soil? β
When he said this, the old man didn't ask about his identity or reason, he just stared at Yu Sheng'an's eyes.
When Xin Ye heard this, he subconsciously tugged at the hem of Yu Sheng'an's clothes.
Yu Sheng'an glanced at Xin Ye, but nodded: "I'm sure." β
"Good!" The old man clapped his hands, turned his head and said to the young man: "Xiao Li, find something, cut this ivory for me to see!" β
"Okay!" The young man nodded, and quickly took out his mobile phone to make a call.