Chapter 106: The Safavid Seal
Putting the cavalry statue aside, Zheng Jing reached out and took out the last item.
It's a strange item that looks a lot like a pancake tool.
The object is round, pointed, and has a flower vine-shaped figure carved on the bottom edge.
In the middle of the flower vine diagram, there is the Nasta Lik rune.
Looking at the shape of this item, Zheng Jing was a little confused.
It was the first time he had seen such a strange object, and he had no clue.
In order to figure out what kind of item it was, Zheng Jing turned on the identification function.
【Safavid Seal】
[Country: Yin Lang]
[Year: 1506]
[Material: silver, agate]
[Weight: 206g]
[Size: 0×6×4.6cm Height: 5cm]
[Condition: Good condition, slight scratches on the appearance]
[Introduction: In May 1506, there was a young master printer in the town of Yin Langdamgan.
The master printer, West Germany, is only twenty-five years old.
The appearance of the seals he made was whimsical, and there was a clear difference from the traditional seal appearance.
Because of this, more and more people heard about his name, and even people in Tehran and Yin Si Fahan asked him to make seals.
One day in May, a young man came to him with a fist-sized agate stone to make a seal.
It was the first time that West Germany had met someone making a seal out of agate, and he found it challenging, so he took it.
Let's get off the book
In the following production process, the difficulty of production exceeded West Germany's imagination, and after more than half a month of careful production, the agate seal was finally made.
After the seal was made, in order to let others know his strength, he deliberately put this seal on the work table.
When a person who comes to make a seal sees the prominent agate seal on the table, he asks him what the seal is made of.
Sid was glad that he was asked about the seal.
He told the person who asked about the seal.
Hearing that he could make seals from agate, those who came to make seals were amazed by his ability to make them.
On the seventh day after the seal was made, just when West Germany thought that the young man would not come, the young man arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The young man was satisfied with the seal and gave West Germany some more money.
In 1508, the young man's family moved to Tehran, because the price of goods here was very high, and the family's money was almost spent, so in order not to starve the whole family, the young man took the valuable goods of the family to the nearby bazaar and sold them, including the agate seal.
After several changes, on July 6, 1513, the seal fell into the hands of the pirate Agutte Christine. 】
[Value: 200,000~650,000]
After reading the information in his mind, Zheng Jing realized that this item turned out to be a seal.
In addition, it is also a seal made of agate.
It's a pity that the quality of agate is not good, and the highest price is only 650,000.
Zheng Jing is not going to keep this seal, and he will sell it when he has time.
Putting a few items that had been identified into the space, Zheng Jing looked inside the box and found that there was only straw.
Taking the box aside, Zheng Jing came to another box.
This chest is a little better than the one just now, the degree of decay is very low, only one corner is rotten.
The contents should be well preserved.
After looking at the time, Zheng Jing was ready to take a break.
Identifying several items at once, he was a little dazed with a lot of information in his mind.
He was ready to take a break.
Outside the house, the breeze blowing from the Simpson Desert shook his spirits, and he felt that his confused head was much clearer.
Sitting on the chair and blowing the wind for a while, if it weren't for the sand blowing into his mouth and eyes, Zheng Jing really wanted to lie on the chair and sleep.
"Hey! Eldest brother! Hey big brother......"
Just as Zheng Jing stood up and returned to the house, the phone suddenly rang.
Well?
Zheng Jing took out his mobile phone suspiciously, and found that the signal on it was full.
Good guys, so far from town, the signal is so good.
Seeing an unfamiliar call, Zheng Jing wanted to hang up, but after thinking about it, he still answered it.
"That one?"
"Hello, is this Mr. Zheng?"
Hearing this unfamiliar male voice, Zheng Jing's brain spun wildly.
He wondered who the owner of the voice was.
I thought about a lot of people, but in the end, no one matched.
"I am, may I ask who you are?"
"Hello Mr. Zheng, I'm Kevin, General Manager of Christie's Asia.
This call is to invite you to our Asian Year-End Auction in Singapore on January 15th, and we sincerely hope that Mr. Cheng will join us in our auction. ”
After listening, Zheng Jing realized that the person who called him was actually Kevin, the head of Christie's Asia.
I don't know where he got his cell phone number.
He knew he hadn't worked with Christie's.
It reminded him of Sotheby's.
I think they leaked his information internally.
On the other side of the phone, Kevin heard the sound of breathing on the phone and suddenly became a little nervous.
It stands to reason that as the head of Asia at the world's second-largest auction house, Kevin will not be nervous.
It's just that Kevin couldn't sit still when he thought of the information he had just seen.
Such a potential billionaire, if he doesn't get Christie's, he will be sorry for his identity.
Thinking of the auction items that the young man opposite took out at Sotheby's, Kevin felt envious.
How come they haven't encountered such a good thing.
Thinking of the impact of those two Buddha statues, Kevin was eager to replace them.
It's really cheap Roman guy.
"Yes, I'll go over then."
After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Jing decided to participate, after all, he also wanted to know more people.
It's December 28, and there are still 17 days to go.
Kevin closed his mouth happily when he heard that Zheng Jing agreed to participate.
He saw from the information that Zheng Jing was difficult to invite, Sotheby's invited several times but did not go, and this time he did not have the confidence to invite him to participate, he didn't expect him to agree.
It was a pleasant surprise.
"Okay, Mr. Zheng, thank you for participating, and we will send you the invitation letter to the staff when the time comes."
"Okay, give me a call before you send it, I don't know if I'm at home."
"Okay, there's one thing I want to ask you, I don't know if that's okay?" Kevin said nervously.
Hearing Kevin's words, Zheng Jing raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, not knowing what he was going to ask.
"You say."
"That's right, Mr. Zheng, I heard that you are a very powerful traveler and must have seen a lot of things during your travels around the world.
What I want to ask is, don't know if you have something to sell? If you have that in mind, please consider Christie's. ”
This is a dozing pillow, Zheng Jing was still thinking about selling the agate seal just now, and this opportunity came.
"I have a few items in my hand, but the type is a bit niche, and they can't compare to the two Buddha statues I auctioned at Sotheby's."
Hearing that Zheng Jing really had something in his hand, Kevin happily stood up from his chair.
"It's okay Mr. Zheng, we need niche items more, please give us a chance to cooperate."
Listen, that's a pretty thing to say.
Since others are so sincere, Zheng Jing also agreed.
"In that case, then entrust it to you, I'm out of town now, I'll call you when I go back, and you can send someone over to sign the contract."
Zheng Jing did not say the details of the contract, he knew that since Christie's wanted to cooperate with him once, he would definitely not ask for such a high auction commission.
"Okay Mr. Zheng, I look forward to your call, the commission is the same as Sotheby's, only three percent is taken."
Although Zheng Jing didn't say it, Kevin couldn't pretend not to know.
Since they asked Zheng Jing to cooperate, it must be them.
On the road.
Hearing Kevin's words, Zheng Jing knew why someone else was the head of the continent region, and the words were beautiful.
The two talked a few more words, and finally Kevin hung up the phone for fear of delaying Zheng Jing's matter.
Otherwise, he would have been able to talk for a while.
Putting the phone away, Zheng Jing returned to the house, opened the space and checked it.
Rare and valuable items are not sold, so there are really few items that can be sold.
In addition to the agate seal just now, Zheng Jing decided to take out the mother-of-pearl - gunpowder bottle found in Nepal and sell it.
Zheng Jing didn't plan to keep this item, and this time it happened to be sold with the agate seal.
It's really amazing, looking for only these two items to sell.
Other items are either too expensive or too rare, and Zheng Jing is reluctant to sell them.
He was thinking about selling the statue of the Bastar Knight just now, but after thinking about it, he forgot it.
Although the price of this statue is not very high, and the item is not very rare, it is the first time that Zheng Jing has found such a statue, and he is a little reluctant.
Let's start with the agate seal and the mother-of-pearl powder bottle.
The remaining three boxes will be opened. If there's something you don't like, you don't need to sell the Knights of Basta.
Putting down the chair, he came to the box, and looking at the top two boxes, Zheng Jing decided to open them first.
He wanted to see what it was in and why it weighed so much.
Opening the box and seeing the items inside, Zheng Jing was stunned.
What are these things?
The items that appeared in front of him were silver squares.
The size of the item is the same as that of a brick, and when I pick up a piece and put it in my hand, I feel that this piece weighs ten pounds.
I checked it and didn't find any markings.
Could it be that this is a silver ingot?
Look at this appearance, it is very similar to a silver ingot.
【Silver Bars】
【Country: Spain】
[Year: 1501]
[Material: Silver]
[Weight: 5kg]
[Size: 240×115×53mm]
[Condition: Excellent condition, no scratches on the outside]
[Introduction: In 1501, a freighter carrying silver ingots departed from Spain.
The freighter departed from Spain and was destined for Argentina, more than 10,000 kilometers away.
Since the freighter left port, the pirate Agut Christine, who was looking for a target for robbery in the Atlantic, received the news.
After receiving the news, Agut gathered all his men and waited for the arrival of the freighter.
After five days of waiting, Agut finally saw the freighter in the Atlantic.
After observation, Agut and his men boarded the ship late one night.
Upon inspection, Agutte found that the freighter was loaded with silver ingots.
In the end, Agutte decided to take all the two-ton silver ingots from the freighter.
When Agutte returned to a secret base in the Atlantic, he distributed the silver ingots from the robbery to his men, leaving only two large chests for himself.
These two boxes of silver ingots were also buried somewhere in the wilderness of Australia's Northern Territory in 1522. 】
[Value: 21,000 RMB (one piece)]
Sure enough, after reading the identified information, he guessed correctly.
Sure enough, it was a silver ingot.
Seeing the two boxes of silver ingots in the message, Zheng Jing knew that the box next to him was also silver ingots.
When he called, he guessed correctly, it was also a box full of silver ingots.
Two chests of silver ingots, one chest contains nine pieces, and two chests are eighteen pieces.
According to the current price of silver, one pound is more than 2,100 yuan.
According to the price of two thousand one hundred, one hundred and eighty catties, that is, three million .78 million.
In this way, Zheng Jing is not depressed, almost four million silver, and he is a little depressed.
Luckily, there is no mark on the silver, so it should be a good shot.
Zheng Jing thought as he touched the silver.
It seems that when you arrive in Canberra, you will have to take a good stroll around to see if there is a place to collect silver spots.
Covering the two boxes and putting them into the space, Zheng Jing came to the last box.
Seeing this rotten corner of the box, Zheng Jing was expectant and nervous.
Hopefully it's good stuff inside.
Opening the box and seeing the contents inside, Zheng Jing's whole person trembled with excitement.
"it!"