Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

"Boss Wu, how was your harvest this morning? What good stuff did you buy? Did you find any bargains?"

Today is Sunday, and it is also the second day after he returned from the provincial capital to buy calligraphy and paintings. He was strolling in Tai'an Antique City. Wang Liang saw him and greeted him.

When he came in the morning, he had bought some things and was carrying a cloth bag filled with wine.

"It's not easy to find bargains now. I didn't buy the good ones, but I bought some train tickets, bus tickets, subway tickets, boat tickets and other tickets that are not too old.

I also bought a photo album and an iron spear head with a red tassel from the 1950s and 1960s.

How about you, how was your luck, did you buy anything good? "

Wu Yuansheng also greeted him, and Wang Liang was also holding a bag in his hand.

(Train tickets and other transportation tickets are from the late 2000s and around , and are available from all over the country.

He bought these just to find out about the transportation conditions and ticket prices of that era.

After all, he is a person of this era and has experienced some things of that era.

The album is not big and there are not many photos. There are about twenty chapters in total, with one picture per page.

The photos are also from the recent past, and are commemorative photos of a trip to Beijing in the 1980s and 1990s, mainly of children and a family of four.

"I didn't buy anything great. I just bought a few maps that weren't too old and some old tickets to scenic spots. Let me take a look at the red tasseled spear head you mentioned!"

He wanted to see it, so Wu Yuansheng took it out.

The tip of the red tassel spear is about 30 cm long, and the "arrowhead"-shaped part at the front is about 13 cm long. It is handmade by a blacksmith.

Because it is well preserved, it looks black and the rust is not particularly obvious.

Wang Liang asked about the price, and Wu Yuansheng told him that it was 50 yuan.

This kind of folk iron product is not expensive.

Wang Liang bought a lot of old maps and old tickets to scenic spots. He had purchased them from recycling places and also selected them from scrap collection stations where he purchased old books.

The market was good in the past few years, and Yi Xiaoyue sold some rare early tickets, old maps, various other bills, cigarette labels, wine labels and other paper collectibles online, and made a lot of money.

"Boss Wu, on the 29th, which is next Saturday, there will be a large treasure appraisal event at the X City Antique City. It is said that "Mou Yu Zhi Men" will be there to help everyone appraise treasures.

If you have nothing to do and are not traveling, and you have something at home that needs to be identified, you can take it to an expert to have a look.”

When the two were about to continue visiting some stalls, Wang Liang said to him again.

"Really? The "Yuzhimen" is coming to appraise treasures? Then I'll take some time to go over and take a look."

Although I don't have anything that needs to be appraised by experts, it's still nice to go and see what's going on.

In the past, he only watched it on TV, computer or mobile phone, but now that he was in this city and the distance was so close, he had no reason not to go to the scene.

It will be an unforgettable life experience to see the experts appraising treasures with your own eyes.

After chatting for a few more minutes, they went their separate ways.

"Boss Qin, I received another good thing. Do you want to take a look?"

Not far ahead, he heard a stall owner selling "Stone Buddha Temple" handicrafts smiling and greeting the "old idiot".

If you were to ask who is the most popular person in the antique city right now, it would definitely be him.

Except for bad weather, the old man comes here almost every weekend, and every time he comes, he buys a lot of things.

According to Wu Yuansheng's observation, the items he bought the most were "high-end" jade and "high-end" porcelain.

People are stupid and have a lot of money, so even if they are taken advantage of, they may not care. After all, their retirement salary is high and they have made money in the past.

Those who sell fake goods love to associate with this kind of people.

Many knowledgeable people in the circle also think that his purchase of "handicrafts" is a good way to help the "poor" people who set up stalls on the street.

After all, the business of selling fake goods is becoming increasingly difficult these days, and even experts won’t buy them.

People like him who like collecting and refuse to listen to advice, and study fakes every day, are rare, if not one in a million.

To use the words of some people who own shops here, "If the old fool contributes more, the people who set up stalls here will have a better life."

"What good stuff do you have? Take it out and let me see it! As long as the stuff is good enough, don't worry about the money, it will be yours."

The stall owner liked to hear him say this, and quickly opened a wooden box next to him and took out an object wrapped in yellow cloth.

Open the yellow cloth to reveal a square dark brown box.

The box is about 10 centimeters long and about 10 centimeters high.

"You're not talking about this box, are you? It's black and doesn't look like wood. What is it made of?"

After seeing the box, Lao Qin asked the stall owner.

"It's definitely not just this box. This box is made of rhino horn and dates back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. If you look at the bottom of the box, you will see the words 'Made in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty' written on it.

The things inside the box are more valuable. I'll open it and let you take a look. Guess what it's made of first!"

The stall owner quickly opened the "rhino horn" box, and inside was a red cylindrical stone that looked like a seal.

"Onyx?"

Lao Qin took the seal in his hand, looked at it with a magnifying glass for a while, and then said.

"You guessed wrong. Agate is not worth much. Forget it, don't guess anymore. I'll just tell you.

This is a bloodstone. The stone was used by Heshen, the richest man during the Qianlong period. His name is on the bottom.

you can take a look."

After he said this, Lao Qin did not rush to look at the seal, but looked at the rhino horn box first. Wu Yuansheng was closer, so he took a look. On the bottom, it was indeed written "Made in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty", and it looked like an official kiln style.

After looking at the box, Lao Qin picked up the seal and began to study it.

"Can you tell me how much it costs?"

After two or three minutes, probably having studied it well, he asked for the price.

"This seal is made of chicken blood stone and was used by Heshen. It must be worth at least 3 yuan. I'll give you a discount and you can pay 26000 yuan."

The boss deliberately thought for a few seconds and then said to him.

"I didn't spend so much money on the imperial seal I bought before. I'll give you 8000. Do you think you can sell it?"

The reason why the old fool is called an old fool is that he is too self-righteous and will not listen to anyone's advice.

Anyone with a bit of common sense would not think that they could buy an item like the imperial seal by spending ten or twenty thousand yuan.

The same goes for the "chicken blood stone" seal that you buy today. If it was really a seal used by Heshen, it would not appear here casually, and it would be even more impossible to sell it to him at such a low price.

After all, the owner of the street stall is not a fool.

"8000 is too little. Give me 10000. This is a rare item. If you don't buy it, someone else might buy it soon."

When the stall owner heard him say the price of 8000, he knew that he was interested in the "chicken blood stone" seal and started bargaining with him by saying "others might buy it".

"Then I'll add another 1000, so I'll give you 9000. If you can sell it, I'll take it. If not, keep it and ask someone else!

The 9000 I mentioned includes the price of the rhino horn packaging box.”

After Lao Qin said this, the stall owner deliberately thought about it for a while and agreed "reluctantly".

After scanning the code and paying, he put the "chicken blood stone" seal into the rhino horn box, took it and left to go to other stalls.