My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 333 Are You Wholesale?

Soon, Fang Xing took out a bunch of various bamboo and wood tooth and horn carvings.

"Hey! So many rhino horn carvings? I'll pick one too." Old Wang couldn't help but said.

You know, rhino horns are similar to ivory, and now they are basically strictly controlled items, and even auctions cannot be auctioned at will.

In today's collection market, rhino horns still belong to noble collections.According to statistics, there are no more than 4000 rhino horn carvings in the world.

Among the countless stocks, most of the rhino horns are scattered in the hands of well-known museums and big collectors at home and abroad.

In the mainland, there are more than 100 pieces in the Forbidden City in the capital, more than 40 pieces in the Shanghai Museum, and four pieces in the Jinling Museum.Among European and American museums, the National Museum of Ireland has a collection of more than 4 rhino horns, ranking first in the world.

Therefore, in the hands of private collectors, there are very few carved rhino horns.

Now, seeing Fang Xing move out a lot, these bigwigs were taken aback, and thought to themselves: You are indeed a collection family that has been passed down for more than ten generations!

That's right!According to the official information, the Fang family is a collection family that has been passed down for more than ten or twenty generations.

That's why the Fang family's collection is so amazing.

"It's rare. Most of the rhino horn carvings that have appeared in auctions in recent years come from old collections in Europe and America." Mr. He looked at these rhino horn carvings, all of which were high-quality goods, and couldn't help rubbing his hands excitedly.

The rhino horn sculptures that have appeared at auctions in recent years basically come from old European and American collections. The reason is also very simple. Some museums have to auction some of their collections due to insufficient funds or other factors.

"These are worth more than one million yuan each at the auction!" Liu Shijun also reached out, wanting to grab three or two.

"Did you find it? These rhino horn carvings are all Asian rhino horns." A big man with good eyesight said.

You know, there used to be rhinos in China, and there were records of using rhino horns in the Song Dynasty.

However, due to human activities and over-exploitation, their habitats are decreasing year by year; coupled with the high economic and medicinal value of the rhino horns on their heads, they have been hunted and killed by humans since ancient times The number became more and more in modern times, so they finally almost disappeared in China at the beginning of the 20th century.

The sub-rhino horn carving art is also known as a treasure of ancient Chinese handicrafts. After the prosperity of the past dynasties, the sub-rhino horn ornaments have gradually become the leading art among the works of art. the dignity contained in it.

"Rhino horn carvings, even slightly better ones, can fetch millions of dollars at auction, nothing surprising."

Brother Xiao Ma has collected two exquisite pieces, which are said to be from the collection of the Qing court, but they were later snatched away by foreign powers. He saw them at foreign auctions a few years ago and took them down.

He has learned that so far, more than 100 pieces of Asian rhino horn ornaments have been sold for more than one million yuan, and several pieces have exceeded ten million yuan. The most expensive one is close to 4000 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Hmm! That's right! Rhino horn tools are scarce, so it can be said that there is one less item sold."

Generally speaking, once a rhino horn is in the pocket of a collector, it is usually not easy to sell it again.

It's really unheard of, unseen, and appalling to hear something like Fang Xing's doing it out for wholesale.

Mr. He was the most greedy, and half of the rhino horn carvings, more than fifteen pieces, were taken down by him.Liu Shijun picked five pieces, and the others took over the rest.

In terms of price, Fang Xing did not open his mouth like a lion, and only charged 150 million per piece.

Pull wool!You can't squeeze too much at once, long-term is king.

To be honest, 150 million, these big guys took advantage of it.If you take it to auction, it must be more than this price.Lao Wang, Lao He, and Lao Liu are all aware of this point.

Therefore, I accepted Fang Xing's love.

The following wood carvings, bamboo carvings, etc., dazzled everyone. There were all kinds of wood and bamboo, and the carvers were top-notch. I really don't know how the Fang family collected them.

Looking at this posture, the director of the Palace Museum would probably be speechless in the presence.

"It's the first time I've seen so many high-quality Ming and Qing wood carvings and bamboo carvings wholesale." Lao Wang thought he had seen a big scene, but as Fang Xing kept moving out, he couldn't help but feel teeth ache.

There are precious wood carvings such as rosewood, ebony, rosewood, boxwood, and nanmu.

"Hey! This is the one I saw first."

"If you want to fart, I'll take it first."

……

Two of the bosses had already quarreled over a piece of rosewood carving.

This is the most precious red sandalwood leaf!It is difficult to have large pieces of material, which are relatively expensive.It is still difficult to find materials that can be used to make woodcarving ornaments, so lobular red sandalwood is relatively rare among woodcarving materials.

Regardless of the quality of the carving, just the material is worth a thousand gold.

And the one in front of them, whether it is the scale of the material or the exquisite carving, is something they have never encountered before.

This is an imperial red sandalwood screen inlaid with "Yannian" dragon and phoenix patterns on the ancient jade wall of the Qing Dynasty.

"More than ten years ago, it seems that a similar one was photographed, more than 3000 million?" Liu Shijun vaguely remembered.

In fact, although it is difficult to find large materials for lobular red sandalwood, it is not absolute, and there are also "big pieces".If Liu Shijun remembers correctly, the red sandalwood sculpture ranked first, with an auction price of more than 1 million yuan, which is a colossal object.

There are too many red sandalwood carvings exceeding ten million to count.

The color of red sandalwood is deep purple. It has always been cherished by emperors, generals, and literati. It is expensive and ranks first among all woods. It is called "the wood of kings".

Worthy of the name!

(End of this chapter)