treasure hunt god pupil

Chapter 670 Beast Head Bow Bearer

Li Mo has no idea which foreign master this sculpture is. He just judges whether it has historical value and market value based on the reaction of Yitong. As for the specifics, Steven needs to contact the professional. Only the person identified can do it.

Because of the experience of going to Europe last time, he came to the United States this time not only to see if he could find more antiques from China, but also to focus on scouring the most attractive oil paintings and sculptures in the European and American markets.

As for Li Mo's ability, the few people who followed him finally saw it with their own eyes. Just now, he spent a lot of time trying to get the ugly sculpture, which undoubtedly shows that the sculpture is more valuable.

When he comes to shop, it means making a fortune, and when they come to shop, it is for the sake of shopping. There is really no comparison between people.

A group of people continued to walk forward and saw someone arguing fiercely at a booth in front of them.One of the two parties in the quarrel is from Bangzi Country, and the other is Chinese or Chinese.Two men in their 50s fought fiercely. The key was that one spoke Bangziyu and the other Chinese. I don't know how they could understand what the other was saying, and they each spoke their own.

"Mr. Qin, they had a quarrel over a jade object. The jade object in the hands of the man from the Bangzi Kingdom was the one that the Huaxia man took a fancy to and asked for the price first. But the people of the Bangzi Kingdom have no morals, so they want to get it first." to buy."

The beautiful security guard next to her translated in a low voice.

Li Mo looked at the jade article, it was a jade hairpin with a phoenix head wrapped in gold, it looked quite gorgeous.He glanced at it with different pupils, and then lost interest. It is estimated that it was carved out recently. Although the quality of the jade is not bad, to be honest, it is not interesting to buy it.

At this time, four Bangzi Chinese began to slowly surround the booth. The Huaxia people glanced at them, turned around and left with a soft snort.There are no rules at all in the United States, and if he suffers alone, he will only bear it himself.

Li Mo approached slowly, and looked at the booth, there were still quite a lot of jade jewelry, and there were also the Four Treasures of the Study for sale. This booth seemed to be specially set up for tourists from China.

The man from Bangzi Country had a proud look on his face when he won the jade hairpin, but he didn't buy it. Instead, he put the gold jade hairpin back on the booth, and left with four bodyguards cursing.

"Fake."

The stall owner was a tall American, and he couldn't help cursing at the backs of those sticky Chinese.

Li Mo glanced at nothing good, and within a dozen steps, he saw the man from Bangziguo standing in front of a booth. His expression seemed to be quite serious, and he picked up a ring from the booth and looked carefully at it. .

With a sweep of the different pupils, the ruby ​​ring emits a light gray halo. It is an ancient relic from the Qing Dynasty. Does that guy know how to appraise treasures?
Li Mo stepped forward, and there were all kinds of things on the booth, not only rings of various styles, but also several small bronze wares, and several porcelain wares.

The boss is an old man in his 60s. When he saw many people surrounding his booth, he couldn't help saying enthusiastically.

"He said that these things on the booth were brought back by the ancestors from the Huaxia Kingdom. If they like it, the price is negotiable."

It is convenient to have a translator by your side.

He glanced randomly with his different pupils, and was stunned for a moment. Among the messy piles of things, two of them actually shot out colorful halos, which meant that they were all ancient relics from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.Antiquities from China 500 years ago appeared on this unassuming open-air booth. If they were in China, such antiquities would be peerless treasures in museums.

Li Mo took a closer look, and found that the two ancient artifacts from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods looked like bows, but they were a little different from the ancient bows and crossbows in form.

The bows on this booth were gold and silver beast heads. In that era, gold and silver products were basically related to the nobles and even the royal family.

The man from Bangzi Country had already bargained with the boss, and it could be heard that the boss offered $[-], but the people from Bangzi Country directly countered to $[-].When it comes to bargaining, the people in Bangzi Country are also very aggressive, which is probably the habit of all Taobao people.

Li Mo watched them argue back and forth several times, and couldn't help but said: "I like that ring too, the price is negotiable."

Steven quickly translated it, and then the two people who were haggling fiercely stopped talking at the same time, and looked at him in surprise.

The man in Bangzi Kingdom was very unhappy, but seeing that he was surrounded by several people who looked like bodyguards, he actually said in broken Chinese: "Sir, this ring is the one I saw first."

Li Mo nodded and said, "I know, the boss offered $[-], can't you afford it?"

What you said is simply heart-wrenching, you can't afford what you fancy, so why can't I buy it?

"Hmph, would you buy it with a $[-] knife?"

"How do you know I won't buy it?"

Li Mo was very upset to see him. While arguing with him, this guy couldn't stop looking at the beautiful woman Anbao beside him, with a wretched look on his face.

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"Steven, tell the boss, I bought this ring."

Steven was busy translating, and the boss gave a thumbs up and said, "Ouke, Ouke."

"Hey, let's go."

The man from Bangzi Kingdom snorted and left angrily with four bodyguards.

"Mr. Qin, the boss asked you how to pay?" Steven reminded in a low voice.

"The price hasn't been negotiated yet, so why pay?" Li Mo said lightly, "Just now, the Bangzi Chinese offered up to two thousand dollars, and I can add another five hundred dollars."

Steven froze for a moment, with a dumbfounding look on his face, but he still translated his words honestly.

The stall owner also showed astonishment on his face, but soon he started haggling with Li Mo again.

"This is an antique ring from Huaxia more than 100 years ago, worth at least seven thousand dollars."

The boss' tone is very firm.

Li Mo raised three fingers: "If you can take out a ring that was worn by the emperor, I can bid [-] dollars, but this ring is worth [-] dollars at most."

The stall owner was obviously choked by his words, and his face was full of reluctance, as if he didn't want to do business with him anymore.

Li Mo did not rush, took out another blue and white bowl from the booth, and picked out a pair of identical things from the pile of sundries.

"I want all these things, and I'll give you seven thousand dollars."

At this time, Steven came forward to chat with him very wisely, and took out a business card from his briefcase. After communicating with him for a while, he said to Li Mo: "Mr. If so, add another thousand dollars."

Li Mo frowned slightly, hesitating for a while before saying, "I took all seven thousand and five hundred dollars away."

"ok, ok."

Even if the deal was concluded, Steven went to go through the payment procedures. The boss put the ruby ​​ring into the ring box at the request of Li Mo, and the blue and white bowl was wrapped in foam. Wrap it, then carefully roll it up with scotch tape.

After the transaction was over, the old man from the American country warmly hugged Li Mo.

"Mr. Qin, tell us about it." Steven felt itchy in his heart. He was an art dealer, so he naturally paid more attention to antiques.

The others also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"The ruby ​​ring is indeed from the late Qing Dynasty, and the quality of the gem is very good. I made up the number of that bowl, and the one I picked out from the pile of debris is what I want."

"What are those two antiques?"

"According to my preliminary identification, it is an antiquity from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China more than 2000 years ago, that is, the historical period of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period. The fixed brackets used to place bows and crossbows are generally set on the left side of the chariot. This pair of bow supports is exquisite in craftsmanship and decorated with gold and silver tiger heads."

"By the Western Han Dynasty, chariots had already withdrawn from the stage of history, and bows and crossbows had also become special weapons for the military. Therefore, bow bearers were generally exclusive items for big figures. Very few bow bearers have been unearthed, and each one is of great significance. "

(End of this chapter)