gifted collector

Chapter 206 Going around?
"Let's go, it's almost time, let's go over."

Tan Guo looked at the quartz clock on the wall and found that it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

"Ah."

Fang Ming nodded lightly, and followed Tan Guo to the place where Wanhua and the others were sitting. The purpose of coming here this evening was to see if he could catch a leak, but now things have deviated from the original plan. track.

"Fang Ming, sit down."

Wan Hua saw Fang Ming approaching, and pointed to a seat beside him.

"it is good."

Fang Ming was not polite at this time, and sat down next to Wan Hua, and he looked like a big horse with a golden sword.

Wan Hua nodded secretly in his heart, and when he came in and found Zhao Yifei was there, he knew that there might be a secret fight tonight, and Fang Ming was most likely to be involved.I was worried that Fang Ming was not mentally prepared, so he came here first. Tan Guo would definitely explain the situation tonight to Fang Ming clearly.

Looking at Fang Ming's appearance now, he must have thought it through clearly, and the aura Fang Ming displayed also showed that this young man was definitely a fierce man.

"Heh, Lao Wan, who is this young man?"

Zhao Yifei glanced at Fang Ming. As an old opponent, he was naturally familiar with Wanhua's situation and knew that the other young man was Wanhua's secretary.

"Heh, Fang Ming, I brought him here tonight to meet him, but I didn't expect to meet you, Old Zhao."

Wan Hua picked up the teacup and drank tea while talking, as if he was chatting naturally with an old friend. If Tan Guo hadn't explained the reason of the matter briefly before, Fang Ming would not have seen it. What about "tricky".

"Oh, like this?"

Zhao Yifei looked at Tan Guo, then twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "Tan Guo, it seems that everyone can't wait, so take out the things."

"Hey, no problem, it's on me."

While talking, Tan Guo took out a small brocade bag from his pocket, opened it, and took out something from it.

Everyone felt a flash of light in front of their eyes, and they couldn't help squinting their eyes and opened them again to find that it was a bead the size of a pigeon egg.

"Pearl? Night Pearl?"

Zhao Yifei exclaimed in a low voice, their old leader had his [-]th birthday recently, so he wanted to buy something as a gift, otherwise he wouldn't be here tonight.At this time, seeing that what Tan Guo took out was a bead, his immediate reaction was that it was a pearl, and it was a rare night bead.

If it was really Ye Mingzhu, it would be perfect as a gift, so with his extraordinary self-cultivation, he couldn't help shouting out.

After calling out, Zhao Yifei immediately turned to an old man in a Chinese tunic suit sitting next to him: "Old Fei, please have a look."

Unlike Wanhua, although Zhao Yifei has also been exposed to some antiques, he is not a real master after all. If the gift given to the old leader turns out to be fake, it will be a big problem, so Fei Li was invited here.

"Okay. Let me see."

Fei Li nodded, stood up and took the beads from Tan Guo's hand.

Seeing that what Tan Guo took out turned out to be a pearl, Fang Ming was a little surprised.

Pearls are some shellfish in the ocean or fresh water that are exposed to foreign substances such as sand, they will secrete nacre and finally form beads, which are pearls.

There are two kinds of pearls, one is formed under natural conditions, and the other is formed under artificial breeding conditions. The former is called natural pearls, and the latter is cultured pearls. In terms of price, they are naturally natural pearls. Relatively valuable.

There are many legends about pearls, among which it is believed that it is made of tears.For example, people in ancient Rome believed that it was the tears of Venus, the god of love; in fairy tales, it became the tears of a mermaid; it also symbolized the tears that Adam and Eve shed after committing the "original sin" with extreme remorse, As for the traditional legend of the Chinese nation, it is the tears of the shark.

The Chinese have been using and appreciating pearls since a long time ago.In the Warring States period, there were already merchants who traded pearls as a business, for example, the familiar story of "buy a basket and return the pearls" is a manifestation. By the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, people had successfully cultivated clam Buddha, that is, the Pearl Buddha. The Buddha image is placed between the shell and the mantle of the shell that can produce pearls, and then the shellfish is returned to the water. After a period of time, the expression of the Buddha image will be covered with nacre.In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a pearl relic pagoda composed of 32000 pearls, and it was even more remarkable in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. With the development of the gold and silver jewelry industry, pearls were also used in large quantities, leaving countless treasures.

"It turned out to be a pearl?"

Fang Ming was a little surprised.

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Tan Guo was very proud and said, "Hey, I didn't expect that, right? Although my beads are not as famous as the 'Pearl of Lao Tzu' and 'Pearl of Asia' , but it’s not bad, you look at this head, it’s not small, it’s 6 cm in diameter, and what’s rare is that it’s very round, it’s a spinning bead.”

The Pearl of Lao Tzu is also called the Pearl of Allah. It is the largest natural seawater pearl in the world, with a length of 241 mm, a width of 139 mm and a weight of 6350 grams. It is shaped like a human brain. According to legend, this pearl 2500 years ago, Lao Tzu in our country put a small amulet into a clam, so it is also called the Pearl of Lao Tzu. On May 1934, 5, it was discovered in the waters of Palawan in the Philippines. The reason was that a swimmer was caught by a clam and pulled into the water. The pearl was found in the belly of this clam, and now it is stored in the vault of the Bank of San Francisco in the United States. In 7, it was priced at more than 1971 million US dollars.

As for the Pearl of Asia, it was discovered in the Persian Gulf in 1628. It is 100 mm long, 60-70 mm wide, and weighs 121 grams. It was once given to Emperor Qianlong of China. After Qianlong died in 1799, it was buried underground as a funeral object The tomb of Qianlong was stolen in 1900 and its whereabouts are unknown. It reappeared in Hong Kong in 1918 and was sold in Paris after World War II. It has since disappeared.

"Walk the ball?"

Everyone's eyes lit up. The value of a pearl is affected by many factors, one of which is the degree of roundness.

The rounder the pearl is, the more valuable it is, and the round pearl is used to describe the roundest pearl, which means that when the pearl is placed on the plate, because it is very round, it cannot stop at all, and there must be no external force. The function will also roll slowly, as if walking, this is the so-called walking bead.

"Fang Ming, I've never touched this thing before, are you sure?"

Wan Hua looked at the pearl that Fei Li held in his hand, and frowned. He usually focused on calligraphy and painting, and didn't know much about other categories.

"If you're really not sure, then just give up."

Fang Ming shook his head and said, "I still have a little understanding, especially in terms of price, I can be sure and judge it more accurately."

The value of pearls is generally determined by luster, colour, shape, size and blemishes.The first is luster, the best pearl surface has a uniform pearl luster, and it will have rainbow-like brilliance, but the luster depends on the thickness of the nacre layer, generally speaking, when the thickness of the nacre layer exceeds 0mm That is the top grade, 5-0 mm is medium, and 35-0 is relatively thin, and if the pearl wants to have a good luster, the nacre is relatively thin. Greater than 5 millimeters.

In terms of color, pearls have many colors, but generally speaking, there are mainly white, pink, black, brown green, cream and golden yellow, in addition to some associated colors, such as green, bronze, blue Color, etc., in terms of color, black pearls are the most valued.

Like the color, there are many shapes of pearls. Generally speaking, there are round, oblate, semi-shaped (drop-shaped) and irregular shapes, among which the roundest ones are the most valuable.Needless to say, the size, the larger the diameter, the more valuable.Pearls also have blemishes, common blemishes usually include bumps, spots, nicks, cracks, scratches, etc. These must be carefully observed when the value of pearls is finally determined.

Fang Ming had seen these contents before when he was looking at the materials, and now he recalled them after thinking about them for a while, but the appraisal of pearls is the same as other antique appraisals. It is definitely not enough to read a few books and understand the relevant standards. Become a Master of Appraisal.

The most important thing is the accumulation of practical experience. Fang Ming has accumulated a lot of practical experience in things like porcelain, but when it comes to pearls, he really doesn't have any experience.

However, this didn't have a big impact, because with Pixiu's ability, as long as the pearl was held in his hand, he could tell how much it was worth, so the problem Wanhua was worried about existed at all.

"Okay, you are in charge of this matter."

Wan Hua made a decision after thinking for a while, and Tan Guo, who was standing next to him, was taken aback by his words, thinking how could Wan Hua trust Fang Ming so much.

In fact, Tan Guo was not the only one who was surprised, even Zhao Yifei was quite surprised. Wan Hua didn't deliberately lower his voice when he spoke, so he heard it too.

"Could it be that this young man named Fang Ming is also a master? If not, how could Wanhua say such a thing?"

A trace of doubt appeared in Zhao Yifei's mind, and the way he looked at Fang Ming suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)