According to the long-standing rules of the treasure appreciation club, each store’s antiques are taken out one by one. This is for the convenience of appreciation. If every antique shop takes out all the antiques, it will dazzle people’s eyes if so many antiques are displayed.
, it’s hard to appreciate.
In addition to this reason, there is another reason, which is to take care of relatively small antique shops! If the antique circle is brought out, then the guests present will naturally stare at the most precious antiques. In that way, those in the bag will
Isn’t this shy antique shop so neglected?
Because of this rule, there is a more interesting phenomenon. Out of habit, people always like to put the most precious things last and take them out as the finale, and take out the more common things first.
As a result, some medium-sized antique shops have taken the lead in releasing their most precious antiques in the first round, so that they may be able to surpass those first-class antique shops, attract more attention, and give their antique shops a face.
This is the same as Tian Ji's horse racing.
However, Xue Chen didn't think much about it and didn't even pay attention to it. He completely let Wang Dong handle it because he had more important things to do, which was to absorb the spiritual energy from the treasures taken out by other antique shops!
This was his biggest motivation for participating in this treasure hunt.
Swish swish swish.
Under the gaze, twenty-seven antique shops opened a box one after another, took out the first antique of each house, and placed it on the booth. After that, they can admire and communicate with each other.
The guests present stood up one after another, walked to the platforms of the twenty-seven antique shops, and admired the first antiques brought out by each shop. Of course, you can hold them in your hands and appreciate them.
Qi Hu approached the water tower, picked up the Hetian jade hairpin that Wang Dong took out from the box, and looked at it carefully. He could tell at a glance that it was the hairpin fished out from the bottom of the lotus pond.
At that time, the jade hairpin was full of stains, and he didn't take a closer look at what kind of jade it was. But now he saw that it had reached the threshold of mutton-fat jade, and the carving was so exquisite that it was a good thing for a big door!
He also understood that Xue Chen had given him and Li Changfu a reward of 500,000 yuan each, and the goods received were indeed generous. He was a little envious of Xue Chen's luck, but it was not jealous, after all, his worth was here.
It’s not like I’ve known Xue Chen for a day and a half.
The banquet hall immediately became lively, with exclamations, comments, and various sounds mixed together. Xue Chen also walked back and forth in front of the booths of various antique stores, taking the opportunity to personally play with the antiques brought out by each store.
When he came to a square table booth, he picked up a blue and white porcelain bowl that another guest had just put down. He first absorbed the aura inside and then began to appreciate it.
"Ha, it turns out to be Brother Xue. With Brother Xue's eyes, he must be able to tell the age of my blue and white porcelain at a glance." Zhou Baofu, the owner of Baozhai Antique Shop, said with a smile while sitting behind the table.
Most of the guests around the booth also knew Xue Chen, knew Xue Chen's abilities, and had heard of many of Xue Chen's deeds, so they all complimented Xue Chen.
Just when Xue Chen was about to say something briefly, his tone suddenly stopped because he noticed Jessica and Xu Ming were less than two meters away from him.
Jessica naturally noticed Xue Chen and secretly thought that she was unlucky to meet him again. When she saw that those people were very polite to Xue Chen and praised him for his vision, she frowned and asked Xu Ming: "Xue Ming
Is Chen famous in Haicheng?"
Xu Ming naturally knew that Xue Chen was very famous in the Haicheng antique circle. It could be said that he was very popular and was known as Haicheng's most young genius appraiser. But in front of a beautiful woman, how could he praise other men, let alone
Xue Chen!
Narrowing his eyes, Xu Ming said in a very disdainful tone: "I have a little fame, but it's just superficial. I don't have any great abilities."
At the same time, Xue Chen in front of the booth of Baozhai Antique Shop also smiled and just said that the stuff was good, and then put it down.
In the eyes of the many guests present, Xue Chen felt that appreciating this blue and white porcelain bowl was too simple and there was no challenge. The phrase "it is good" already contains the vicissitudes of experiencing countless ups and downs and seeing too many jewels.
This is the style of a master, nothing surprising.
But in Jessica's eyes, it was just pretentious, obviously because she was afraid of saying the wrong thing and losing face. Come to think of it, wasn't that snuff bottle wrong? How much more capable could it be? After seeing this scene
, the name Xue Chen was completely erased from her heart.
Xue Chen walked around and quickly absorbed all the spiritual energy from the first antique taken out by the other twenty-six families into the ancient jade, causing the ancient jade's spiritual energy to increase by four percent, reaching 30%.
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As expected, the antiques sold by Wanrui Antique Store and Longteng Antique Store, the two largest antique stores in Haicheng, are all extraordinary.
What the Wanrui Antique Shop brought out was a pair of pastel cups from Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, worth more than 1.5 million, and what the Longteng Antique Shop brought out was a beautiful piece of jade from the Han Dynasty, worth also 1.34 million.
One hundred thousand.
The value of the first antique from these two companies can be firmly ranked in the top five among the 27. In addition, the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Zheng Xie from the Henglong Antique Store is also a painting by Zheng Banqiao, but it is not bamboo, and
It is smaller in size and has some damage, but it is still valuable and can also be ranked in the top five.
After Xue Chen walked around in a circle, he sat back at the booth of his antique shop, took a leisurely sip of tea, and then said to Wang Dong: "If you want to go and see it, go and see it. I'm here."
Wang Dong said hello and went to admire the antiques from other antique shops. After sneaking around and coming back, he sat down on a chair and said somewhat discouraged: "Nima, I took a look just now. They are all wealthy people."
Ah, I think this jade hairpin of yours can be ranked among the top fifteen."
Xue Chen smiled faintly and didn't care too much. Some of the antique shops present had been open for more than 20 years, and some had only been open for two or three years. Only Zhuo Zhuo Antique Shop had only been open for a year, so any of them must have been open.
It's normal to have one or two good things that open the door and use it to anchor the store.
It can be seen from the number of guests around the booths of various antique shops. The higher the value of the antiques, the more attractive they are. In addition, the ornamental value of ancient jade is relatively low, so the guests in front of them can only chat with three or five.
That's all.
Nearly an hour passed, and most of the guests sat back in their seats, talking to each other about what they had just watched, and the advantages and disadvantages of the antiques sold by various antique shops.
Jessica has also been paying attention to everyone who can. Anyone who shows outstanding appreciation of antiques will become the target of his suspicion. In the past hour, about three people have been noticed by him.
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But she never dreamed that the Eye of God she had been searching for was on Xue Chen, whom she wished she would never see again, and was still absorbing spiritual energy!
After the first round of appreciation, there was no rush to start the second round. The guests all drank tea, ate some pastries, chatted and rested.
About ten minutes later, the second round of appreciation began. This time, most of the antiques brought out by each house were obviously worth more than the first one. They were generally more than 500,000 yuan and even more than one million yuan.
Quite a few.
Xue Chen felt so happy that he wished someone would hold a treasure appreciation party every day. After all the antiques in the second round were touched, the spiritual energy in the ancient jade also increased slowly and orderly, with an increase of 10%.
Eight, reaching 38%!
There are a lot of good things in the second round. There are three pieces of blue and white porcelain from the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty. The calligraphy and painting techniques of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are also indispensable.
And this round, the Kangxi lotus pattern filigree enamel copper plate brought out by Zhuo Zhuo Antique Shop also attracted a lot of attention. Its gorgeous color, exquisite flower pattern, and perfect appearance amazed the admiring guests.
Praise.
Some guests quietly bid to buy it, but Xue Chen had already decided to bid it at the company's auction, so he directly told the other party to participate in Yunteng Auction's auction.
This made the guests who were interested in purchasing laugh and say that Xue Chen was conscientious and never forgot to advertise his company, and they all said that they would attend in person.
When Qi Hu saw this cloisonné plate, he naturally recognized it as the last one to be salvaged. At that time, he was almost secretly hidden by two salvage workers, but Xue Chen noticed it.
Seeing the exquisite appearance of this cloisonné enamel copper plate, he was amazed and extremely puzzled as to why there were no traces of erosion by the lake water on it. This is unscientific!
"Xue Chen, how did you do it?" Qi Hu asked in surprise.
"It was repaired with a little trick." Xue Chen said simply.
Qi Hu held the copper plate, touched it carefully with his hands, and looked closely at it again and again. However, there was no trace of repair at all, as if it had never been repaired. It was really amazing.
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He has seen many antiques that have been simply restored, but without exception, even if the method is clever, the customer will leave more or less traces, which can be found with careful observation.
The value of an antique that has been repaired will be slightly discounted, and it is definitely not as valuable as an antique that has not been touched. But this one has been repaired, but it looks the same as if it has not been repaired. This repair method
That's amazing.
"Did you find someone to repair it?" Qi Hu hesitated.
Xue Chen looked at Qi Hu, thought for a while and said: "No, I repaired it myself." He thought that if he said that someone else repaired it, Qi Hu would definitely ask who it was, and it was impossible for him not to tell, so he
Just tell me that I repaired it myself.
"Did you repair it yourself?" Qi Hu's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face, "Brother Xue, I only know that your method of identifying antiques is unmatched. I didn't expect that you would be able to repair antiques. It's really impressive."