American Fortune Life

Andy looked at the comic strips in his hand that were protected by transparent bags one by one, feeling really complicated.

After all, he happened to come into contact with this kind of comic strips when he was a child in his previous life. At that time, the first comic book he read was "Eastern Zhou Dynasty", a set of fifty copies. "Three Dozens of Bones", there was no TV series of Journey to the West at that time, and the comic book was his favorite reading material.

For those born in the 1980s, comic books are a kind of sentimentality. People born in the mid-1980s will also have an impression, but they don’t know how to cherish them at that time. When they slowly disappear in their lives, I didn't care either.

When these comic books showed their value, they beat their chests, because at that time, they probably had a comic book worth tens of thousands of copies in their hands.

Andy looked at the villain books in the wooden box, feeling like a world away. There is no "Eastern Zhou Dynasty" and "Journey to the West". There is at least 9 "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in a set of 60 volumes. There is no shortage, even the most difficult to collect "Zhuge Liang Crossing Lushui", "Fire Burning Company" and "Liu Bei Conquers Wu". Andy doesn't know what the grandfather of this stall owner does, but this set of comic strips Andy is real I know, in his previous life, after he knew that comics were valuable, he also collected them, but unfortunately he didn't persist because it was too expensive and time consuming.

This set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was gradually published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House from 1957 to 1961. It was drawn by Zhu Guangyu and others. Well, Andy knew one Zhu Guangyu, and more than 30 painters drew. In 2008, there were only five sets of Three Kingdoms with a quality of 9 or above in existence, which shows its preciousness.

There are 16 copies of "Dream of Red Mansions", although the value is only 1,000 yuan, but one of "Daiyu Burning Manuscripts" is worth 350 yuan. The key is not how much it is worth, but its rarity.

There must be many people who have read the comic books "Railway Guerrilla" and "Plain Gunshots", "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and "Chicken Feather Letter". "Chicken Feather Letter" is worth 500,000 yuan. . .

The "Water Margin" in the wooden box is also the darling of the Chinese collectors, but this series of complete sets, except for "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is not as valuable as the rice paper version of "The Great Change in the Mountain and Country" held by Andy. The three volumes of "Great Changes in the Mountains and Countryside" drawn by the painter He Youzhi were published in 1978. Someone once paid more than 80,000 yuan for a set of 9.5 grades.

Andy sighed softly in his heart, if the old man who collected these comic books knew that his grandson sold these things as old books, would he be angry again?

As for asking Andy to tell the stall owner the value of these things. . . Well, you think too much, Andy is not the Holy Mother, he is a bastard if he is cheap but not profitable, especially in the antique industry, eyesight is the foundation, you can only admit that you are unlucky, and if you miss something, you might as well die.

Andy closed the box, brought the stack of newspapers in front of him, and asked, "How much do you sell these two things for?"

Stephen looked at Andy with a bit of confusion. He really didn't know the value, but judging from the expression on Andy's face when he asked him just now, these comic books are still worth a bit, and said with a nervous mood: "2000... 1,000 US dollars is fine, after all, it is something that my grandfather has treasured for a long time, so it is worth a bit..."

Andy had no expression on his face, and didn't care about Stephen's voice getting quieter. He took out a bundle of US dollars from his trousers pocket, and handed over 2,000 US dollars to Stephen, who was already a little shocked, "These little books are a bit of a collection. Valuable, although some are not worth much, but it is indeed not easy to find such a well-preserved, complete set, your grandfather is a real collector, because this is not something that can be measured by price, it is a kind of feeling.”

Stephen was very moved by Andy's words, and he was also very satisfied with the beautiful knife in his hand. Well, Andy's heart is already extremely beautiful now, because of the price of a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". . . Around $1 million.

Black, too dark.

Of course, this price is the highest possible price at the auction of the Celestial Dynasty, but the Three Kingdoms in the 1950s could be sold for at least 3 million RMB.

This is a big leak, and Andy is so satisfied with today's harvest, and when he was about to wave to Joseph to help him get it, he heard Stephen say: "Sir, I still have some things here, see if you are interested ..."

This time it was a small tin box, and Andy was speechless. He opened the tin box, and there was a large pile of them inside. . . telegraph.

Andy carefully flipped through the pages one by one, most of them were in traditional Chinese characters, from Xinhai, to the Central Plains War, Zhang Shaoyan's change of flag, and then to the bald-headed Anti-Japanese Declaration, all of which were included one by one, which had great historical significance .

"How should I put it... You say that this thing is valuable, it has a little bit, and it is not too much to say that it is waste paper. Although it is a bit cliché to measure it in money, it is also the most intuitive. This thing is worthless..." Andy put the telegrams in the tin box, then closed it, and was about to hand it back to Stephen.

Stephen looked at the expression on Andy's face suspiciously, and found that he didn't seem to be lying, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly. Sure enough, although his grandfather likes to collect, he only collects some cheap things, after all, it is not allowed economically.

"Sir, you can give some money to buy it. I don't think many people here will understand the value of these things."

Andy withdrew his hand and pulled out a hundred dollars from his pants pocket, "It's really not easy to collect these things. Your grandfather is a man worthy of respect."

"Thank you, I think my grandfather will be happy in heaven to meet such a discerning buyer as you..."

Seeing Stephen still looking at himself gratefully, Andy is really kind, this kid is too. . . So cute, silly cute.

"How much do you want to sell this plaque for?" Andy asked suddenly before leaving.

"You said this one... this thing is already broken and out of shape. Originally, my mother wanted to chop it up for firewood and burn it in the fireplace. I didn't bring it here when I came to the flea market. Let's see if we can sell it, after all, the Chinese characters written on it should be very good..."

Andy looked at the way the other party talked more and more without confidence, and felt really sad for the dead old man. Couldn't he talk about his collections before he died?

Well, this broken plaque is indeed not worth a lot of money, but Andy asked with hope, if there are other valuable things with this plaque, after all, it is also from the Qianlong Dynasty. The plaque, maybe the old man also collected other antiques when he collected this plaque.

Andy thought it was beautiful, but unfortunately there was nothing with this plaque. He looked at the stall again and found that most of the collections of the stall owner's grandfather were books and newspapers from the period of the Republic of China. , Andy picked a few more from it, and spent another hundred dollars with the broken plaque.

Kenny and Joseph were a little speechless looking at Andy's smiling face. They really didn't understand the boss buying these rags. To be honest, there are good things in the flea market here. It's a pity that Andy doesn't know how to appraise treasures. , and can’t lose a few money, but Andy has self-knowledge. Since he knows that he can’t tell the truth from the fake, he should honestly search for something he knows. missing.

This time it was Joseph who was pushing the trailer to deliver the junk back to the car. We can’t always let Kenny go. Bodyguards are not servants. It’s friendship for them to help you. It’s their job to protect you, and chores don’t include Within the scope of bodyguard work, fortunately, Andy, Joseph, and Kenny got along very happily after a few months. There is nothing unwilling to help Andy with some work. After all, it is really easy to protect Andy. Andy doesn't like to go to some messy bars or nightclubs. This is really true for their work. It's a lot easier.

Or Kenny followed Andy from afar, and Andy was like a curious baby, looking left and right, of course, he kept a respectful distance from some tattered clothes, mainly looking at things with a long history.

When passing by a booth, Andy was a little surprised to find that there were three Chinese people in suits, why did he know they were Chinese people? Because the three of them were bargaining with the stall owner for a painting.

The three of them seemed very dissatisfied with the price that the stall owner said, so Andy joined in the fun and went up to look at it. It was a yellowed vertical scroll of landscape painting. Andy didn't understand. He just listened to the meaning of these people. The dating of the painting, it is still unclear who wrote it, and the inscription is not easy to distinguish. The stall owner is a Chinese, and he seems to be an expert. He gritted his teeth and said that the painting was from the Qing Dynasty and was leaked from the palace. Yes, it's a baby, and it's asking $100,000.

The three Celestials seemed to come to Los Angeles specifically to shop for treasures, and Andy was a little surprised. After all, the Celestial Taobao army would go to various countries after 2008, and the whole world spent money to buy back the lost national treasures. I didn't expect to meet them now.

Andy's eyes lit up, these three people must be very knowledgeable, otherwise they wouldn't have been entangled with this stall owner for so long, but I don't know if it's because of trust, such a situation is bad in Tianchao, Andy is very Tangled.

With the development of the matter, Andy confirmed that he was not a liar. Well, those three people really took out the money to buy the painting, but it was not 100,000 dollars, but 50,000 dollars. Andy was really dumbfounded .

This painting scroll of unknown age and author was installed in a cylinder by the three of them. It seemed to be very careful, and Andy could only look at it. He still learned some common sense in the antique world through some books of the starting point master. When others are negotiating a deal, they can't be sideways. Mei doesn't understand, but his soul is a man of heaven.

Besides, what if it's fake? Fifty thousand is not money! Andy could only comfort himself in this way. The shy little devil said please subscribe, ask for tickets, all tickets, it was already one o'clock when the code was finished, hey, the speed of the little devil's code words is really not fast, I have worked very hard, please be more considerate ,I will work hard! ! ! ! ! Will do!