Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Liang En felt a little overwhelmed when he looked at the pile of fakes in the room. Although there were many genuine items in the room, it was not easy to pick them out from this pile of things.

In addition, the real ones also seem to have a lot of problems. Not only do they have problems with preservation, but they also look like they are cheap goods and do not look like they are very valuable.

Obviously, although Mr. Li is rich, he is obviously not good at collecting. That's why there are so many messy things here.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the things placed here have been selected several times by Mr. Li's children and the few guys who arrived before.

In particular, the businessmen and museum staff who come here are all professionals in this field. They have sharp eyes and are basically unlikely to miss anything good.

After briefly scanning the things on the floor and table, Liang En, who didn't find anything worth spending money on, put on a gas mask and walked to the side of the boxes.

If there are any treasures in this place, there is a high probability that there will be something left in these boxes that don't seem to have been touched much.

"What are these things?" After opening the lid of the box, a puff of dust hit my face. Fortunately, I put on a gas mask beforehand to avoid choking.

When the dust cleared, there was nothing but a pile of dusty textiles inside. "I'm not sure. I only know that Mr. Li bought it from an international trade fair in the 1970s, and he bought it directly from the Chinese delegation."

John said after taking out the tablet he carried with him and checking it. "We still have the purchase documents here. If you buy these boxes, we will also give you the corresponding documents as proof."

"Sold by the delegation?" Liang En reacted immediately after hearing what John said. At that time, there were not many things that China could obtain internationally to earn foreign exchange, so selling such light industry or even handicraft products was naturally a common thing.

In Liang En's impression, the things that could be sold at foreign trade fairs in that era were the best of the best, so even modern manufactured products are still good things today.

So he immediately looked at the note on the wooden box and found that the note on the box had 7,600 euros written on it.

This is not a small number, even considering that this is a large box that is at least 80% full and has an internal volume of 3~4m, the price is a bit excessive.

Thinking of this, Liang En checked the textiles in the box. Although John did not allow them to reach out and look through the items in the box, they could still tell that these items were carpets by looking carefully with a flashlight.

"Carpet!" After confirming that the thing inside was a carpet, Liang En immediately changed his mind. Because he felt that with the level of China's textile industry at that time, it would not be possible to go to the UK to sell machine-made carpets.

In other words, these carpets are most likely handmade, and today a purely handmade carpet can be said to be expensive. Even the most common varieties cost tens or even hundreds of pounds per square meter.

Considering that almost half a century has passed, the integrity of these carpets is somewhat questionable. But as long as one or two relatively complete carpets can be cleaned out, Liang En feels that this thing is worth taking.

After realizing this, Liang En immediately carefully observed the carpets placed in the box. It turned out that the carpets looked a bit old though. But the overall preservation is relatively complete. "

How do you feel about the preservation of these items? Will it be like the carpet we saw before that was so tattered that it was impossible to pick it up from the floor? "After glancing at John behind him, Liang En asked Fan Meng in Chinese.

"I don't think it's that bad." Fan Meng stepped forward and took a closer look and said, "Although these things look all gray, they don't look particularly bad overall."

"And judging from the current appearance of the box and the carpet inside, it is likely that the box was placed in a cool and dry place before, and the corrosion is not serious."

"The most important thing is that Mr. Li has most likely not taken these things out of the box a few times since he bought them home. Therefore, the things inside should be relatively uniform, so that no one will pick out the good things in advance. .”

"Let me take a look again." After hearing what Fan Meng said, Liang En immediately stepped forward to check the box more carefully. Sure enough, he saw that there was a layer of things at the bottom of the box that would definitely not accumulate in a year or two. Get up ashes. "

After silently putting a tick on this box, Liang En opened the lid of the next box. It turned out that the box was filled with all kinds of porcelain.

Although he was not allowed to touch the items in the box, after a brief look, Liang En discovered that these items were standard late Qing export porcelain.

Although these things do look very gorgeous, if you look closely, you will find that both the characters and the scenery look very dull, and the colors are also very rough. They are obviously mass-produced goods.

Perhaps because Chinese porcelain is famous overseas, this box containing porcelain has a label of 15,000 euros on the outside.

However, in Liang En's view, the total sales of these items for 5,000 to 6,000 euros is already the limit. As a businessman, if you take this box for more than 3,500 euros, you can say that the business has been lost.

After jumping over this box, Liang En looked at the next box.

The third box contains some relatively small wooden furniture. For example, there is a complete-looking Kang table at the bottom of the box, and there are a lot of things similar to trays or bases on top.

Most of the wooden items in the box are of original color, and a few have been painted with a layer of gold paint. Fortunately, these things don't look like there was as much dust on the carpet just now. They should have been temporarily packed into the box before.

Thanks to this, Liang En and the others could clearly distinguish the wood quality of these wooden utensils. But after a general inspection, Liang En found that most of these things seemed to be of average quality.

For example, most of the woodware here is made of ordinary wood such as elm or fir, and the best ones are just gadgets made of walnut wood.

Considering that the real high-end furniture in China was mainly made of mahogany in the past, Liang En was basically sure that at least most of the furniture in the boxes were mid- to low-end items.

Fortunately, people who have inspected these furniture before also know this, so the price listed is only 4,200 euros. In Liang En's opinion, it shouldn't be too difficult to earn more than one thousand to two thousand euros from one hand.

Compared with the first three boxes, the other two boxes contain some large items. These include a pair of porcelain elephants and a pair of ceramic vases, as well as a sailboat carved from jade.

These things are quite promising in terms of color and workmanship. The only problem is that they are all modern handicrafts, but the price tag is as high as 5,500 euros.

"Okay, we want these two boxes." Liang En said, pointing to the two boxes containing carpets and wooden utensils, and then took out his bank card and bought the two boxes.