The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

readx(); Zhang Nan has a habit when visiting the antique market, that is, he likes to chat with the stall owner, not just about the collection, but also about everything.

It takes no more than two times to do this and you can become friends with the stall owner: most people who set up street stalls don’t have a good life, otherwise, who would like to come out in the sun?

It is impossible to set up a stall to have business from time to time. Sitting there is also a very boring and empty thing. If someone can sit down and chat and take care of their own business, most of the stall owners will be very welcome.

Of course, it's not surprising that you like to be bored when you run into it. If there are more people, there are people like this, and you can't make friends.

In China, Zhang Nan often does this, and coupled with the eloquence of his buyer's background, there are really many friends he knows on the street. Although I haven't tried it much in the United States, it seems that the effect is not bad so far. The stall owner already knows everything about Zhang Nan's side-by-side beating!

The American stall owner is also happy. This is obviously a new coin enthusiast. The important thing is that this is still a rich owner!

This is business! Even if you don't get someone else, the stall owner estimates that he will be able to make money from Zhang Nan in the future.

The stall owner named Anderson was half right: Mr. Allen is certainly a beginner to Western antique coins, but he is definitely an expert on Chinese antique coins!

Anderson was very happy, because Zhang Nan bought a few Mexican silver dollars from him in good condition after half an hour. Although the price is at the market price, the money earned can also allow him to settle almost a month's rent and food. NS.

We chatted happily here, and it also attracted the attention of nearby stallholders. The stall next door was a seller of old paintings. Zhang Nan, relying on his poor knowledge of Western paintings, took a look and studied it for a few minutes, and finally came to the conclusion that they were all worthless playthings.

The stall owner’s business is estimated to be much worse than Anderson’s coin business. Seeing that Zhang Nan noticed his own goods, he immediately started selling it: He noticed that Anderson had just made a small profit!

Zhang Nan didn't like the man's painting, but there was a frame with Zhang Sunflower's oil painting which was not bad, it seemed to be a hand-carved pattern. dudu1();

Sunflower, Van Gogh?

Don't talk about it, it's just a copy of a certain painting school student.

But even if it is a genuine Van Gogh product, Zhang Nan can't see a good or a bad one: there is little experience in studying Chinese traditional painting, half a bucket of water, and Western abstract and impressionist things are just for fun for the time being.

Zhang Nan took a fancy to the picture frame and felt that it would be nice to take it back and remodel it as a picture frame.

When asked about the price, because it was a second-hand product that was a bit old, the boss offered a price of $20, and Zhang Nan was too lazy to bargain and make a deal.

Buying a picture frame and seeing Anderson's expression of "expensive" is a kind reminder.

But it's still the rules and didn't demolish the platform in public: no matter how bad the relationship between the stall owners, they can't demolish each other's platform. China and the United States are the same.

Zhang Nan doesn't care about the twenty dollars. If you buy a new frame for this picture frame, it will cost you dozens of dollars even if it is machine-carved. If it is made by hand, it is estimated to be at least two or three hundred dollars, which is not included in the cost of materials!

Not all antiques and second-hand goods are value-added over time! This is the sorrow of some second-hand goods, the current price is not as good as a few tenths of the original cost price!

This kind of price drop is especially common in some handicrafts, such as some old bamboo woven products from China: a very good bamboo-knitted sewing basket from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China may be worth two or three hundred yuan in the first few years of the 21st century. , And it took at least ten and a half days for a craftsman to make it.

Even the labor cost of last month is dozens of times the price of this thing! dudu2();

The coins were wrapped in napkins in the pockets of trousers, and the gourd bottle was in his hands. The oil painting was quite big and hard to hold.

There was no way, Zhang Nan said to the two bodyguards who were chewing on a hot dog in one of his hands: "Paul, help with things!"

The two bodyguards immediately came over to take the photo frame. In the slightly surprised eyes of Anderson and the other stall owner, Zhang Nan left the flea market holding his baby bottle.

When he arrived at the parking lot, Zhang Nan said, "The painting is in the trunk, so I bought a frame, and that thing is worthless."

"Good boss."

Paul went to put things, saw Zhang Nan still carrying the bottle, and kindly asked: "Boss, do you want to take a bag?"

Zhang Nan shook his head, "No, I'll take this bottle by myself and don't worry."

The bodyguards know that the boss bought the vase for one hundred dollars, but looking at the current situation, it seems that this vase is still a treasure!

However, due to professional habits, the bodyguards did not ask curiously.

As soon as he got on the bus, Zhang Nan said, "Back to Changdao."

What a great vase! The Americans just used it as an old bottle if they didn't know the goods. It is estimated that the female stall owner is still cheating: a wine bottle sells for $100 and makes a profit! dudu3();

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Upon returning to the small manor on Long Island, Zhang Nan put the gourd bottle in the showcase grid of the study, but did not put it in any safe. Everyone uses it as a brick to block the door, and now it's good to have this treatment.

The door that was not opened was knocked down and broken, which is a miracle!

"It's no wonder that the Americans don't know the goods, this thing really looks like a wine bottle!"

Looking at the blue-and-white round flower-ribbed gourd bottle in the exhibition, Zhang Nan's will look more and more like a blue-and-white wine bottle with no signature, flat, and small mouth. I seem to remember that many wine bottles in China are made like handicrafts, especially those exported. The bottles are more beautiful and delicate than the other!

"I guess it can be a wine bottle!"

I smiled and walked out of the room. There was no one in the big yard, and I didn't know where the bodyguards went.

The bodyguards hired by Zhang Nan are also very free when they are not on duty. Because the most advanced infrared warning device is arranged around the small manor, it will be turned on at night, even on the side of the bay, so there is no need for it. patrol.

Zhang Nan is not a particularly important person either. He is still very safe in the small manor. In fact, it is psychological factors at play. And even if someone looks at his money, the danger will happen outside, and it is unlikely to run to him. Lao Lao.

It would be weird if there were bodyguards sloshing around here: it felt like a drug dealer's den.

Because most of the bodyguards live in the “staff building” attached to the side of the main building, Zhang Nan told them before that as long as they are not on duty, they are free to go home. Those who want to go home can use everything in the small manor.” Public facilities" such as gyms and swimming pools.

But Paul and the others usually only go back two or three days a week, and they usually circle around Zhang Nan. There are rules for each line, and Zhang Nan didn't bother to ask about it. It was Jackson who was arranging the shift anyway.

No need to worry about Zhang Nan. (To be continued.) [Important notice on this site: Please use the free novel APP on this site, no ads, no errors, fast update, member sync bookshelf, please follow the WeChat public account zuopingshuji (press and hold for three seconds to copy) to download mobile customers end!