Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 45: The Treasure of the Open Door
"Go when you have time, go when you have time!" said my uncle perfunctorily.

In his opinion, having clothes to wear is enough, why bother being so particular? If he has the money, he might as well use it to support the little girls on the street and do some "charity".

The uncle told Lin Yuan about sending the item for auction.

"Uncle, it's up to you to decide."

It was all agreed upon. Lin Yuan would be responsible for finding treasures and picking up bargains, while his uncle would be responsible for finding buyers.

"Okay, I'll follow up." Chen Shiquan was quite touched to see his nephew trust him so much. However, he didn't dare to take Lin Yuan out to fool around, because his sister wouldn't let him go.

He took a quick shower, changed his clothes and went out.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to buy a few new sets for his uncle online.

Not long after Chen Shiquan returned to Uncle De's Antique Shop, people from the auction house arrived.

There was no polite talk; foreigners don't like that sort of thing and they went straight to the detailed appraisal of the painting.

After about half an hour, the foreigner finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. From his expression, it was clear that there was nothing wrong with the painting.

"Mr. Chen, it's a pleasure to work with you. This is indeed a painting by Jackson Pollock, but it is an early work and is not that valuable." Ryan shook hands with Chen Shiquan and said.

As we all know, generally speaking, whether it is a painter, calligrapher, or writer, the later works are often more exquisite and valuable than the early works.

Because in their later years, their art had almost reached the pinnacle of perfection.

Then, the works of the later years will definitely be better than the early ones.

Of course, there are exceptions. Some artists are great in their early years, but not so good in their later years. But this is rare.

"Mr. Ryan, how much do you think it's worth?" asked my uncle.

Ryan paused for a moment and said, "I estimate it to be between three million and five million dollars."

This estimate may be a little conservative. If it is put at auction, it will probably be higher.

Next, the two parties signed an auction agreement and contract. Ryan told Chen Shiquan that the auction would be held in New York in a month.

After saying that, the painting was taken away by Ryan.

"If you don't have anything to do, don't hang around in my shop." Uncle De also started to chase people away.

The next day, Lin Yuan seemed to have a slight cold, which scared his uncle, Henry, Paul and others. It was a minor problem and could be cured by taking some medicine, but they were worried and dragged Lin Yuan to the hospital.

“Isn’t it said that medical care in the United States is free?”

Lin Yuan looked at the bill and was shocked! Hospitals in China are shady enough, but those abroad are even worse. For a minor cold, they dared to charge Lin Yuan one or two thousand dollars.

Converted into more than 10,000 RMB.

Paul: "..."

Henry: "Who told you that medical care in the United States is free?"

It’s not that there is no free treatment, but everyone understands that you have to wait, and by the time it is your turn, your illness will be cured, or you may be gone.

All over the world, so-called free things and services are the same virtue.

Because of a cold, Lin Yuan and the others took a day off.

At night, Lin Yuan rolled up in his quilt and slept all night. He sweated and felt relaxed and well again.

To be honest, it doesn’t really matter whether you go to the hospital or not.

A day later, Lin Yuan and his team set off again. The route had been planned, but at this time someone came to them. It was a Chinese student living in this city.

They watched Lin Yuan’s live broadcast and came over since they didn’t have to go to class today.

"Brother Lin, can we take a photo together?" Lin Yuan leaned over and said, "No problem!"

After taking the photo, one of the students, Zhou Zhiming, took out a few things from his bag and asked, "Brother Lin, help me check if these things are real."

Lin Yuan asked curiously: "How did it come?"

Zhou Zhiming did not hide it and said with a smile: "It belongs to a foreign classmate in the dormitory. He said that his grandfather bought it in China in the 1940s and 1950s for more than ten US dollars."

A dozen dollars in the forties and fifties was a lot of money.

At that time, the new China had just been established and the purchasing power of a dozen dollars was very high.

"I spent more than 10,000 US dollars," Zhou Zhiming added.

This is equivalent to an appreciation of thousands of times, and his foreign classmate was also very satisfied.

Zhou Zhiming's family was relatively wealthy, so he didn't take tens of thousands of dollars seriously. He had seven or eight figures in his credit card.

Lin Yuan scanned with the treasure-hunting instrument and found a treasure that really was there, emitting a yellow glow.

He first pretended to look through them one by one.

"This thing is fake. It should be a replica used to deceive foreigners back then." Lin Yuan said, picking up a porcelain bottle.

The porcelain vase is a classic plum vase.

The plum vase is a type of vase with a small mouth, short neck, plump shoulders, thin bottom and ring foot. It is named because its small mouth can only hold plum branches.

Because of its slender body, it was called "Jingping" in the Song Dynasty. It was used to hold wine. Its shape was slender and pretty. After the Ming Dynasty, it was called Meiping.

It is said that the earliest plum vase appeared in the Song Dynasty. Its original purpose was not to arrange flowers or appreciate them, but was mostly used to hold wine or other liquid substances.

This function continued until the Yuan and Ming dynasties. The use of plum bottles as wine vessels is reflected in the inscriptions on many plum bottles.

After the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the ornamental function of plum vases became more and more obvious. Most of the plum vases in the Qing Dynasty were handed down from generation to generation, which should be related to the fact that plum vases were mainly used for display and decoration at that time.

"Is it an imitation?"

Although Zhou Zhiming was mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed when he heard that it was a copy.

He doesn't expect to make money by picking up bargains, but if he can find a treasure, it will make him happy.

Lin Yuan stretched out his hand towards the treasure. It was also a piece of porcelain, but this piece of porcelain was very small, just a cup. It was inconspicuous among several pieces of porcelain.

This small cup has a deep belly, curved walls, and a concave foot.

One side of the cup is painted with rose and bamboo enamel, with only the middle of the bamboo branch visible. The bamboo leaves and flower leaves are painted in different shades of green, with the outlines drawn with light ink and fine brushstrokes, each with its own unique posture.

The roses are extremely pink, with lighter petals and light brown thorny branches. Three thicker bamboo branches appear and disappear among the green leaves, interlaced with the rose branches.

On the other side of the cup, two lines of a five-character poem are inscribed in running script in black ink, "Several branches are in full bloom, occupying the four seasons of spring", and at the end of the poem is signed with a pink enamel seal "Feng Cai".

The bottom of the vessel is inscribed with the four characters "Made in the Yongzheng Period" in regular script in blue enamel, with no border outside the inscription.

If there are experts here, they will definitely recognize that this is the famous Qing Dynasty Yongzheng enameled rose and green bamboo poetic cup.

You know, this is one of the ten famous cups in ancient China.

"This cup is nice and very valuable. It's worth no less than 20 US dollars. Brother, you got a bargain!" Lin Yuan said to Zhou Zhiming.

Zhou Zhiming was immediately delighted. It didn’t matter how much it was worth. He had enough money anyway. What he cared about was the joy of finding a treasure.

The other three students were envious when they saw this.

They thought, after returning home, they should ask their foreign roommate if he has any old items at home.

(End of this chapter)