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

Chapter 49 Glass is also valuable

After Lin Yuan's explanation, Li Qiu Shui and others had a certain understanding of the inkstone drip.

In fact, young people nowadays not only lack understanding of inkstones, but also know little about other stationery items except for the four common ones known as the Four Treasures of the Study: pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Some of them have never even heard of them.

For example, pen holder, ink box, armrest, gourd, etc.

This is because with the popularization of computer technology, fast keyboard input has replaced the writing of Chinese characters, and handwriting is used less and less in daily life.

Of course, there is another reason. Not everyone can write beautifully. In order not to embarrass themselves, people will try to avoid writing by hand.

If you don’t even want to write by hand, you will naturally become more and more unfamiliar with stationery.

"Brother Lin, how much is this inkstone drip worth?" Li Qiu Shui was more concerned about the value of the inkstone drip.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "This inkstone drip is in good condition, about $10,000."

Li Qiu Shui was very happy. Ten thousand dollars was a lot for her.

After all, not everyone has a wealthy family like Zhou Zhiming, who doesn't care about the value of treasures and is satisfied with just enjoying the pleasure of finding a bargain.

While Huo Qingtong and Qiao Yufan envied Li Qiu Shui, they walked with the wind as if they were injected with chicken blood.

After a while, Huo Qingtong picked up an item and asked Lin Yuan, "Brother Lin, how about this one?"

"Fake." Lin Yuan took a look.

Huo Qingtong flashed a look of disappointment and silently put the item back.

Qiao Yufan looked around the stall, then reached out for an old-looking object. Before he picked it up, Lin Yuan spoke.

"That's also a replica, not worth much."

After hearing this, Qiao Yufan immediately retracted his hand.

Lin Yuan continued, "The box next to it is nice."

Qiao Yufan, Huo Qingtong and Li Qiushui immediately looked for the box that Lin Yuan mentioned at the corner of the stall.

"Box? Where is it?" Qiao Yufan was a little anxious. He looked around twice but couldn't find the box.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to point and say, “The one that’s the size of a palm and looks like a pumpkin is a box.”

Qiao Yufan was quick and picked it up in an instant. At this time, there was no need to be a gentleman.

After he got it, he opened it and found that it was indeed a box, made very delicately. This kind of thing is likely to be valuable.

"It's so realistic!" Qiao Yufan and others exclaimed.

If Lin Yuan hadn’t told them, they really wouldn’t have known that this was a box.

It has to be said that the ancients knew how to play, and they played very well.

"What material is this? Is it painted wood?" Huo Qingtong asked.

Lin Yuan held the pumpkin-shaped box in his hand and looked at it for a while, then said, "This is lacquerware, one of our country's traditional handicrafts."

Lacquerware is a kind of arts and crafts that is made through processes such as mold making, primer coating, polishing, polishing, and decoration.

Lacquerware can be divided into general lacquerware and carved lacquerware. General lacquerware refers to the art of painting, carving and inlaying on objects coated with a thin layer of lacquer, while carved lacquerware refers to the art of carving on a mold coated with a thick layer of lacquer.

This thing has a long history, dating back to the Stone Age.

Natural lacquer has been used as a coating and adhesive since the Neolithic Age, when lacquerware production was relatively simple. Prehistoric lacquerware has been discovered in small quantities and in poor condition, and is often overlooked.

During the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, bronze ware dominated as the "treasures of the country and the family", and the development of lacquerware was subject to certain restrictions.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the widespread use of iron tools promoted the development of folk woodworking technology towards fine processing and finishing, and various beautifully shaped, unique and lightweight lacquerware came into being.

After thousands of years of technological accumulation, the Chinese have mastered lacquerware to perfection, and some of the lacquerware is so exquisite that it is breathtaking.

"What a pity!" Suddenly, Lin Yuan changed the subject. Qiao Yufan's heart was in a knot: "Brother Lin, what's a pity?"

Lin Yuan handed him the lid of the box and motioned him to look at the sunlight.

At this time, everyone can see a crack on the lid and light shines through the crack.

Qiao Yufan's heart sank to the bottom, and he asked with a wry smile: "Is it still worth money?"

"If it were intact, it would be worth several hundred thousand yuan, but now, it might be only 60,000 to 70,000 yuan," Lin Yuan said conservatively.

Although Qiao Yufan's face was full of regret, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

It is worth at least 60,000 to 70,000 RMB.

Qiao Yufan bargained with the students setting up the stall and finally got it for $20.

Huo Qingtong, Henry and Paul, who have not yet reaped any rewards, try to calm themselves down and comfort themselves that it will be their turn.

Henry looked through the stalls.

His uncle told him, "Don't turn them over. They are all made of glass."

It just looks nice.

Huo Qingtong picked up a bottle that looked interesting to her: "Are they all made of glass? They look really nice."

Although she knew that things made of glass were not valuable, their appearance was in line with the aesthetic tastes of girls like her. She planned to buy this bottle to store toilet water.

Mosquitoes abroad are also very fierce, so every time Huo Qingtong returns home, she will bring a few bottles of floral water to give to her classmates.

It's no wonder that my classmates like this gift very much. They like the floral water so much that they are obsessed with it and use it as perfume.

They think that floral water is even better than some big-name perfumes, and the price is very low.

"There are also valuable things made of glass. Let me see." Lin Yuan stretched out his hand towards Huo Qingtong.

Huo Qingtong quickly handed over the apple-sized bottle and placed it steadily in Lin Yuan's hand.

This is another treasure that emits green light, and the green light is quite strong. Originally, Lin Yuan wanted to pick it up himself, but Huo Qingtong took it away first.

"It's a Qing Dynasty utensil, not bad." Lin Yuan said after looking at it for a while.

Huo Qingtong and the others were confused again: "Material? Isn't it made of glass?"

Lin Yuan explained to them: "The material of the vessels is between ancient colored glaze and modern glass. If you insist on calling them glass, it's actually not a big problem."

"So, colored glaze, glazeware, and glass are the same thing?" Huo Qingtong asked.

Lin Yuan shook his head: "It's still a little different, especially the ancient colored glaze, the ingredients are different. In the earliest times, colored glaze was a by-product of bronze casting and had a certain metallic luster.

Colored glass in ancient times was very precious and ordinary people could not get their hands on it. You can imagine how precious it was that Sha Seng was banished to the mortal world because he broke a glass cup from heaven.

It is said that the true colored glaze craft was lost during the Ming Dynasty.

The lacquerware of the Qing Dynasty is more similar to modern glass, so lacquerware is also called glassware.

As for modern glass, we all know that it is made by burning sand.”

Lin Yuan guessed that this piece of material was made by a private person and the craftsmanship was not top-notch. If it was "palace material", it would be valuable.

The so-called "palace materials" did not need Lin Yuan to explain, everyone could guess that they were treasures from the palace. Needless to say, they must be valuable!

"But anyway, it's about $70,000, so someone should want it."

Huo Qingtong was pleasantly surprised. Seventy thousand US dollars is about five hundred thousand RMB.

(End of this chapter)