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

Chapter 70: Rich people play with watches, noble people collect clocks

Lin Yuan and his friends walked around a little too fast, mainly because many of the items in this flea market were second-hand daily necessities. Henry and his friends knew they were worthless without Lin Yuan's identification!
After passing ten stalls, it is estimated that only one or two will be able to make Lin Yuan and his friends stop.

Just as Lin Yuan was walking towards a stall, his uncle suddenly said, "Don't contact that person."

Huo Qingtong, Qiao Yufan and the others could not help but nod and remind Lin Yuan that the stall owner had obviously smoked something and now looked very bad. There were many such people in the United States. Qiao Yufan and the others had met many of them, even in school.

All I can say is that drugs are rampant in the United States and are difficult to control.

Normally, when they meet such people, they just avoid them.

Lin Yuan: "No problem! His clock is pretty good."

He took a fancy to the set of clocks on someone's stall.

This gilt and engraved enamel clock is very exquisite and beautiful in shape.

The entire body of the clock and vase is covered with floral enamel with a sky blue background. It is very similar to the cloisonné of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China.

The enamel color is elegant yet gorgeous, very pleasing to the eye. The top of the clock body is a vase with enamel patterns, and there are movable carved rings on both sides of the vase.

The clock features a dial covered with a radial enamel pattern with Roman numerals. Below the dial is an enamel pattern with flowers in yellow, blue, green, pink and purple.

The vases on both sides of the clock have angels with wings. The whole vase is covered with enamel floral patterns, which looks antique.

When Qiao Yufan and the others heard it, they immediately knew that it was an antique.

"Is this valuable? My neighbor seems to have something similar." Paul couldn't help but say.

"Really? Then your neighbor has made a fortune." Lin Yuan said to him.

Paul chuckled and said, "It's not his turn to get rich. I'll get it at a low price some other time."

He has no good feelings towards that neighbor.

"However, his house only has one clock, not the two bottles next to it," Paul added.

"Then the value would be greatly reduced. This kind of Western antique clock should be from France, and it is only valuable if it is a set." Lin Yuan said to him.

Watch collecting is also popular in the West, after all, it was invented by them.

“The rich collect watches, the noble collect clocks!” is a popular saying in the European collecting world.

The so-called Western antique clocks actually refer to clocks with artistic characteristics in the European style of the 19th century. The most typical ones are mainly represented by France, which has many types and large production, and most of them are copper-gilded.

French luxury is reflected in watches, which are often calculated by sets, a bit like tableware. A Western clock is sometimes paired with left and right candlesticks, or left and right vases.

"Of course, your neighbor's clock may not be a French clock. There may only be one clock, so it's okay." Lin Yuan said again.

"I'll go back and ask around then."

If it comes as a set, that would be best.

When Lin Yuan came to the stall, everyone tacitly stopped talking.

Looking closer, even rookie Henry thought the clock was worth the money.

The gorgeous appearance design, strong sense of history, and fine craftsmanship have greatly increased the collection value of this clock.

Lin Yuan knew clearly that the characteristics of antique clocks and watches were mainly reflected in their “high quality, exquisiteness and expensiveness”.

In ancient times, table clocks were the exclusive darlings of the nobility, so their luxury and value were obvious - they were designed, made and made with materials that were meticulously crafted. This is why modern clockmaking cannot replicate the essence of antique clocks in terms of materials, craftsmanship and technology.

Lin Yuan squatted down and carefully examined the clock in front of him. He was surprised to find that there was a signature on the clock, and there was more than one signature.

It is said that almost all French clock makers are artists such as sculptors and painters, and it is common to see the signatures of multiple makers on a clock.

For example, the outer shell is completed by a sculptor, the dial is drawn by a painter or jeweler, and the movement is made by someone else. Therefore, Western clocks are exclusively collected and appreciated by princes and nobles abroad, and are passed down from generation to generation.

The stall owner said to Lin Yuan weakly: "This is what my grandfather left behind. You can take it away for only $6000."

"How about 600 dollars?" Lin Yuan instantly cut off a digit.

The stall owner shook his head with difficulty: "No $6000, no sale."

He really needs money to buy goods now. He really can't survive without those things.

Originally, he had a wealthy family, but since he became addicted, he lost his job, his wife and children, his house and his car.

Today, all that remains is this set of clocks left by my grandfather.

He knew that the clock was an antique, and he had gone to an antique shop to ask about it, but as soon as the antique shop saw that he was a drug addict, they all knew that he was short of money, and they all tried to lower the price severely. The most hateful thing was that they planned to get rid of him with only a few dozen dollars.

As a last resort, he had to go to this flea market, hoping to meet someone who knew what the goods were.

"1000 US dollars?" Lin Yuan added.

The stall owner was a little impatient: "At least $6000, if you don't want it, forget it."

OK! Lin Yuan and the others saw that $6000 was this guy's bottom line.

Speechless!

Who gives the bottom line when making a quotation?
"Okay!" Lin Yuan stopped talking and transferred 6000 US dollars to the other party.

After receiving the money, the stall owner left in a hurry. Everyone could see why he was in such a hurry.

I can only say that that thing really does a lot of harm to people.

Henry felt sad. If they don't ban this kind of thing, how can they compete with China? They just do nothing and wait for you to rot.

Qiao Yufan: "When it comes to Western antique art, France seems to be the only one that stands out, including this clock."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "The British ones are also fine."

Take clocks for example. Compared with the romantic and luxurious French clocks, antique clocks from Britain are more particular about embodying the essence of science and astronomy.

Most of the antique clocks at that time had complex movements and self-sounding functions, and many had animated puppet devices. Of course, their dials and shells were made of precious materials. They undoubtedly became luxury goods of the same period and were treasured and collected by many royal aristocrats.

As one of the earliest clock-making countries, the clocks produced by Britain not only have high technological content, but also have eye-catching artistic modeling.

"Do you know where is the place in the world that has the most British clocks?" Lin Yuan asked everyone.

"It must be the British royal family!" Henry blurted out.

Li Qiushui and others nodded, agreeing with Henry's statement.

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "You are wrong. The place with the most British clocks in the world is the Forbidden City in my country. I heard that there are more than 1700 clocks in the Forbidden City, and the British clocks account for nearly half of them."

Once upon a time, British watches were gifts chosen by the Queen of England and presented to the Emperor of China.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in shock.

(End of this chapter)