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

Chapter 91 Petrified Wood

"Brother Lin, what kind of fossil is this?" Qiao Yufan asked with concern.

After all, this is related to one's own income.

Lin Yuan said: "You have to ask Boss Lei, he knows better."

Boss Lei smiled slightly, took the oval fossil, looked at it for a few more times, and said, "It's a pity that it's a dinosaur egg fossil. It's not very complete. It must have been accidentally chiseled when it was excavated."

As you can see, there is indeed a piece missing from the surface of the fossil.

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

They had all heard of dinosaur egg fossils, especially Liu Xin and others who had been in the United States for two or three years. This kind of thing was not restricted in the United States and could be traded freely.

Liu Xin remembers that last year a nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton fossil was sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York, USA for US$4460 million, which is said to have set a record for the highest price paid for a dinosaur fossil at auction.

"I know dinosaur fossils are valuable, but are dinosaur egg fossils valuable?" he couldn't help but ask.

Boss Lei: "If you remove the 'ma', it will definitely be valuable. A single dinosaur egg fossil in good condition is worth more than one million RMB. This one is not so good, it is probably worth only 100,000 or 80,000 RMB."

The market value of dinosaur egg fossils is affected by many factors, including the integrity, size, shape, age and rarity of the fossils.

Generally speaking, well-preserved, unique, and old dinosaur egg fossils have a higher market value. In addition, factors such as the origin, excavation process, and scientific value of dinosaur egg fossils will also affect their market value.

High-quality, rare dinosaur egg fossils are expensive, while dinosaur egg fossils of average quality and large quantity are relatively cheap.

The dinosaur egg fossil in front of us is, first of all, of average quality and not particularly rare; secondly, its appearance is not very good either.

But even so, Boss Lei believes that this dinosaur egg fossil is still worth around 10 yuan.

Despite what Boss Lei said, Qiao Yufan was still very happy because he made a profit.

The entire container was only 6200 US dollars, or more than RMB, which was about double the profit. For Lin Yuan, it might be a drop in the bucket, dispensable, but for him, it was a lot!

"Thank you, Brother Lin! Thank you, Boss Lei."

Boss Lei also advised him: "Go back to San Francisco, you can take it..."

It was a store that specialized in purchasing fossils, and the prices were reasonable, not too rip-offs.

Qiao Yufan nodded. He was a man who listened to advice.

They continued cleaning and eventually found another fossil, but this time it was a plant fossil, like a piece of wood, retaining the structure and texture of the tree, but it felt like stone.

The colors are khaki, light yellow, yellowish brown, reddish brown, grayish white, grayish black, etc. The polished surface may have a glassy luster, opaque or slightly transparent. Because the texture of some petrified wood appears like jade, it is also called petrified jade or silicified wood.

“This is a fossil tree, or petrified wood.

Petrified wood is a tree that was buried underground for various reasons hundreds of millions of years ago. In the stratum, chemical substances around the trunk, such as silicon dioxide, iron sulfide, and calcium carbonate, entered the tree under the action of groundwater, replacing the original wood components and retaining the shape of the tree. "Boss Lei told everyone.

To put it simply, it is the petrification of trees. Ancient trees were submerged in water containing silica, and the cells in the wood were replaced by quartz family stones such as pith and opal, so the appearance of wood is still retained.

It is for this reason that petrified wood is believed to possess the energy properties of eternity, longevity, and immortality.

In the hands of professionals, this material can not only be made into fossil ornaments, but can also be made into exquisite jewelry through cutting and polishing by professionals.

Boss Lei believes that the value of tree fossils can be identified based on color, quality, shape, pattern, etc., among which tree fossils with insects have the highest value, followed by tree fossils in the shape of tumors, branches and nodes.

"I seldom come into contact with this kind of collection, so I don't know the specific market conditions. You can still send it to that store, and I'll put a call out for you." Boss Lei is a good person to the end.

Qiao Yufan hurriedly thanked him again. He also knew that Boss Lei was so supportive because of Lin Yuan's favor, and he was taking advantage of Lin Yuan.

While Lin Yuan and his team were finishing all this, the next container had already been auctioned off and was bought by a Latin beauty for $5700.

Lin Yuan didn't care. He scanned it with the treasure-hunting instrument and found nothing valuable inside.

However, there were two-thirds of the container full of socks.

If it is sold, the Latin beauty should still be able to make some money.

At this time, Lin Yuan discovered that the treasure-hunting instrument was not always omnipotent. It could only find single items that reached a certain value standard. It had no effect on thousands of socks like these.

The next container is still next to each other, so everyone doesn’t have to move much.

During the bidding, Lin Yuan and his friends shouted out prices two or three times.

In my uncle's words, it was like throwing a smoke bomb.

The auctioneers welcome this kind of behavior because they are the ones who benefit in the end.

Lin Yuan and his team did the same thing for three or four containers in a row, causing those who had some ideas to completely give up their fantasies, fearing that they would follow in the footsteps of the fat black man.

Another container was opened. Lin Yuan only took a few glances and said, "This container looks OK."

Boss Lei looked at Lin Yuan, a little confused as to how this guy knew that the container was OK. He also looked carefully but found nothing unusual.

Are there any details missing?

Boss Lei once again focused his gaze inside the container.

"You go first." Liu Xin said to Li Qiu Shui and Huo Qingtong.

Only these three have not yet harvested anything!

Of course, my uncle is the same, but my uncle and Lin Yuan are together, so you can’t compare with my uncle.

"Then let me do it?" Li Qiu Shui asked Huo Qingtong.

Huo Qingtong was not in a hurry and nodded: "Okay!"

Anyway, if you follow Brother Lin, he will take care of everyone.

To their surprise, many people were optimistic about this container, and there were many people competing for it. This made Boss Lei a little unconfident. Why did these people think so highly of this container?
I really don’t understand!

However, due to his senior's respect, he did not ask Lin Yuan the reason even though he had doubts.

Li Qiushui gritted her teeth and followed the price until it reached more than 17,000 US dollars before finally buying the container. If it weren't for Lin Yuan's encouraging look, she would have given up.

The amount is over 100,000 RMB, which is not a small amount.

"More than 17,000 US dollars, is it worth it?" My uncle does not have the burden of being a senior, so if he has any questions, he asks directly.

Lin Yuan said: "The exposed corner looks like ivory."

"Where?" my uncle was surprised.

Boss Lei also pricked up his ears to listen.

(End of this chapter)