Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"I see!"

Ma Hongwei nodded.

He never imagined that there were so many intricacies involved in making a birdcage.

It has to be said, those rich people really know how to have fun.

Ma Hongwei then asked, "Uncle Yin, could you take a look and see how much those armchairs are worth?"

"These bat-patterned bas-reliefs are meticulously carved, made from large, single planks without any splicing. They should be furniture from a wealthy local family in the late Qing Dynasty, whose ancestors were once quite well-off."

Old Yin said, "Generally speaking, a pair of these civilian-style armchairs costs over 35 yuan!"

"Boss Ma received three pairs, and they even came with matching sets such as an eight-immortal table, a long table, and a flower stand, which makes them even more rare."

"According to my old man's estimation, each of these items alone would be worth at least 260 million, and the complete set would fetch a 30%-50% premium, which would be between 338 million and 390 million!"

After a pause, Old Yin asked, "I wonder if there's a family tree? If there is, the price could go up even further."

"No!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head.

If you search in another time and space, you can definitely find the family tree.

However, the family tree there only goes up to 37, and the subsequent generations did not inherit it. He can't just make it up randomly, can he?

After all, they are a family, and their legacy may have been passed down to future generations.

If the seller were to verify this, wouldn't the deception be exposed?

"what?"

Suddenly, Old Yin's eyes caught sight of a sandalwood pen holder, and his expression immediately changed.

He quickly stepped forward and picked up the sandalwood pen holder.

"Good stuff, really good stuff!"

Old Yin said excitedly, "This sandalwood brush holder is definitely an antique from the Ming Dynasty, and it should belong to the late Ming Dynasty."

"This is carved from a single piece of native rosewood. It features a high-relief carving of clouds and dragons, with distinct layers of clouds, bold and crisp. It has original gemstone inlay without replacement, and should be a product of Suzhou, the core area of ​​Jiangnan craftsmanship. The founder was Zhou Zhu..."

Seeing Old Yin ramble on and on with barely concealed excitement on his face, Ma Hongwei immediately understood and asked, "Is this very expensive?"

"Yes, it's very expensive!"

Old Yin said, "Even an ordinary solid rosewood pen holder from the late Ming Dynasty, without any famous marks, is worth between 120 million and 260 million."

"And those with famous designs, in perfect condition, and belonging to the top-tier quality can sell for between 300 million and 800 million."

"This piece belongs to a renowned Wuzhong inlaid treasure artist; its price will exceed 800 million yuan, and will likely reach at least tens of millions!"

"You should know that the fish-dragon-and-sea-beast rosewood brush pot made by the founder of the Wuzhong Baibaoqian lineage once fetched a sky-high price of 5520 million yuan!"

"hiss!"

Upon hearing Old Yin's words, Ma Hongwei and Xia Weiwei were immediately shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief.

They simply couldn't imagine that a small pen holder could be more expensive than all the other sandalwood pieces combined.

The most outrageous thing is that the price of this unique piece in the rosewood pen holder is more expensive than all the coins they auctioned last time.

Last time, their six coins combined were still far short of 5000 million.

However, that one-of-a-kind pen holder, priced at an astronomical sum, cost over 50 million.

It's really...

"Those from the Ming Dynasty are more valuable!"

Ma Hongwei thought to himself, "I need to acquire more items from the Ming Dynasty."

"These decorative vases are all from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty!"

Old Yin's gaze fell on the porcelain, and he sighed, "It's a pity it's just from a folk kiln. Even if it's the best of folk kilns, it's only worth about 10 yuan a piece. It's not very valuable."

If it were an official kiln piece, the price would be at least several dozen times higher.

As for the sandalwood paperweight, it's even less valuable, only worth 2 yuan, but it's better than nothing.

After all, that's almost enough to buy 10000 jin of rice.

……

After the identification was completed, they waited here.

Ma Hongwei has already contacted General Manager Wu and Boss Chen.

They arrived in Lincheng last night and this morning, respectively.

The two arrived almost one after the other.

Mr. Wu also brought an appraiser with him.

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Chen, welcome, welcome!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Ma Hongwei rushed to the warehouse and went to greet them.

"I didn't expect that in such a short time, Boss Ma would have acquired so much furniture again!"

Mr. Wu shook hands with Ma Hongwei and said with a smile, "To be honest, this old man was looking for a set of rosewood furniture and hadn't found a suitable one yet. I never expected that Mr. Ma would find it for me."

As he spoke, he looked at the appraiser beside him: "Old Sun, could you please take a look?"

Old Sun responded and walked towards the furniture.

At this moment, Mr. Chen from Beijing had already walked to the side.

After looking it over, he immediately chose the sandalwood pen holder.

Mr. Chen picked up the pen holder, examined it carefully, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Brother Ma, I didn't expect you to have come up with something so good again!"

"This...this is..."

Upon hearing this, Old Sun glanced to the side, his eyes immediately lighting up as he couldn't help but ask, "Could this be a Ming Dynasty Wuzhong inlaid treasure?"

"Are you sure this is a piece of Wuzhong inlaid treasures from the Ming Dynasty?"

Mr. Wu's expression also changed.

He had seen a Qing dynasty imitation of a Ming dynasty inlaid brush holder at an auction before, which fetched a price of over 80 yuan.

Even a later imitation wasn't cheap, so the genuine article must have been even more expensive.

"Mr. Chen!"

Mr. Wu looked at Mr. Chen from Beijing and asked with a smile, "I wonder if this Wuzhong Baibaoqian (a type of inlaid treasure) would be suitable...?"

"Feel sorry!"

Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Chen shook his head and refused, saying, "I really like this. I plan to buy it as a gift for an elder in my family. I came here today specifically for it."

Although he could see something unusual about the pen holder in the photo and recognize that it was inlaid with various precious materials.

This is called "Hundred Treasures Inlay" because it uses dozens of rare materials such as gold, silver, gemstones, jade, agate, coral, ivory, tortoiseshell, and mother-of-pearl.

But he couldn't confirm the exact era until he examined it himself.

Mr. Chen from Beijing directly quoted Ma Hongwei, "Brother Ma, how about selling this pen holder to me for 10888888?"

Ma Hongwei glanced at General Manager Wu and said, "Only two people are interested in these today. If General Manager Wu is willing, then this price will apply!"

"I have no objection!"

After thinking it over, Mr. Wu finally decided not to compete with the other party.

Anyway, his main purpose today was still for those rosewood furniture pieces.

Therefore, Mr. Chen spent 1088.8888 yuan to buy the rosewood pen holder.

After checking, Old Sun said, "Old Wu, everything is fine!"

"Um!"

Mr. Wu nodded and pulled Ma Hongwei aside to start negotiating the price.

In the end, all these rosewood tables, chairs, eight-immortal tables, long tables, etc., added up to a total price of 660 million.

The total value of all these goods is 1748.8888 yuan.

The taxes alone amounted to 52.466.

We also need to pay part of the appraisal fee to Yin Weimin and his son.

What's left is the money from the Eighth Route Army, and the money from Ma Hongwei and his wife.

Ma Hongwei thought to himself, "The money's already in my account. I can go to the police station today to pick up my passport and then I can go to Peshawar!"