Chapter 26 26. The Troubled Millennium

Being ridiculed by him, the people outside showed sullen expressions, and someone gritted their teeth and said, "Made, don't stop me, I'm going to beat this son of a bitch!"

Hans didn't care about their threats. He ran out excitedly to pick up a new book, carefully put the stamps in it, and then shouted: "I'm telling the truth, do you know what we picked up? Even in dreams Can't guess!"

Li Du didn't know how much this stamp was worth, so he asked, "What kind of stamp is this?"

Hans avoided Meow's paws and said excitedly, "This is the millennium commemorative stamp issued in 2000, and we got the sports version!"

A man outside said with a sneer: "Ha, I thought you got some kind of treasure, just the millennium commemorative stamps. I don't know how many sets were issued at that time... Oh Snow!"

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face froze.

Hans laughed loudly and said, "Haha, you thought about it, right? You thought about buddy, you are a smart guy. Come on, Li, look at this stamp, what is written on it?"

What he took out was a stamp showing Ali punching. Li Du looked at the words on it and said, "Joe Montana, the flying quarterback..."

"Look at this one again." Hans took out another one, on which was a man running with a football in his arms.

"Michael Jordan, God wearing the number 23 jersey, hey, it doesn't seem right."

"What about this one?" The picture shows Jordan dunking.

"Muhammad Ali, the eternal boxing champion..." Li Du was surprised after reading it out, "The name and profile above seem to be inconsistent with the picture."

Hans yelled: "It's right if it doesn't match up! Dude, this is a wrong version of the Millennium Sports stamp! This is the famous wrong version of the Millennium Sports stamp!"

A group of people outside looked ugly, and someone shouted: "Impossible, you can't have such good luck!"

Hans laughed wildly: "We are the most devout believers of God, God bless good people! It's useless to tell you, you savages know nothing!"

Someone comforted himself: "These two guys are acting, anyway, we can't see the stamps."

Hans took a photo with his mobile phone and enlarged it for them to see. When they saw the photo of the stamp on the screen, these people suddenly looked bitter.

Li Du picked up Ah Miao and said, "So did Ah Miao make meritorious deeds today?"

Hans said excitedly: "It has done a great job. If Michael is the God wearing the No. 23 jersey on the basketball court, then he is the God wearing the cat's skin in the warehouse auction!"

As he said that, he grabbed Ah Miao and kissed it hard on the head twice. Ah Miao fought back vigorously, swiping his front leg and slapped his paw: You are so presumptuous to shovel shit!

Li Du asked, "Are these stamps worth anything?"

"Invaluable!"

This time there are few things to clean up, just carry two bookshelves and a pile of books into the car, and then clean the warehouse.

As they were about to leave, more people heard the news and asked, "Is this true? A cat found the wrong Millennium Sports Star stamp in a dollar warehouse shelf?"

Hans saw the big black man who took pictures of Warehouse No. 75. He raised his middle finger and said, "We bought six wrong stamps for one yuan. What kind of shit did you take for three thousand yuan?"

The big black man grabbed a cup from the warehouse and threw it at them, cursing: "I hope you get killed in a car accident on the way back!"

On the way back, Li Du asked, "How much are these six stamps worth?"

Hans said enthusiastically: "About two years ago, there was a Christie's auction in Los Angeles. At that time, there was a set of wrong-print millennium sports star stamps. It seemed that the price was 200,000 yuan!"

"Two hundred thousand? Damn it!" Li Du couldn't help but swear, this is really a huge sum of money.

Hans said: "Don't get excited, they have a set of stamps, and this set has 25 stamps. We have six of them. They will definitely not sell for the auction price, but they won't be bad either."

In the field of collecting, stamp collection is by no means a niche, and many people in the United States like to collect valuable stamps.

Among them, the wrong edition stamp is the one with the highest value. Although the wrong edition stamp is a defective product caused by operational errors, but because the collectors advocate "rare things are more expensive", their value has increased, and they are regarded as the most valuable by stamp collectors all over the world. Beloved baby.

Li Du checked online with his mobile phone, and found that this set of stamps was indeed issued a lot at that time, all over the United States, and the final circulation exceeded 100,000 sets.

However, less than 100 sets of the wrong version were issued. After these stamps were sent to the post office, someone discovered the typesetting error on the same day, and the major post offices immediately recalled the stamps and invalidated them.

Driving back to Flagstaff City, Hans headed straight to the central city. This is where the upper-class people in Flagstaff City live. It is either a villa area or a high-end apartment complex. Even the ginkgo trees on the roadside reveal the feeling of luxury.

On Hans Road, he contacted an interested buyer, a man named Russell Douche.

From here, we can see the usefulness of the American Warehouse and Treasure Association. There is a database in it, which introduces the information of warehouse companies and buyers in detail, and performs ratings based on credit, character, and assets.

They returned on the same day, and when they returned to Flagstaff City, it was completely dark, and it happened that Russell Dudge was off work and had time to receive them.

The two parties contacted to meet at a restaurant and have dinner together. The restaurant was chosen by Hans, Golden Aquitaine Restaurant, one of the few high-end restaurants in Flagstaff City.

Russell Dutch is an elegant middle-aged white man with rimless glasses, blond hair and green eyes. He has a rather burly figure and speaks loudly: "Hey, Mr. Hans? Mr. Li?"

"It's us, hello Russell, please sit down, you don't need to stand up." Hans eased the relationship between the two sides.

Du Qi smiled and said, "You said on the phone, how many interesting stamps do you want me to see?"

Hans quickly took out his notebook and showed Du Qi the stamps.

Duke took out a magnifying glass and a small machine that emitted infrared and ultraviolet light from his briefcase, and looked at the six stamps.

During the viewing, his expression did not change, and he smiled after reading it: "Good thing, the original misprinted Millennium Sports Star stamps, a total of six stamps, all of which are genuine."

Hans smiled and said, "Of course it's genuine, buddy. We are members of the Warehouse and Treasure Picking Association. This is my ID. You know we pay attention to integrity in business."

The role of the association was once again demonstrated. After seeing the VIP membership card that looked like a driver's license, Du Qi put away his tools and said, "Of course, I have full trust in your association."

"Can you tell us about these stamp collections? We are not familiar with this industry, and we may miss some good products." Hans said.

Du Qi said: "Of course, I am very happy, but it's time to eat, how about we order something and chat while eating?"

"That couldn't be better." Li Du's stomach was almost flattened by hunger.