Chapter 59 59. Mama Mesa's Home
PS: Just to clarify, everyone is very concerned about the update issue. There are bullet casings and manuscripts, so I won’t talk about old topics such as explosive updates on the shelves. For the new book issue, it will probably start with Sanjiang’s recommendation, then there will be three changes, and then the bullet case needs to control the number of words, and the number of words on the shelves should not exceed 300,000 words, please support it! ****
After a good night's sleep, Li Du got up and received a call from Hans, asking him to deal with these boxes and the half roll of rawhide together.
After running to Hannah's small apartment, Li Du was surprised: "You got up so early today? Didn't you go crazy last night?"
Hans said unhappily, "I almost went mad with anger, Hannah is too self-respecting, this silly girl is dressed like that, does she think she is a bitch from the red-light district?"
Li Du comforted him and said: "Hannah is not a little girl anymore, she has a lot of social experience, and she and Smith are still classmates, far more than you."
Hans said resentfully: "Deal with the inventory first, I have to think about Hannah's matter."
Small boxes are easier to handle, and grocery stores like this kind of classic wooden box that looks like a work of art.
After Boss Kevin saw the wooden box, he held it in his hand to look at it repeatedly, stroked it, and then sniffed it again, and said: "Good thing, at least two hundred years old nanmu box, depending on the style, it's something from the time of George III in England .”
There are some rosettes and stripes of a castle on the lid, but the texture is too light to be seen.
"Is this an antique?" Hans' eyes lit up.
George III was the ruler of England in the 18th century and reigned from 1760 to 1820 AD.
On the ruler's 18th birthday, George II rewarded him with a large-scale St. James's Palace. The castle stripes on the box outline the front pattern of St. James's Palace, which is also to judge the box. the key point.
At the time of the warehouse auction, many people saw that the box was a bit antique, but because they couldn't see the stripes on it, and couldn't tell its material, no one took any risks because of the box.
Boss Kevin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Son, something that is not old is considered an antique. If you go to the Rocky Mountains and find a random stone, it will be something tens of thousands of years ago."
Hans said, "Then what is the value of this box?"
Kevin stroked the box and said, "It's made of nanmu, a kind of nanmu. This kind of wood is more precious, so it increases the value of the box. I guess it can sell for a thousand yuan."
Li Du asked curiously: "How do you know it belongs to Xiangnan?"
He and Hans have studied the texture of this wood, but can't find out the specific identity.
Kevin put it under the sunlight at the door, and said: "Look carefully, the color of the wooden board is slightly purple, and the texture is beautiful. If you smell it again, you can smell the unique fragrance. This is the characteristic of Xiangnan."
Hans said, "A thousand yuan at most?"
Kevin shook his head and said, "No, it's because I can sell up to 1,000 yuan to the outside world, not because I can offer 1,000 yuan. If you let me bid, then I'm only willing to give you 500 yuan."
Hans shouted, "Don't be too greedy, old fellow."
Kevin said helplessly: "This kind of box is not easy to sell. I might drop it in my hand when I buy it, so I can't take too much risk."
Li Du said: "Then we won't sell it to you. Maybe you know that we Chinese are very interested in nanmu. If we contact the wealthy Chinese, we can sell it at a higher price."
After hearing what he said, Kevin smiled: "Man, you are right, the Chinese like Nanmu, but they like Jinshen instead of Xiangnan. Well, for your parents' sake, Hans , I will give you six hundred yuan for this box."
"The 200-year-old nanmu box can only be sold for 600 yuan?!" Hans said dissatisfied.
Kevin said: "This box has no craftsmanship, it is not a work of art! Even if it has a history of 400 years, it is not worth much. If there are more statues or portraits on it, you can ask for 60,000 yuan!"
The two looked at each other, and Hans insisted, "Six hundred and fifty!"
In fact, they had asked the price at other stores before, and the grocery store with the highest bid was willing to give them five hundred yuan.
Kevin waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, just treat it as change for Hannah to buy candy, six hundred and fifty yuan."
He took out his wallet and prepared some money, but Hans stopped him with a smile, "Don't worry."
Li Du also laughed, and the two moved down from the carriage. Kevin stared blankly at a pile of boxes and gasped: "You two bastards, so many boxes? The price of six hundred and fifty yuan Not right."
"Why not?"
Kevin said: "Don't you know that the rarer an antique is, the more valuable it is? So many boxes mean that it is a mass-produced product, so how can it be valuable?!"
Hans smiled slyly: "I'm sorry, but things that are not old are considered antiques. This is a furniture box. The more the quantity, the more valuable it is. This is a set."
Kevin shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "Today I capsized in the gutter."
Twenty-five wooden boxes, they sold 16,500 yuan, and the income alone made the two very happy.
Because the money was unexpected income, they didn't realize that the wooden box would be so valuable at the time.
Of course, other treasure hunters didn't realize it, otherwise even if they couldn't see the antique clock, treasure hunters would be crazy about it.
They sold the raw cowhide to a leather goods store and exchanged it for 500 yuan, which made up exactly 17,000 yuan.
The rest is to deal with antique clocks, but this thing needs to be appraised by experts and cannot be sold hastily.
The two discussed it and decided not to sell it, but to hang it on the Internet to test the water.
After making this decision, Li Du thought that Hans was going to drink flower wine again, but it turned out not to be the case. He went to a supermarket and filled two large carts to the brim.
Looking at the toys, candies, laundry detergent, pastries, DVDs and other things inside, Li Du was confused: "What are you doing?"
Hans said, "Go and visit some people."
The two trolleys cost him a total of 2,500 yuan, mainly because some children's milk powder and nutritional products for the elderly are relatively expensive.
After loading these things into the car, the broken pickup truck drove the two of them to the southern suburbs of the city.
The southern part of Flagstaff City is relatively desolate, but the scenery is very beautiful. There are some small villas or nursing homes hidden inside, and finally they stopped at the entrance of an orphanage.
The orphanage is called "Mama Mesa's Home", and it covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters. There are two self-built small buildings inside, surrounded by a fence, and several children play at the door.
Seeing Hans' pickup truck, these children stood up happily and waved to them one after another: "Big Brother Fu, Big Brother Fu, Big Brother Fu is here!"
Hans jumped out of the car, picked up a little black girl and laughed loudly: "Hey, Sally, beautiful little princess, are you waiting for your knight?"
The little girl said: "Yes, Boss Fu, are you my knight?"
Hans took out a model sword from the carriage and handed it to her, saying, "Sally, you are your own knight, look, I brought you Frostmourne of Prince Arthas and gave it to you. "
The little girl was very excited when she saw this stylish model sword, and she couldn't put it down after getting it.
Several other children gathered around, and Hans took out some toys and snacks, and handed them to them one by one:
"Walund, this is your favorite KFC fried chicken drumstick. You can eat as much as you want today."
"Kanter, don't look for it, I know what you want, a Lamborghini sports car, right? This is a Lamborghini ghost, be careful, it's fast, and of course it also consumes power."
"Victoria, your comics, I bought the latest "One Piece", you will like it."