The reason why Zhang Jing came to the party was that he was grounded, otherwise he would go to Boston in person to find the descendants of the war hero Clark Jones.
The second is the need to socialize. Thomas is a well-known wealthy man and collector in Los Angeles. His party invitations are difficult to refuse.
He never expected that he would encounter a treasure worth smashing at such an ordinary party!
"Did you read that correctly?" Zhang Jing asked Xu Zehong worriedly, "Could it be fake?"
"It's possible, but the probability is very low," Xu Zehong explained. "The main thing is the content recorded on the bronze and the font. It looks like a real good thing."
"If it's true," Zhang Jing asked the question he was most concerned about, "how much is it worth?"
"150 to 250 million r"
If I remember correctly, this is the first time Xu Zehong has explicitly priced a Dragon Kingdom cultural relic. In the past, he always talked about feelings.
The point is that Zhang Jing thought it was only worth 8 million or 9 million at most, but he didn’t expect the average price to be worth 200 million. In this case, he must try his best!
The party was still going on, when Candela walked by and chatted and asked, "How much does your watch cost?"
Zhang Jing pretended to be mysterious and said to the woman, "That is a deliberately old watch, not an antique."
"Haha~" Candela said well. "Made by Patek Philippe, it is the only watch without any logo."
"How much does your pearl necklace cost?" Zhang Jing asked, changing the subject.
"Starting from 100,000 meters."
If you don’t understand, you just ask. Zhang Jing is curious: “Why is it so expensive?”
"There are 36 pearls in that necklace. They are not very beautiful in appearance, and even the sizes are different," Candela said. "The price is high because each pearl is an extremely rare wild pearl, and it has More than a hundred years old."...
Zhang Jing was at a loss for words. He didn't expect that a string of broken necklaces that didn't look good could have so many details.
20 minutes passed quickly, and Thomas stood up again, "Now the auction begins, starting with the first antique on the left. The seller will introduce it personally. You bid on your own. You need to be responsible for the authenticity. I do not guarantee it, and I do not charge a commission."
Thomas seems to be doing charity, just building a platform.
The first antique was a mace. A middle-aged man in his forties pointed to the treasure he had brought and introduced, "It comes from an ancient battlefield in Poland. There is an excavation video to prove it. The body of the hammer was cast in one piece. When it was dug out, The surface is severely mottled. What you see now is what it looks like after cleaning. The starting price is 10,000 yuan.
Zhang Jing had just seen the mace up close. The hammer was about fifty centimeters long and had a metal handle. The handshake position should have been wrapped with a strip of cloth, but it had rotted away without a trace.
The hammer head is similar to what you see normally, with one end pointed and the other rounded. This shape makes it easy to swing, and when the pointed end hits the head, it will bloom instantly.
However, this hammer is definitely not cast in one piece, because there is a hole the size of a fingernail in the upper half of the hammer head.
An embarrassing situation occurred. The seller tried very hard to introduce the product and guaranteed it was genuine, but no one bid.
When the auction was about to pass, Zhang Jing raised his hand in the crowd and said, "10,000 yuan."
Everyone looked at Zhang Jing, feeling a bit like a fool.
The seller also looked at Zhang Jing, but the look he gave was definitely not a look of gratitude. It seemed like he was a little mocking?
Only Thomas expressed his appreciation for Zhang Jing. The failure of the first piece was not a good sign.
Then came the second antique. The seller was a middle-aged woman. She pointed at the antique in the glass cabinet and fired a musket. She boasted about the sale, "This is a guard pistol of Catherine the Great. Its origin is clear and can be traced back to history." Check, the starting price is 100,000 yuan."
Because he liked it, Candela was the first to bid, "105,000 yuan."
Thomas liked it too and raised the price to 110,000 yuan.
Perhaps because of his serious love for guns, other people were also interested. The price of a Suifu musket was actually increased to 360,000 yuan, and it was snapped up by Candela.
Then there is a piece of Dragon Kingdom porcelain and a plate. The seller claims that it is a good thing from the Dragon Kingdom in the late Song Dynasty. The starting price is 50,000 yuan.
Candela looked at Zhang Jing and said lightly
He asked, "Do you want to take a photo?"
There are a lot of porcelains from the Long Kingdom living overseas. Zhang Jing can't buy them all even if he wants to. He has no interest at all. He only has "pans" in his heart.
"If no one buys it," said Zhang Jing, playing the good guy, "I'll take a photo."
Sure enough, a plate sold for 50,000 yuan, and the buyers were not fools. No one bid. When the auction was about to fail, Zhang Jing raised his hand and said, "50,000 yuan."
As soon as Zhang Jing finished speaking, a white man increased the price, "55,000 yuan."
It was obvious that this person was causing trouble. Seeing that Zhang Jing was Asian and had a cultural relic complex, he deliberately raised the price.
At this time, everyone, including Thomas, looked at Zhang Jing.
"I'll give it to you," Zhang Jing looked at the man who raised the price and shrugged, saying with an indifferent expression: "Next time, bid earlier. In fact, you can buy it for only 50,000."
"Burt, Ross, get out of here!" Thomas suddenly got angry. "Everyone here, whoever cooperates with them in the future, please don't do business with me!"
This situation is like selling animal heads. Knowing that the people of the Dragon Kingdom are bound to get it, all kinds of entrusters try their best to cause trouble in the middle.
Bert and Rhodes thought that this situation could be replicated with Zhang Jing, but they failed.
After a period of commotion, the auction continued. This time it was Candela's pearl necklace, with a starting bid of 100,000 yuan.
He thought the photo would be rejected, but it turned out that Zhang Jing realized what shamelessness was.
Because Candela has a good father, a broken necklace was auctioned for a sky-high price of 650,000 yuan. The two bidders were both handsome young men with a lot of money.
Finally it’s the turn of the “pan”.
At this time, Zhang Jing suddenly realized that the "pan" was very similar to the "gold plate" he found in Egypt. One recorded a battle, and the other recorded a sacrificial activity.
Treasure hunter Ralph Heimer said, "I found this piece at a flea market in New York. The stall owner told me that it recorded the events of a battle in oriental characters. You can tell whether it is genuine or not. The starting price is 5 Thousands of dollars."
"Self-distinguish between true and false" is a good saying. No one can guarantee whether it is true or not, and Thomas, the host of the party, cannot guarantee whether it is true or false. It all depends on his own judgment.
It's a bit silly to buy an antique that looks indistinguishable from fake for 50,000 yuan, so no one bid.
Zhang Jing felt hot, but he was not in a hurry to bid.
Xu Zehong's expression remained unchanged, his back was already wet with sweat. He was worried that Zhang Jing would mess up.
From the beginning to now, Zhang Jing has been playing role-playing. He takes over things that no one wants and doesn't want things that others grab. He looks like a good old man and makes a good impression on others.
Good things come to good people, and no one bid. Although Ralph Heimer hated Zhang Jing, he still looked at Zhang Jing subconsciously, because every time something failed to be auctioned, Zhang would take action.
When the time came, Zhang Jing raised his hand and said calmly: "50,000 yuan."
Ralph Heimer felt relieved. He was worried that Zhang Jing would not be willing to bid because of the conflict between the two. Fortunately, the thing he bought for one thousand meters was finally sold!
Worried that Zhang Jing would regret it, he immediately handed over the key to the glass cabinet and received a check for 50,000 yuan.
The auction continues. The next lot is 11 dinosaur eggs, the size of an adult human head. The seller guarantees that they are genuine and have been professionally appraised. The total price starts at 100,000 yuan.
A funny thing happened, no one wanted the 11 dinosaur eggs.
The seller was a young man, and he looked at Zhang Jing subconsciously. Every time before, Zhang Jing would give a reserve price for something that no one wanted before it was about to be sold out.
At this time, Zhang Jing had gotten what he wanted. He didn't want to continue pretending to be a good person, but he remembered that Ding Jiaqi once said: "You can't take away anger, and you can't give out joy, always the same."
Zhang Jing decided to play the good guy role to the end, raised his hand and said, "100,000 yuan."
At this moment, Zhang Jing did not know that the decision to buy the dinosaur eggs would benefit him for life.
