Even in Area B, there are still many good things worthy of Tang Songyuan.
Just like what Tang, Song and Yuan saw in Yingjiang Public Market, Area B of Naypyitaw Public Market is also in a relatively large colored steel shed.
Various jadeite rough stones that have been cut with one or more knives are piled up in a haphazard manner.
But some of the quality is not even as good as those on the Yingjiang public market.
According to the serial numbers on the bid documents, a total of 2,150 jadeite rough stones were on display in this Naypyitaw public auction. Looking at the size of the merchants on site, the average person could not even get three pieces of jadeite.
In addition, the quality of some materials is worrying. If everyone rushes for high-quality materials, even less materials will be distributed to merchants.
So the competition is quite fierce...
Tang Songyuan and Zhou Tianlin walked around Area B. When they encountered rough stones that they were interested in, Tang, Songyuan and Yuan recorded them all.
Today has just begun, and there are still three days before the deadline for the secret bid, so the two of them are not in a hurry now, and are just taking their time to look at it.
Area A of Nay Pyi Taw Public Market is located in the large exhibition hall of the main venue.
The quality of the jade here is obviously much higher.
Especially the boutique area on the second floor, all of which are the best of the best, and the base price is much higher than the materials in area B.
Some have been cut once or several times, and some have been polished to create a window surface, showing the best side of the raw jadeite.
"The color of this piece is good!"
After squeezing through the crowd, Zhou Tianlin pointed to a piece of violet with a blue background not far from the entrance and praised.
Tang Songyuan took a closer look and saw that it was a piece of material weighing about three kilograms. It looked like a large piece of bread. The crust was peeled off very cleanly and the knife edge was cut very neatly.
He took out the small bright flashlight he carried with him and pretended to shine it on the violet material, scanning it back and forth a few times.
Said: "The bottom sheet is very clean, and the seed water, color, and clarity are all top-notch."
"However, such materials really have no gambling value at all. It is entirely up to the merchants to judge their value rationally."
The implication is that this material is basically a well-known brand. There is no suspense about how big the piece can be and how much money it can make.
It depends on the merchant’s own estimation and the value positioning of their respective customer groups.
Zhou Tianlin chuckled and said: "The violets on the blue background are still not as good as the ones on the red background. Let me look at it again..."
Then the two saw another piece of green material.
It weighs about six or seven kilograms and looks like a black pillow wrapped in green.
A clear window was opened on the side, and the green flesh shone in the light, like a clear lake.
Tang, Song and Yuan held a flashlight close to the window. The light penetrated the interior of the jadeite and revealed that the flesh was delicate, the color was bright, and there were no cracks or impurities.
He nodded slightly and said to Zhou Tianlin: "This piece of material is good. The color is sunny and spicy. The seed water has reached the bottom of the glass. The meat is very delicate. It is a rare piece of green material."
Zhou Tianlin looked at the lowest bid price and said with a smile: "The lowest bid price is one hundred thousand US dollars. Brother Yi Tang, do you think you can get it for one million US dollars?"
Tang Songyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "If we win two million US dollars, Brother Zhou will make a profit."
"But I guess two million US dollars is enough. After all, the color of the window side is very good. There are probably many people at the scene who are interested in this piece of material..."
This is the limitation of public stone betting. All jadeite rough stones are cut.
Even if it's not completely cut open, there will be one or more windows showing what's going on inside.
In this way, although the gambling value is reduced a lot, the prices will be relatively more transparent, and the competition will become more intense.
After all, anyone can assess the value of a rough stone through a cut-out window.
It's just that through the perspective of Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, they still saw many cases where the window effects were excellent, but the internal conditions were relatively poor.
For example, if there are some pieces of material with the window open and the water reaches a high temperature, the color is very positive and sunny, but if you go four or five centimeters further in, you can see that the bottom piece is gray.
Or there are many cryptocrystalline cracks hidden, which greatly affects the final effect of the jadeite.
These cracks and color changes are deep inside and difficult to detect without cutting open and looking deeper.
Or the color inside is uneven, these problems will affect the quality and value of the final jadeite.
Of course the reverse is also true.
The performance of the cut window is not very good, and the color is neither strong nor sunny, but the performance inside is beyond expectations.
There is often a large area of greenery. After entering the interior of the jadeite, the situation is completely transformed, and the core can even reach the level of positive green.
For this kind of material, everyone in the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties recorded it and prepared to bid two days later.
"This piece should be enough to be the top bidder in this public auction..."
While Tang Songyuan and Zhou Tianlin were carefully selecting rough stones, a voice suddenly broke the silence of the exhibition hall.
The two of them followed the sound and saw a group of people gathered together, seemingly looking at a special rough stone.
In the middle of a booth stood a large jadeite stone, which looked like it weighed about a hundred kilograms.
The shape is irregular oval, the surface is covered with a thick layer of leather, the color is deep, and the texture is clear.
Tang, Song and Yuan took a closer look and found that the shell of this rough stone was very thick and dark in color. The shell was covered with pine flowers and the texture was clear, giving people a very ancient feeling.
This rough stone has been cut open, revealing a piece of emerald green flesh.
Even under the lights of the exhibition hall, the piece of flesh exuded an alluring luster, as if it were a piece of clear water blown by the spring breeze, full of green and vitality.
The color of the flesh on the cut surface is very bright, just like new leaves in spring, full of vitality.
Free of any cracks and impurities, it is as clear as the finest quality glass.
“This material performed really well!”
Tang Songyuan just took a look at it from a few meters away and praised, "The color is bright, the meat is delicate, and the water is abundant. It is really a rare and good material!"
"Oh, Master Tang thinks it's good, then the quality of this material must be as high as the sky..."
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and a Burmese-style hoodie echoed.
"You know me?" Tang Songyuan asked with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "I was lucky enough to meet Master Tang at the Jade Stone King's stone gambling conference in Pagan a few months ago."
"Master Tang's wonderful performance at that time is still fresh in my memory..."
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