The two of them walked around and saw a wide variety of things. There were even many strange things, and they didn't know what they were used for. The stall owner put them out, hoping to meet someone who was careless.
"I can't stand it anymore." Niu Sanpang patted his face, "Master Li, was that toilet on the stall just now?"
Li Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This antique festival was really interesting. Wooden toilets used forty or fifty years ago could also be sold.
"I can't stand the toilet. What was that stick before?"
"You are wrong. That stick is really an old object, but it has no collection value."
"What is it for?"
"Judging from the shape, it should be a killing stick. Don't we often play the kind of drama on TV where people are promoted to prison? In order to frighten the prisoners, those yamen officers would use killing sticks. Sometimes in order to make the prisoners be more honest, they would just shoot The judge will find an excuse to give him ten big blows severely, so that he can be so majestic and vigorous, and that’s how the name of the killing stick comes from.”
Niu Sanpang just thought he was listening to the story. He was walking in front, suddenly turned around and waved and shouted: "There are bracelets over here."
Li Mo squeezed forward. This stall was much more advanced. Instead of a piece of cloth spread on the ground, it was a small flat cart made by himself, with a piece of gray cotton cloth spread on it, and bracelets, jade pendants and some snuff bottles placed on it.
"Master Li, when I see these bracelets, I think of Concubine Yang's bracelet. Online reports say it's called a golden snake entangled. Do you think the shelf inside is an expensive jade bracelet? After all, it's for Yang Yuhuan's transfer, so it shouldn't be used. Poor quality jade.”
He really guessed that the shelf inside was indeed the best mutton-fat jade bracelet, but no one knew the real situation except him.
There were four or five people looking at bracelets and jade pendants at this stall. They were looking at them and asking about the prices, which ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand.
"The most expensive ones are only over 5,000 yuan. These jade bracelets are of average quality."
Niu Sanpang couldn't tell the quality of jade. He only judged it from the price. After excluding the profit, the actual value of the jade bracelet would be even lower. The quality was simply not in his eyes.
"Master Li, let me take a look at the others."
"Wait a minute, let me take a look at the snuff box."
Li Mo picked up a snuff bottle with colorful patterns, looked at it over and over and asked, "Boss, how much does this snuff bottle cost?"
"During the Republic of China, one thousand and two."
The boss was a man about fifty years old. He just looked at it and quoted the price.
"Master Li, is this really from the Republic of China period?"
"No." Li Mo shook his head, "Looking at the shape and craftsmanship, it shouldn't be more than twenty years old. It's a modern handicraft."
"Young man, you know what you do?" The boss saw that he was young and thought of how to fool him, but he said no.
"An elder in the family likes to collect all kinds of snuff bottles, so you will know a lot after seeing them. Boss, please give me a real price for this snuff bottle. If it is a good deal, I will pick two or three more."
"Seeing that you are also a cheerful person, that's good. If you buy more than four, I will sell them to you for five hundred each. I also bought this snuff bottle from someone else, so I can make a little profit."
"Five hundred... OK, let me choose first, and then I'll settle the payment with you after I've made my choice."
There are quite a lot of snuff bottles, some are arranged in two rows, and some are piled together. Li Mo picked them up one by one and looked at them. If he saw the more delicate ones, he would put them in the selected pile.
A smile gradually appeared on the corner of the boss's mouth, because Li Mo had selected six, which was a good business. He did buy these snuff bottles from others, and he took one hundred and one at will.
The profit would quadruple when resold. It seems that there are still a few days of antique festival to go to the previous snuff bottle shop to buy a batch.
Niu Sanpang stood aside and watched him choose so carefully, thinking that he really wanted to buy some snuff bottles to give to his elders.
Li Mo finally picked out eight.
"Boss, count them. There are eight in total. Four thousand yuan, right?"
"That's right, that's right."
After paying the money on his mobile phone, Li Mo asked the boss for a bag to put them in.
"Young man, there will be a new batch of snuff bottles tomorrow. If you like, come over and choose."
"Okay, I'll come back and take a look tomorrow." Li Mo waved to him, "Let's go first, boss."
After walking more than ten meters, Niu Sanpang asked curiously: "Are there any people who specialize in collecting snuff bottles now?"
"I don't know, there should be."
Niu Sanpang was startled and looked at him: "Didn't you just say that the elders in the family like to collect snuff bottles?"
"Did I say it?" Li Mo smiled and nodded, "I did say it, it was just a casual comment."
Li Mo opened the bag and took out a white snuff bottle, and handed the rest to Niu Sanpang.
"Find a place to dispose of these and throw them away."
Niu Sanpang looked at the snuff bottle left behind, and then realized that he was interested in the one in his hand, and everything else would be a cover.
"Master Li, what is the origin of this snuff bottle?"
I have just seen Li Mo's strange pupils, which emit a light gray halo from his body. They are old objects from the late Qing Dynasty.
He touched the body of the pot, which felt smooth and moist, very comfortable, and when exposed to the sun, it emitted a soft luster. The whole body is white, although it cannot reach the level of suet white, but it is at least the quality of first-class white.
"This is a snuff bottle from the late Qing Dynasty. The body of the bottle is made of high-quality Hetian white jade seed material." Li Mo took off the lid and said, "If you touch the mouth of the bottle, there is a hole. The mouth of the bottle is not flat, but a little concave. , you can roughly tell the age of production from this production process.”
"It's true." Niu Sanpang touched it with his index finger. It was really like this.
"The lid is made of silver and the top is coral red, which has a beautiful meaning of good luck."
Li Mo put the snuff bottle into his bag and wrapped it with the thick velvet cloth he had prepared earlier.
"If it is high-quality Hetian white jade seed material, it is very valuable even if it is carved itself. I know a little bit about this."
"It's okay. If this snuff bottle is put up for auction, it should be around 250,000 yuan."
Niu Sanpang was so envious. It had only been so long since he was walking around like this, but Li Mo had already picked up three small leaks. However, compared with the huge crowd in front of us, it is extremely difficult to pick up these three small leaks. If it were not an antique festival, there would not be so many stalls gathered.
"Master Li, can you also give me some guidance so that I can have a good time?"
Niu Sanpang is really greedy, but unfortunately his level is really average. Let alone picking up mistakes, it would be a good thing if he can avoid being fooled by his boss.
Li Mo patted him on the shoulder, pointed ahead and said, "Let's go, I'll remind you when you meet the right person."
We were finally halfway through the 800-meter Liuli Street. The weather was already hot and sweaty, and Niu Sanpang was even more miserable. His hair was stuck to the sweat on his face.
"Master Li, why don't we find a place to rest for a while and take a breather. I didn't eat much at lunch and I need to replenish some energy."
Niu Sanpang was panting.
"There seems to be a barbecue in that alley. Let's go over and have some together."
Li Mo also felt uncomfortable because of the sweat on his body. The two squeezed out of the street and entered the alley. The aroma of barbecue hit their faces.
"Boss, here are ten big meat skewers, add more pepper and hot sauce, and two glasses of sour plum juice."
