Chapter 117 Nima really has a leak
Andy was really in a complicated mood when he looked at the comic strips protected by transparent bags in his hands.
After all, he happened to have come into contact with such comic strips when he was a child in his previous life. The first villain book he read at that time was "The Eastern Zhou Kingdoms", a set of fifty books. At that time, he had to rent it for one cent each, and "Three Fights of the White Bone Spirit". At that time, there was no TV series Journey to the West, and villain book was his favorite reading.
The Little Man Book is a kind of sentiment for those born in the 1980s. People born in the mid-1980s will also have an impression. However, they didn’t know how to cherish them at that time, and when they slowly disappeared into their lives, they didn’t care.
When these villain books show value, they beat their chests and stamped their feet, because they were likely to have a villain books worth tens of thousands of yuan in their hands.
Andy looked at the book of a villain in the wooden box and felt like she was a different life. There was no "Eastern Zhou Kingdom" and "Journey to the West" here. A set of 60 volumes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with at least 9 in terms of quality, and there were not a shortage of any of them. Even the most difficult to collect "Zhuge Liang Crossing the Lu Water", "Fire Burning the Camp" and "Liu Bei Conquering Wu". Andy didn't know what the stall owner's grandfather did, but Andy really knew this set of comic strips. After he knew that comic strips were valuable in his previous life, he also collected them, but unfortunately he didn't stick to it because it was too expensive and time-consuming.
This set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was gradually published by Shanghai People's Art Publishing House from 1957 to 1961, and was painted by Zhu Guangyu and others. Well, Andy knew that one Zhu Guangyu was painted by more than 30 painters. In 2008, there were only five sets of sets of Three Kingdoms with a quality of more than 9, which shows its preciousness.
Although the 16 books of "Dream of Red Mansions" are worth only 1,000 yuan, one of them is worth 350 yuan. The key is not how much it is worth, but how rare it is.
Many people must have read the comic strips of "Railway Guerrillas" and "Plain Gunshots". "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and "Chicken Feather Letter" are better to go back and find them. If you have good looks, you can really sell them for money, because a book "Chicken Feather Letter" is worth 500,000...
"Water Margin" in the wooden box is also the darling of the collection industry in the Celestial Dynasty. However, except for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this series of complete sets are not as valuable as the set of rice paper versions of "The Great Changes of the Mountains" held by Andy. The three volumes of "The Great Changes of the Mountains" drawn by the famous painter He Youzhi were published in 1978. Someone once offered more than 80,000 yuan to buy a set of 9.5-quality quality.
Andy sighed in his heart, would the old man who collected these villain books be angry if he knew that his grandson sold these things as old books?
As for asking Andy to tell the stall owner the value of these things... Well, you're thinking too much, Andy is not the Virgin, he is a bastard if he has a cheap price but not a profit. Especially in the antique industry, his eyesight is fundamental. He can only admit that he is unlucky. If he has a flaw, he is better to die than to pick up his mistakes.
Andy closed the box, brought the stack of newspapers to her face, and asked, "How much do you sell these two?"
Stephen looked at Andy with a little entangled confusion. He really didn't know the value, but looking at the expression when Andy asked him just now, these villain books were still a bit valuable. He spoke with a nervous mood: "2000...1,000 US dollars, after all, it's something my grandfather has treasured for a long time, and I think it's a bit valuable..."
Andy had no expression on his face, and he didn't care about Stephen's voice getting smaller and smaller. He took out a dollar bill from his pants pocket and pointed out $2,000 to hand it to Stephen, who was already a little surprised. "These villain books are a bit valuable for collection. Although some are not valuable, they can be preserved so well and in a complete set. It is indeed not easy to find. Your grandfather is a real collector because it cannot be measured by the price. It is a kind of sentiment."
Andy's words touched Stephen, and he was very satisfied with the beauty in his hand. Well, Andy's heart is so beautiful now, because the price of a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is about 1 million US dollars.
Black, too dark.
Of course, this price is the highest price that may be sold at the auction of the Celestial Empire, but the Three Kingdoms in the 1950s could be sold for at least RMB 3 million.
This was a big leak. Andy was so satisfied with today's gains. Just as he was about to wave to Joseph to come forward to help him get it, Stephen said, "Sir, I have some things here, please see if you are interested..."
This time it was a small iron box, and Andy was speechless. He opened the iron box and there was a large stack of telegrams inside.
Andy looked carefully and looked through them one by one. Most of them were traditional Chinese characters, including from the Xinhai, to the Central Plains War, Zhang Shaoyan changed his flags, and then to the bald man's anti-Japanese declaration, which were all included, and had great historical significance.
"How to say... You say this thing is valuable, it's a bit, it's not too much. It's not too much to say it's waste paper. Although it's a bit cliché to measure it with money, it's also the most intuitive. It's not worth it..." Andy put the telegrams in the iron box, then covered it, and reached out to hand it back to Stephen.
Stephen looked at Andy's expression a little suspiciously, and found that he didn't seem to be lying. He couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, although his grandfather liked to collect, he only collected some cheap things. After all, it was not allowed financially.
"Sir, please buy it with some money. I don't think many people will understand the value of these things here."
Andy pulled back his hand and pulled a hundred dollars out of his pants pocket. "It's really not easy to collect these things. Your grandfather is a respectable person."
"Thank you, I think my grandfather would be happy in heaven if he met you, a buyer who knows the goods...."
Looking at Stephen and looking at him with gratitude, Andy really feels like this. This kid is so... so cute, silly and cute.
"How much do you want to sell this plaque?" Andy suddenly asked before leaving.
"You said this... this thing is broken and not decent. My mother originally wanted to split it as firewood and burn it in the fireplace. I'm not going to the flea market, so I'll show you if I can sell it. After all, the word "Chiangchao" on it should be very well written..."
Andy looked at the other party's words, and he felt sad for the dead old man. Can't he talk about what his collections were before he died?
Well, this broken plaque is indeed not worth much money, but Andy asked with hope that if there is this plaque, will there be other valuable things? After all, this is also a plaque from the Qianlong Dynasty. Maybe the old man would also collect other antiques when collecting this plaque.
Andy thought it was very beautiful, but unfortunately there was nothing with this plaque. He read it at the stall again and found that most of the grandfather of the stall owner collected books, newspapers and the like from the Republic of China period. Andy picked a few more from it, and the broken plaque cost another hundred dollars.
Kenny and Joseph looked at Andy with a speechless smile. They really didn't understand the boss's purchase of these rags. To be honest, there are good things in the flea market here. Unfortunately, Andy doesn't know how to appraise treasures. Even if he is careful, he can't lose a lot of money, but Andy knows himself. Since he knows that he can't tell the truth, he can honestly exchange for something he knows. If he doesn't know, he pretends to understand and insists on collecting it. That's really stupid.
This time, Joseph was pushed to the trailer to send the rags back to the car. You can't always let Kenny go. The bodyguard is not a servant. It's a friendship for others to help you. Protecting you is someone else's job. Doing miscellaneous work is not included in the scope of bodyguard work. Fortunately, Andy and Joseph and Kenny got along for several months, and there was nothing unwilling to help Andy do some work. After all, it's really easy to protect Andy. Andy doesn't like to go to some messy bars or nightclubs, which is really much easier for their work.
Kenny followed Andy from afar. Andy was like a curious baby. He looked left and right. Of course, he stayed away from some ragged clothes, mainly looking at some things with a long history.
When passing by a stall, Andy was a little surprised to find out that there were three Tianchao people in suits. Why did they know they were Tianchao people? Because the three of them were bargaining with the stall owner for a painting.
The three seemed very dissatisfied with the price the stall owner said, so Andy joined in the fun and looked at it. It was a yellowed vertical scroll of landscape painting. Andy didn't understand it, but listened to the meaning of these people. The painting was not clearly divided. At present, it was not clear who was written by it, and the signature was not easy to distinguish. The stall owner was a Chinese, and seemed to be an expert. He gritted his teeth and did not let go, saying that the painting was from the Qing Dynasty, and it was flowing out of the palace. It was a treasure, and it was priced at 100,000 US dollars.
Those three Celestialists seemed to come to Los Angeles to Taobao. Andy was a little surprised. After all, the Celestial Taobao army would only go to various countries after 2008. The world spent money to buy back the lost national treasures. I didn't expect to meet them now.
Andy couldn't help but lit up. These three people must be very sensible, otherwise they wouldn't have been entangled with the stall owner for so long. I just don't know if it's a responsibilities. Such a situation is a mess in the Tian Dynasty, and Andy is very entangled.
As things went on, Andy confirmed that the other person was not a liar. Well, the three of them really took out money to buy the painting, but it was not $100,000, but $50,000. Andy was really a little amused.
I don't know what era and the author's scroll was installed by three people in a cylinder. They seemed to be very careful, and Andy could only watch it. He had learned some common sense in the antique world through some books by the master Qidian. When others talk about transactions, they cannot make a fuss. The Americans don't understand it, but his soul is a man of the Celestial Empire.
Besides, what if it is fake? Fifty thousand is not money! Andy can only comfort himself like this.
Chapter completed!