Chapter Eight Competitors(1/2)
From the door to the inside of the container, there are porcelain on display.
Porcelain in a box.
At first glance, most of the porcelain placed at the door has scratches. Either a corner is missing or there is a crack.
But there were more than a dozen boxes of porcelain inside that were intact.
Although Zhu Yu is a Chinese, his understanding of porcelain is limited to ordinary people.
These porcelains don't look like modern products, but a bit like ancient porcelain.
But the quantity is really a bit large.
If it is ancient porcelain, even if it is damaged, such a large quantity is still a considerable fortune.
Why did the owner of this container abandon these porcelains?
This is unreasonable!
But no matter what, Zhu Yu wanted to give it a try and take a picture!
As soon as the container was opened, the few people crowded at the door looked at the porcelain and immediately turned their attention to Zhu Yu and the other Asian woman who had already followed and took pictures of the first container.
Zhu Yu understood.
After all, porcelain is equivalent to China.
These people have regarded themselves and the other woman as strong competitors.
In recent years, because Chinese people have bought back a large number of overseas antiques, many people overseas have learned that ancient Chinese things are also very valuable.
Ming and Qing porcelain that used to cost tens or tens of dollars at flea markets can now cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars!
Some people even buy something when they see someone with a Chinese face, and the price will immediately increase tenfold or dozens of times.
I feel like the Chinese people are just like being taken advantage of.
Therefore, when the auctioneer offered a base price of three hundred dollars and Zhu Yu quoted three hundred and fifty dollars, each of the seven or eight people participating in the auction immediately raised the price to eleven hundred dollars!
Zhu Yu was greatly surprised.
The Asian woman looked at the porcelain carefully and then made an offer:
"Fifteen hundred dollars!"
Zhu Yu thought for a while and made an offer:
"Two thousand dollars!"
He suddenly offered an extra five hundred dollars just to scare off some competitors.
Sure enough, this method worked.
Some auctioneers who did not understand the reason immediately stopped bidding.
"Two thousand one hundred dollars." But there were two other auctioneers who weren't going to give up.
"Two thousand three hundred!"
"Three thousand!" This time it was the Asian woman who raised the price.
Zhu Yu was a little surprised. This Asian woman seemed determined to get these porcelains.
Zhu Yu looked at the porcelain again and felt that it was covered with a layer of something and was not as clear as ordinary porcelain.
"Three thousand five hundred dollars!" a female voice suddenly rang.
Zhu Yu turned his head, Joanna!
She walked up to Zhu Yu and whispered:
"Do you like it? If you like it, I will take a picture of it for you."
Zhu Yu was stunned!
What's going on?
Take a photo of yourself?
Are you going to eat soft rice?
That won't work!
He patted Joanna lightly on the shoulder and said:
"No, I have money here. And... these things are a bit suspicious."
The Asian woman made another offer:
"Four thousand dollars!"
Joanna listened to Zhu Yu's words and stopped increasing the price.
However, Zhu Yu and that woman had already stirred up the heat. He wouldn't let Joanna add more, but he still wanted to take a photo, and someone else increased the price.
"Four thousand five hundred dollars!"
It turned out to be an increase of $50, but as soon as Zhu Yu and the Asian woman took action, the increase was $500.
Zhu Yu believed that the woman should also be able to tell that these porcelains were ancient porcelain.
It's just that this is no ordinary ancient porcelain, it is most likely porcelain found in the sea.
And a lot of the porcelain has some damage.
Zhu Yu glanced over and found that there should be about sixty pieces of porcelain, of which about forty were in good condition.
The key point is that these porcelains were not fired in official kilns. The celestial eye can see the inscriptions underneath, and they are not made by officials.
Therefore, after all calculations, even Ming and Qing porcelains are most likely not particularly valuable.
Therefore, when the value reached seven thousand dollars, only Zhu Yu and the woman were quoting.
The woman came over and whispered to Zhu Yu:
"Why bother killing each other?"
She spoke Mandarin with a hint of Central Plains dialect.
Zhu Yu thought for a while and then gave up.
Although I don’t know the price of Hailao porcelain, it is definitely not very valuable.
And since we are all compatriots, let’s form a good relationship!
Asian woman photographed the porcelain.
"Thank you, my name is Helen, and this is my business card." The Asian woman handed the business card to Zhu Yu, then looked at Joanna and said:
"You have a beautiful girlfriend."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Zhu Yu and Joanna packed the containers together.
Joanna asked her question:
"Why didn't you continue taking pictures of the containers just now? If you don't have enough money, I still have some here."
Zhu Yu shook his head and said:
"If I keep shooting, I won't make much money."
He told Joanna about his speculation about finding porcelain from the sea, and then said:
"Some of these porcelains are damaged. The value of the intact ones is higher, but it is also limited. I estimate the total value is about ten thousand US dollars. It would be meaningless to take pictures any further."
Joanna nodded in understanding, and then focused on the container she took photos of.
Joanna was very satisfied with Zhu Yu's attitude of patiently explaining to her.
Which man or woman in love doesn't want the other person's attention to be on themselves?
When she lifted the veil and saw the motorcycle, Joanna screamed:
"Harley!"
Zhu Yu doesn't know much about motorcycles.
Although I have heard of Harley, I don’t know much about its value.
On the contrary, Joanna was very knowledgeable in this area and gave Zhu Yu popular science:
"This is a Harley motorcycle produced in the 1980s. Now it's considered a collector's item. Let me take a look..."
Joanna carefully looked at the model and parts of the motorcycle, and even tried to start it.
"Well, it's well-preserved. It can probably be sold for $10,000! I made a profit!"
Joanna couldn't help but turned around, hugged Zhu Yu and kissed her:
"My dear, betting on containers is really exciting! My luck is really good!"
Looking at the other items, they are all parts and tools, worth hundreds of dollars.
To be continued...