Chen Dong's eyes fell on a quaint small wooden box on the stall. This wooden box was obviously old. It was full of mottled marks, but it was not corroded. It was obviously not ordinary wood.
This was obviously something that had just been poured out of the bucket. It was still stained with soil and had only dried for a short time. However, it had no peculiar smell and even vaguely exuded a faint fragrance, which was...the fragrance of medicine!
"Brother Chen Dong, what's wrong?"
Liu Ruyan noticed something strange about Chen Dong and asked subconsciously.
"Ahem, it's nothing. I just think this incense burner is quite interesting." Chen Dong woke up from his dream and said casually. He reached out and picked up a dark incense burner on the stall. This incense burner didn't look big, only about the size of a palm.
It's a little bit, but it's different from an ordinary incense burner. It's more like a smaller version of a tripod.
"The boss has a good eye. This incense burner is a rare item. It is from the Tang Dynasty at least!"
Upon seeing this, in front of the stall, a lean man with a mustache immediately came up to him and started bragging vigorously, "I only got this incense burner two days ago. If the boss likes it, how about just this amount?"
As he said that, the mustachioed boss stretched out five fingers, looked at Chen Dong with a sly look, and then looked at Liu Ruyan next to him.
"fifty thousand?"
"Five million!"
Chen Dong's face turned green when he heard the stall owner's quotation, "This broken stove costs five million, why don't you go and grab it?"
Although he could tell that the stove was indeed old, the condition was too poor, ugly and dark. Even if a true antique lover wanted to buy it back for collection, it would be a bit difficult to get rid of it.
Besides, antiques are not only judged by their age, but also by their provenance and variety. Porcelain calligraphy and paintings are certainly valuable, but this kind of bronze is obviously second-class. Moreover, this small copper stove is obviously not an official thing. Even if it is really from the Tang Dynasty, it is still valuable.
It's worth up to 1.8 million.
To put it bluntly, this guy is cheating himself!
"You can't say that, boss. The older these ancient objects are, the more valuable they are. This incense burner is from the Tang Dynasty. Five million is not expensive." The mustachioed boss persuaded with a sly eye roll.
"Oh? Really? Why do I remember that the Boshan shape of the incense burner cover in the Tang Dynasty was mostly a dome, but yours has a square top, and even the stove is square."
"Besides, although most of the incense burners in the Tang Dynasty were made of metal, the materials were mainly gold and silver, and a few were made of copper. Your incense burner is made of iron, and it has been corroded like this. It is pitted. You must be from the Tang Dynasty.
incense burner?"
Chen Dong said jokingly, which already made the mustache boss look extremely embarrassed.
"What's more, these ancient objects are also very high-grade, ranging from calligraphy, painting, porcelain to gold, silver and bronze, imperial kiln to private kiln, it's all different. You... no matter how you calculate it, it's not like the fifth grade.
It’s a million-dollar product, as I said before, if it’s fifty thousand, I’ll take it if I can sell it.”
"Ahem, he turns out to be an expert." Hearing this, the old man with a mustache looked embarrassed. He originally wanted to trick Chen Dong, but he found that he was blind and kicked the iron plate.
"But boss, isn't 50,000 a bit too low? How about at least 80,000?" The mustachioed boss gritted his teeth and said with a look of pain on his face.
"Eighty thousand..."
Chen Dong looked thoughtful and seemed a little reluctant. Then he glanced at the stall, pointed at the wooden box he had been looking at before, and said, "Yes, yes, but you have to bring this to me. Why?"
Sample?"
"This?" The mustachioed boss rolled his eyes and stared at Chen Dong warily, "Boss, this box is also an ancient object, so you have to pay extra."
"Then forget it." Before the other party finished speaking, Chen Dong said directly, "Originally, I saw that this box had been cleaned and it would be suitable to put this incense burner. Since you don't want to, then forget it."
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.
"Hey, hey, boss, please stay."
Seeing Chen Dong leaving so decisively, Boss Mustache suddenly became anxious, and his previous vigilance disappeared in an instant, "Sell it, 80,000 is 80,000."
"No more money?"
Chen Dong said playfully.
"Ahem, no more, no more, 80,000 is just 80,000." The mustachioed boss said with an embarrassed look. He was originally looking at a peerless beauty like Liu Ruyan standing next to Chen Dong, and thought about how Chen Dong is also a fool.
The owner with a lot of money still wanted to kill him severely, but ended up shooting himself in the foot.
Chen Dong didn't waste any time, just paid and packed all two items.
"Hmm, it seems that wooden box is not simple." Leaving the stall, Liu Ruyan said with a half-smile.
Chen Dong looked embarrassed and chuckled, "No, no, it's just a gadget. It's purely personal interest."
"Really?"
Liu Ruyan said with a half-smile, looking at him with a smile, which immediately made Chen Dong feel scared, thinking that this woman was so powerful that his little tricks were seen through at a glance.
"arrive!"
At this moment, Liu Ruyan suddenly spoke, bringing Chen Dong back to reality. Following her line of sight, a large exhibition area appeared in her field of vision.
Unlike the previous small vendors, here you can see countless stones at a glance, and each stone has a price clearly marked on it. Most of these stones are rough stones, and customers need to choose them by themselves. To put it bluntly, it is gambling on stones.
At first glance, many people are gathering around here to make selections, and some even bring instruments.
In addition to the raw stones here, there are also some stones with windows opened to expose the materials inside, but the price of this type of stone is obviously high.
Although it is said to be a small market, these stones come from various places in China, so naturally they are not too bad. Chen Dong glanced over and found that several pieces of materials were of good quality and could produce large quantities of goods.
However, he is not very interested. According to Liu Ruyan, this Landis auction attracted too many people, a mixed bag of good and bad. It would not be wise for him to expose himself for this jade.
The choice may even lead to trouble.
But what he didn't notice was that Liu Ruyan on the side glanced at the nearby stall owners. They all looked at each other and nodded, as if they were giving Liu Ruyan a secret signal.
"It's gone up, it's gone up!"
But at this moment, a short and fat man not far away shouted excitedly, with an excited look on his face.
His voice immediately attracted many people to watch. When they saw a touch of green on the stone in front of the man, they all looked envious. This stone is worth millions, but this touch of green is very pure and standard.
Zhengyang green, and looking at the water, it should be ice waxy, with an area as big as a plate.
"This water level is amazing, it can at least rise several times." Someone said enviously.
"Hehe, that's not true, of course my vision..." the short and fat man said proudly, but before he finished speaking, the ice-waxy green material actually cracked into cracks.
"My jade!"
The short and fat man instantly let out a howl like a slaughtering pig, and rushed forward. Looking at the cracked jade material with pain, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", his expression uglier than eating a fly.
However, Chen Dong's eyes suddenly lit up and he stared at the cracked jade. He could vaguely see liquid flowing underneath.