"You must be less than thirty years old. What's wrong? Does this affect the price of antiques?" Wang Bo asked in surprise.
Adams smiled and said: "Of course not. I asked your age because I want to make sure you are the youngest billionaire I know! There is no doubt that you are such a guy!"
After hearing this, Wang Bo finally relaxed and said with a smile: "So, Mr. President, what you mean is that these things of mine are worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars?"
"perhaps!"
Adams gave a conservative answer and then introduced these antiques.
Because he thought that since Wang Bo brought out these antiques, the other party should know their information, so he did not introduce the identity of the antiques, but directly introduced the estimated price.
What surprised Wang Bo was that among the dozen antiques, the most valuable was not the set of porcelain, nor the gold and silver statues, but the exquisite-looking gold pocket watch.
"The estimated value of this legendary Patek Philippe pocket watch is around NZD 30 million, or higher, depending on our promotional efforts. This set of jewelry from the Mughal Dynasty in India is worth NZD 15 million. The price is around…”
After listening to Adams' introduction, Wang Bo asked in surprise: "Is this pocket watch so valuable? Is it more valuable than this gold and silver statue?"
Adams said: "Perhaps you don't know the identity of this pocket watch?"
Wang Bo nodded and said, "Yes, I always thought it was just an ordinary gold watch. How could it be so valuable?"
Adams carefully picked up the gold pocket watch and said, "Look at the time on it and the other things on the dial."
Wang Bo took a look and said: "This is eight forty in the evening, isn't it? It's no problem at all. My mobile phone also reports the time at this time."
Adams laughed and said, "No, that's the problem! Wesker said that the pocket watch had stopped running when you took it out. He re-wound it in the morning, right?"
"right."
"In other words, I don't know how long this pocket watch has not been used, but it is still running normally. At least it has been running for twelve hours now and there is no time error. Don't you think this is amazing?"
Wang Bo wanted to speak, but Adams did not give him a chance and continued to explain: "Do you know how long ago this watch was born? 120 years, it is a work made two centuries ago!"
"But that's not its most valuable thing. Its real value lies in its legend. First of all, according to the "Encyclopedia of Swiss Legendary Watch Industry", this pocket watch is the only one of its kind, and it is a legendary existence!"
This Wang Bo knows that any antique auction must follow the law of "rare things are more valuable", and the same is true for antique clocks as art treasures.
Among antiques, the value of orphan items is the greatest. Even if there are two identical genuine items, one of them will often be destroyed in various ways. To create so-called orphan items "artificially", we can achieve the greatest value of antiques. value.
"The second is function. The function of this pocket watch is unique in history. It can not only tell time, but is also equipped with complex functions such as perpetual calendar, moon phase, and minute repeater. In addition, if you look at the largest sub-dial, do you think it Like what?" Adams asked with interest.
There are five sub-dials on the dial of the pocket watch, the largest of which is located in the middle. The background of the dial is blue, with dots of diamonds inlaid on it, which looks particularly beautiful.
Wang Bo had already studied it, and he asked tentatively: "A bit like the starry sky?"
"Yes, it is the starry sky. This is the night sky star map of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the first time in the history of Patek Philippe to add a star map to a pocket watch. In order to achieve this complex function, this pocket watch has a total of more than 900 parts. For the craftsmanship at the time , this is incredible!”
"Do you know how long it took Patek Philippe's best watchmaker to make this pocket watch? Five years, a whole five years!" Adams couldn't help but sigh at this point.
For the modern watchmaking industry, almost no one is willing to spend five years making a pocket watch. From this point of view, this legendary pocket watch is also a unique one.
And this is not over yet. Adams continued to introduce: "The name of this watch is called Legend Pocket Watch. Do you know why it has such a name?"
Wang Bo shook his head, and Adams smiled: "Because since the day it was born, it has passed through the hands of three legendary figures - the Duke of Edinburgh, the American steel giant, and the prince of Qatar. It has been with these three people for no more than four years. , all three of them died in the fourth year of owning it, and later it was said that it was considered an ominous watch by the Qatar royal family and was destroyed after the death of the prince. I didn’t expect it to still exist!”
At this introduction, Adams himself was moved. He shook his head and said: "Damn it, why am I so poor? If I had enough money, I would definitely collect this pocket watch. It is simply a legend in the collection world!"
Charlie pulled Wang Bo and whispered: "I suggest you don't sell this pocket watch and collect it yourself."
Lao Wang laughed, what a collection! He is a rough man and has no interest in being arty.
Adams introduced the antiques one by one. The reason why these antiques are worth over 100 million is mainly due to the increased prices of pocket watches and jewelry. Together, they can reach about 45 million.
Secondly, two Indian-style gold statues are also relatively valuable, each of which can reach a high price of tens of millions of New Zealand dollars. In addition, the total price of two ivory pistols, emerald snuff bottles, silver carvings, and wooden walking sticks can reach about 30 million.
On the contrary, the set of porcelain tableware that Wang Bo is most optimistic about has the lowest value, and the eight pieces together are only valued at around two million New Zealand dollars.
Adams explained to him that this set of porcelain is Japanese bone china. According to the initial carbon 14 examination, it has existed for about a century and a half. It has the cherry blossom mark of the Japanese royal family on it. It should be the tableware specially used by the royal family at that time.
After hearing this introduction, Wang Bo was confused, "This set of porcelain has been around for a long time, and it is still a royal appliance, so it shouldn't be priced so low."
Adams smiled bitterly and said: "You may know that countries around the world have different attitudes towards antiques lost in history. Most countries have patriotic personnel to buy them back. In fact, the prices of these antiques are mainly driven by these people. "
Wang Bo nodded, he understood this rule.
Adams added: "The Japanese are very smart. Their government, businessmen and chaebols never deliberately buy back their own antiques, so the price of Japanese antiques is the lowest. To be honest, Wang, if this set of tableware belongs to the Qing Dynasty royal family of your country, The price can increase by five hundred to tens of millions, but since it belongs to the Japanese royal family, it is not worth anything."
Wang Bo was stunned, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Fake, the bastard Japanese!"
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