The appraiser spoke Chinese to Jiang Hai, and Jiang Hai understood it very well, but it was still hard for him to believe it.
Isn’t it said that blue and white porcelain is extremely expensive? Why is there such a huge discrepancy between the price of this toy and the price in my heart
In his opinion, selling this set of porcelain for not only hundreds of millions of dollars, but twenty or thirty million dollars is not a problem.
But what the hell are these one million soft girl coins? Don’t you know how these guys bully me
Perhaps seeing the dissatisfaction written on Jiang Hai's face, the middle-aged man here introduced to Jiang Hai: "Mr. Jiang, your pair of porcelain is indeed from the Ming Dynasty, and it is well preserved. , from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but precisely because it was from the Wanli period, this porcelain is not worth much."
Looking at Jiang Hai, the middle-aged people began to spread the word to Jiang Hai that the porcelain of that era was valuable now, but in ancient times, the porcelain of that era was actually more valuable. It is impossible for Chinese people to not know this, especially when they sell porcelain to the West. Go, it is really priceless, this is very tempting to Chinese businessmen in the country, but in that era, there was an express prohibition, and the ruler was not allowed to go to sea.
If you can't go there yourself, you can only rely on Western businessmen to sell these things.
Domestic sea bans have actually existed since ancient times, and were followed by almost all Chinese people. The Song Dynasty, which was the best era, actually had sea bans. It is recorded in the Song Dynasty and Taizong's Annals, saying that in the second year of Yongxi (985) , Zhao Guangyi's "forbidden Haijia" in September.
On behalf of the Song Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to go to sea from the beginning. Maritime merchants might go secretly in the later period, but at least they did not dare to come openly. Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, the people of the Yuan Dynasty did not understand the navy.
Just like the baggage in the current cross talk, Mongolia, Navy Commander, where does the sea come from on the grassland
Therefore, in the Yuan Dynasty, the sea ban was still very strong, and later in the Ming Dynasty, it was naturally stronger.
Originally, when Zhu Di was in power, he sent Zheng He to the Western Ocean.
However, after Zheng He came back, he told Zhu Di that the products in the West were quite rich, but they were poor. There were no strategic reserve materials such as gold, silver, and copper. The abundant fruits, sugar cane, etc., were not available to China. What's the use
At that time, ordinary people could not afford to eat sugar, but if the dignitaries ate sugar, they could naturally make it with beets.
There was also the consideration of guarding against pirates on the island country, so later on, the country was closed off, and it reached an extreme during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. However, although the ruler was not allowed to go to sea, the people in the court and the merchants were naturally not stupid.
They don't want to be merchants, and if these foreigners come over and want to buy their own porcelain, they will naturally not be polite.
Therefore, during the Wanli Dynasty, they saw the business opportunities in this, and the court at that time abolished the forbidden sea for a time.
Moreover, we specially made a blue and white porcelain for foreign trade for these Western businessmen. The quality is naturally similar to that of domestic products, a little worse than the ones exclusively for Ouchi, but better than those in ordinary merchants' homes.
Because it is sold to foreigners, there are all kinds of dragons, immortals, phoenixes, and unicorns on it. There is no taboo, but the prices are naturally different if the paintings are different. Such porcelain is sold in Wanli and The Longqing Dynasty is very common.
It was precisely because of the original foreign trade system that Chinese porcelain went global at that time.
Now four hundred years have passed, these porcelains have become antiques, but there is a problem, that is, there are too many of these porcelains. Almost any auction house in the country has such porcelains, and it may be difficult to make them fake. Than really waste money.
"In China, to be honest, a single plum bottle like yours only sells for about 2.2 million to 2.5 million yuan. If you don't believe it, you can check it yourself. You are also Chinese, and There is such a power in the United States. I think it is not troublesome for you to check the domestic prices. The reason why I offer a price of more than six million or one million US dollars is mainly because you are a pair. So based on multiplying the price by two, we increased it by more than one million." Seeing that Jiang Hai had been explained clearly, the middle-aged man here said a little embarrassed, and after hearing his words, Jiang Hai also He hesitated.
"Put these two bottles here first, let's talk about the others first." Although he already believed it, he was still going to ask about it in China. While sending a text message to Fuyuan and the others, Jiang Hai said to the person opposite. .
When the people here heard Jiang Hai's words, they didn't care. A bottle worth one million US dollars was not a treasure to them, so they continued to bid. At this time, Xu Wei and the others in China also gave Jiang Hai a gift. Message returned.
Tell Jiang Hai that what the man said is indeed true. The Wanli year porcelain vase is indeed valuable. A porcelain vase said that it is not a problem to buy an apartment within the Fifth Ring Road of Shou Emperor, but it is impossible to add more.
For ordinary people, a few million is a lot of money, but for Jiang Hai, he is really worried about losing money.
Just as he finished asking, the person opposite also quoted the full price for all the items.
Jiang Hai's two bottles were only worth one million U.S. dollars, and the pile of money and jewelry that he originally didn't care about were worth a total of 2.3 million. This made Jiang Hai feel a little helpless and shook his head with a wry smile. Shake his head.
After all, it can be regarded as a consolation prize. These jewels accounted for less than one hundredth of the items in the ship's warehouse.
These are worth 2.3 million dollars. If we go back, the large shipload of jewelry will be worth almost 200 to 300 million dollars.
This time, the work was not in vain. Since the negotiation had been made, Jiang Hai did not lower the price, and the price given by the other party was still very real.
Jiang Hai directly sold these jewelry and the pair of porcelain vases for 3.3 million, which was directly transferred to Jiang Hai's account.
These people immediately contacted the headquarters. Although the jewelry worth more than three million yuan was not very high, it was still quite valuable. At least it was not something they could afford to pay. It was safest to notify the company's security to come and get it.
Watching them wrap these things one by one, Jiang Hai suddenly saw the skirt he had kept far away.
"Hey, didn't you see this?" Jiang Hai asked in surprise as he walked over and picked up the dress.
"Is this also a collection?" Looking at this metal skirt that seemed to have just been made, several people here couldn't help but asked with some doubts.
"Of course, these things were recovered together, and this thing has a history of nearly four hundred years." After hearing these people's doubts, Jiang Hai said as he should, but he just said it.
The pair of porcelain bottles he was particularly interested in had not even sold for a high price. This set of armor seemed not to be worn by humans at all. How much could it be sold for? But as the saying goes, a thief never goes short. Bah, I'm not a thief, so I won't go short anyway.
This thing is just sitting on the bottom of the sea. If it can be sold for money, that would be great, even if it is only worth hundreds of thousands.
"Nearly four hundred years? This, is this a war skirt?" After hearing Jiang Hai's words, a white man who didn't care at first suddenly widened his eyes, and immediately took the skirt and looked at it carefully. The location is relatively far away from them.
At first, these people thought this was an ashtray, deliberately made to be old, but now that Jiang Hai said it, their eyes lit up.
The time spent studying this war skirt was much longer than that of studying other things. It took nearly two hours. When the security guards came in the middle, they specially asked these people to bring some new research equipment and kept encouraging them there. It wasn't until around three o'clock in the afternoon that the three people here raised their heads. While their faces were covered with sweat, there was also a hint of happiness and excitement.
"Mr. Jiang Hai, I wonder if you have the other matching armors of this war skirt, or is this the only war skirt?" After the three men whispered to their leader, they didn't know who it was. Men from Latin America and the Middle East couldn't help but stare blankly, then respectfully came to Jiang Hai and asked Jiang Hai seriously.
"Oh, there is a set, but I put it somewhere else." Upon hearing this man's words, Jiang Hai was also stunned. Is this war skirt very valuable? So the mentality that I didn't care much about at first changed instantly at this time.
"If my team guessed correctly, this armor should have been specially built by Philip III. It is his exclusive armor, and it is also a new armor..." Looking at Jiang Hai, the man said... He said with a serious face.
"Wait a minute, it's Philip or Siren. I don't care. This set of armor is very valuable?" Hearing that this man seemed to be explaining to himself Philip III in a long way, Jiang Hai immediately stretched out his words. He raised his hand and stopped what he said.
At the beginning, I told Jiang Hai about the Wanli Year. Jiang Hai might still be interested in listening.
However, when he talked about the history of Europe, Jiang Hai had no interest in listening. He interrupted him directly and asked the question he was most concerned about.
"This is not a matter of money. Well, in business, if you decide to sell this item, it is estimated that it will be difficult for our company to pay for it alone, so in my opinion, you should auction it, because then it will be Even after tax is deducted, you earn much more than we imagined." Looking at Jiang Hai, this man's eyes were about to burst into flames. It was obvious that this was really a huge sum of money.
"What's more specific?" Jiang Hai asked curiously as he squinted his eyes. To be honest, he really didn't expect that that pair of armor was so valuable. It was so valuable that Phillips didn't dare to take it privately. This was a bit interesting. .
"I have checked your transaction records. Sorry, this is also our work needs. We need to check your creditworthiness. If the prices of the things you sold these two times are added up and multiplied by two, it is estimated to be worth almost half a set of armor. "Seeing Jiang Hai's serious look, this man also said seriously. He was not alarmist. As a person from an auction house.
Under such circumstances, he would only underestimate and not overestimate. This is also his professional quality!