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MTL - Treasure Hunt America-Chapter 37 cheap bones
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The deceased Sidney. Mr. Bentley is definitely a rich and wayward collector.
Almost half of the second floor was transformed into his study, and almost all of his treasures were placed in this study.
This is a typical western-style large study room with two large floor-to-ceiling windows in the south direction, connecting to the outside viewing balcony.
In the middle of the two floor-to-ceiling windows is a load-bearing wall, but below the wall is a Western-style fireplace with an oil painting hanging above it.
The oil painting is of a wooden sailboat struggling to move forward in the storm. The oil painting is vivid, but Jin Muchen doesn't understand these very well, but at a glance, you can see the flickering yellow light of this oil painting. This is definitely a genuine antique.
In front of the fireplace is where he works. A set of boss desk and sofa chair made of high-quality teak wood. Even if this study furniture is not an antique, it can be defined by the workmanship and materials of this furniture. It is a top-level handicraft, not to mention that this set of furniture is also covered with glossy pulp.
The appearance is very well preserved. Although I don't know much about it, but looking at the Rococo carving style above, Jin Muchen can conclude that this set of study furniture definitely has a history of hundreds of years, and it can definitely be regarded as an antique.
There is a very old typewriter on the table. It is still a mechanical structure. It seems to have a history of at least more than 100 years. No surprise, this is also an antique.
What interests Jin Muchen the most is the jade paperweight on the table and the bamboo-carved pen holder, typical Chinese-style objects. The two treasures are still flashing with yellow light from time to time. These two must also be antiques.
In the middle of the study is a small meeting room. The sofa and coffee table in the living room are relatively ordinary, but the carpet under the coffee table is definitely a first-class Persian carpet, and the Chinese-style wooden root carving tea set on the coffee table is definitely an antique.
There is a wall of books on the left hand side of the study room. If you look carefully, you can see the flashes of all kinds of books on the bookshelves.
This shows that these books should have a history of decades or even hundreds of years, and some of them may be very precious and rare versions now, and they can also be regarded as antiques.
On the right-hand wall, there is also a large fireplace, but on top of this fireplace is a stuffed deer head. The horns of the deer head are divided into twelve prongs, which can also be regarded as an antique.
There is a small Bogu shelf above the fireplace. On the Bogu shelf, there are several old guns. Just looking at the shape of the shotguns, as well as the length and caliber of the barrels, you can conclude that this is definitely a hundred-year-old old gun. The gun, coated with oil, and in good condition, is also an antique.
The next thing that interests Jin Muchen the most in the whole room is the two Bogu shelves that are placed on both sides of the fireplace.
There are glass windows on the outside of the Bogu shelf. Through the glass windows, you can see the exquisite Chinese porcelain on the Bogu shelf inside.
The cups, bowls, plates, saucers, and a few plum bottles all looked very beautiful. At a glance, the jewels on these china wares almost blinded him.
When he saw this, Jin Muchen felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He felt as if he had walked into a treasure mountain, and this treasure mountain had inexhaustible all kinds of wealth.
As for the other miscellaneous Western-style antiques, Jin Muchen just glanced at them and threw them aside. After all, although they were antiques, he didn't know much about these antiques, and he didn't know much about the market, so he didn't dare to look around.
For fear that after seeing it, if the price is too high, or the price is too high, it is better to specialize in the Chinese porcelain on the two ancient shelves.
He walked quickly to the front of the Bogu shelf on the left side of the fireplace, and did not rush to take out the porcelain inside, but looked carefully through the glass.
The porcelains on this Bogu shelf are mainly plum vase and cong-style vase. They are all ornamental vessels. The colors on it are bright and the paintings are fine. Most of them are pastels mainly composed of enamel, blue, red and gold. bottle.
The themes of the paintings on those bottles are mostly Western-style, and the themes are mostly Western-style religious themes, or love themes.
Just looking at it, Jin Muchen concluded that these bottles were real, but most of them were exported porcelain from ancient Chinese dynasties, and most of them should be from the middle of the Qing Dynasty or the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Because you can tell the difference just by looking at the subject matter of the picture, the export porcelain depicting religious themes is generally the most popular around the eighteenth century.
Moreover, these porcelain vases should all come from Europe, and should have been used by European nobles before, because Chinese porcelain sold to European civilians would not paint such a style of painting.
This kind of porcelain, although it is considered an antique, is now in relatively large quantities, and it is not very recognized in China, so the domestic price is not very high, even in the West, the price is relatively average.
After only two glances, Jin Muchen lost interest in the porcelain on this side, but the porcelain on the other side made him unable to pull it out after one glance.
There are not many porcelains on this Bogu shelf. There are only a few small bowls and two porcelain plates, but although they are practical, they are pure Chinese-style porcelain.
Although the style is not as good as the export porcelain on the other side, in the colorful eyes, it is blue and white porcelain, which is simple and elegant in workmanship, but compared with the export porcelain on the other side, this simple and elegant porcelain makes Jin Muchen feel more pleasing to the eye.
He carefully took out the bowls and dishes, and took a closer look. They were all works of the Qing Dynasty. The two butterfly-and-flower-themed porcelain dishes were probably the works of official kilns in the mid-Qing Dynasty and were in good condition.
The other four small bowls should be fine folk kilns of the same era.
After a few careful glances, Jin Muchen came to a conclusion. During this period of time, he followed Fang Bo to learn about Chinese antiques, and it was not for nothing.
If these dishes are taken, they should be sold well in Fang Bo's shop. There are many Chinese who come to Taobao in the United States these days.
Even if the price of each piece is a quarter lower than that in China, you can buy about ten or twenty thousand yuan. If you can get it at a low price, it will be more cost-effective.
Jin Muchen was watching and pondering while holding the porcelain plate, and at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.
"Excuse me, sir, have you read it? If you have finished, can you let me see it?"
When I looked up, I realized that there was a guy in a suit standing beside him, staring at the porcelain plate in his hand.
Jin Muchen put the porcelain plate in his hand into the cabinet with a wry smile, and then made a gesture of begging.
"Are you Japanese?"
A voice rang in Jin Muchen's ear, Jin Muchen turned his head and saw that it was an Asian man in his thirties who was not tall. And an Asian.
Wearing a brown suit, it seems that it should be a brand name, but this tight suit is extra funny when worn on him, because he is too thin, even if it is a thin suit, it is worn on him, It still gives the impression of a child wearing adult clothes.
There is no tie, and the open neckline reveals a large gold chain with thick fingers, and the hands are even more exaggerated. I wish I could wear all ten fingers with large gold rings. At first glance, it gives people the feeling of a nouveau riche.
The appearance can only be described as wretched, with slumped eyebrows and triangular eyes, anyway, the first impression is wretched.
One mouth was English with a strong Xiangjiang accent, and he also asked Jin Muchen if he was Japanese. Jin Muchen didn't have a good impression of the Japanese at first. When this guy asked this, he felt even more unhappy.
"No, I'm Chinese."
He answered decisively, he didn't expect this guy's expression to change as soon as he heard that he was Chinese, then he turned his head and stopped paying attention to him, and while turning around, he muttered: "Damn Yeah, why are these **** Yankees everywhere?"
Although he spoke in a very soft voice, Jin Muchen could still hear it clearly. As soon as he heard the words Yankee, the veins on Jin Muchen's forehead immediately tensed up. Needless to say, UU Reading www.uukanshu. This guy com must be from Xiangjiang, and he is the kind of guy who has no sense of identity with China, or even is very anti-China.
Recently, this group of guys has been very troubled in Xiangjiang. I didn't like this kind of people very much. I didn't expect that I would encounter such a nasty ghost today. The most hateful thing is to pretend to be 13 in front of me?
If it wasn't at the Bentley's house, Jin Muchen would probably have smashed his fists.
"What's wrong?"
Candace, who was standing beside him, also noticed that Jin Muchen's mood was not right, and grabbed his hand and asked.
"Nothing! Mere a bug?"
Jin Muchen's voice is not very loud, but it can definitely be heard by the guy in front. The guy turned his head viciously, his eyes first saw Candace, a pair of small triangular eyes, and immediately became squinted, looking at Candace is also very uncomfortable.
Jin Muchen is even more disgusting for this guy, he snorted coldly, when this guy looked at Jin Muchen with his fierce eyes, he immediately shrank, shrank his neck, and turned his head away.
In the past few years in the United States, Jin Muchen has encountered many immigrants from Xiangjiang and Baodao. These people are good and bad. He has also dealt with **** like the previous one, so he is very familiar with their temperaments.
These guys are just a bunch of bastards. When they meet white-skinned foreign devils, they can't wait to kneel and call their own fathers. When they meet Chinese people, especially mainlanders, they play tricks with you, but once you give him a hard time, most of them will immediately soft.
The natural cartilage disease, the kind that can't even be helped.