Chapter 1624: A lot of work on the stall
After completing the formalities, Leah and Old John suddenly became much more polite to Zhou Zhi, which actually made Zhou Zhi a little uncomfortable with it.
Because of the "Johann Strauss Jr. Baton" incident, Zhou Zhi's photo of another "Chinese box" went unnoticed at all.
The two boxes were sold for a total of US$4,600. Including taxes and commissions, the total cost was just over US$5,000. Then the Louis Vuitton desk box was sold to Lao Leah on the spot for US$7,000. , Zhou Zhi made a small profit of more than a thousand US dollars, and also got a high-end white silk shirt, a conductor tuxedo suit, and a white gold, pink and blue Brazilian tourmaline collar with small diamonds. Buttons and cufflinks, four gold pens inlaid with gems customized by Leopold Stokowski, three crystal ink bottles, a stack of music manuscripts, a pocket watch with a gold case, a gold-rimmed glasses, a tie clip inlaid with gems, a high-end silk scarf, all the time Two walrus ivory briar pipes, two bottles of Egon wine, two bottles of White Czar vodka, and two bottles of Red Czar wine.
Of course, there is also the conductor baton of Johann Strauss Jr. made of narwhal tusks and baleen. Because of its celebrity effect, it is the most precious of all things.
Under the envious eyes of everyone, Old John took Zhou Zhi away. When he got in the car, Zhou Zhi immediately took out his mobile phone and called Mr. Qi: "Sir, during the Republic of China or the late Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Li Foqing in Yuhang. "People, do you know?"
"Where are you calling the mobile phone?" The old man's phone seems to have caller ID: "Would you like to change to a landline?"
"I'm here?" New York City Customs Auction A box was photographed at the meeting, with a nameplate on it that read Yuhang Li Fo Qing. "Zhou Zhi said: "There are also several scrolls. Judging from the ribbons on the outside of the baggage, they should be made by the inner government."
"Bring back Come on." The old man said very simply: "He is an elder of mine, a very powerful person, and his nephew is very familiar with us. Do you have any impressions?"
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"Hehehehe... I couldn't explain clearly on the phone. When will you come back?"
"Just these two days." Zhou Zhi said: "When the special film is finished, Lao An has authorized us to The restored "痗 Crane" "Inscription" and "Thousand Character Essay" have been made into high-definition prints."
"This is good! This matter is also very important," the old man said: "Li Foqing's real name is Lierkang, and the Foqing belongs to him. Zi, Li Liangyu’s second son, You won’t tell me that you don’t know about Li Liangyu, right?”
“I know.” Zhou Zhi nodded quickly: “The founder of Xiling Seal Society, this is really a descendant of the Yuhang Li family, inside the box. It’s probably a good thing.”
“Hahaha, that’s not necessarily the case,” Mr. Qi said with a smile: “Although he comes from a scholarly family, he became a military strategist and a lieutenant general of the Republic of China. You haven’t opened it yet. Box?”
Zhou Zhi told Mr. Qi the rules of the customs auction here. Mr. Qi couldn't help but muttered: "Is there such a weird way to play?"
After chatting for a while, Zhou Zhi hung up the phone. , and I was even more looking forward to it.
At least I know that the owner of this rattan box is not an ordinary person, so there is a greater chance that there will be good things inside.
This time, Old John sent Zhou Zhi directly to the Manhattan Apartments at No. 62 Fifth Avenue. In fact, he was itching to gossip and wanted to know if Zhou Zhi really lived here.
The waiter at the door saw Zhou Zhi and Old John getting out of the car with a lot of things, and immediately came up: "George has gained a lot today, please hand the box to me." "Thank you Joseph, I will trouble you every time." Zhou Zhi handed Joseph twenty dollars as consumption.
Old George understood that Zhou Zhi is really a familiar guest in this apartment. If he is a stranger, he should wait for the waiter to deliver the things to the room before tipping him. It seems that the two are very familiar with each other. .
However, Zhou Zhi’s place was not in Ellsworth’s twenty-two rooms, but in a standard guest room on another floor of the apartment. Although Ellsworth was on the upper floor, Old John Still can't see it.
Of course Zhou Zhi would not deliberately introduce him to Old John. After all, he himself was new here.
But this information is enough. Those who can live here are usually scholars, professors, collectors, and business partners invited by Ellsworth. They know that this young man does live here. , coupled with the fact that the conductor baton of Johann Strauss Jr. was issued at the airport customs, it was enough for the old John to brag for half a year.
After seeing Old John off, Zhou Zhi finally had time to take a look at what he had photographed.
The inner workshop in the Qing Dynasty was a very large system, which required the production of a large number of exquisite handicrafts, and was also responsible for the maintenance, maintenance, or utilization and processing of previous handicrafts.
For example, Qianlong, the stamp-maniac, not only liked to put his own seal on ancient paintings, but also liked to rub away the writing on the jade seal of the previous dynasty and re-engrav it with the words he wanted. Or on the porcelain of the Song Dynasty, I engraved my own poems on the bottom, which really ruined a lot of good things.
Of course, many good things have been created. For example, there is a kind of porcelain. Even Jingde can only make blanks. After they are sent to the capital, they will be colored and fired again by porcelain workers in the inner palace. , this is an extremely precious variety among the imperial porcelains of the Qing Dynasty - enamel colored porcelain known as the "Queen of Porcelain".
At the time of the auction, Zhou Zhi had already judged from the ribbons that these paintings should be ancient paintings, because judging from the format, craftsmanship and materials of the ribbons, they were all the craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty. The ribbon used in one scroll is still apricot yellow, with two enamel lotus beads on the ribbon head.
Opening the bag, you can see that the hemp cloth is surrounded by silk brocade and a wooden shaft wrapped with chicken wing wood. It can be initially concluded that it is a very good thing.
But judging from the state of the scroll at the edge of the world, the preservation environment of the scroll in the customs for decades was worrying. Zhou Zhi did not dare to open it now, for fear of getting a pile of debris, which would make it even more difficult to deal with.
I opened four pockets in a row and found that they were all the same. One of them Zhou Zhi tried to open slightly, but found that the core of the painting had turned black. I couldn't help but cursed and quickly restored the scroll bag. As it is, tie it with a tape and put it aside.
In this state, I had to take it home and watch it again, but Zhou Zhi was certain that he was definitely doing a lot of work again.
My eyes fell on the wicker box, and now I could only attack this one.
The wicker box was locked, but it was a good thing to guard against gentlemen, not villains. Zhou Zhi put the box on the workbench with his back to himself, found a screwdriver to remove the loose-leaf screws on the back, and opened the box with his back turned.
The things inside the box are just a few regular uniforms and a set of military uniforms. The military ranks on them are even unclear to Zhou Zhi. The rest are a few books in Japanese and German, and a few similar military medals. Medals, and a bunch of small boxes.
(End of this chapter)