MTL - Treasure Hunt America-Chapter 80 smash
Ask for collection, ask for recommendation!
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Because of the excitement that day, when I woke up the next day, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning, and Candace had long been impatient.
Jin Muchen hurriedly went out with her for a brunch, and then hurried out of the hotel and went straight to Pasque Market.
This Pasque Market, similar in style to the antique market in New York, usually only opens on weekends, and usually starts in November every year and ends in March of the following year.
After this period of time, the entire market will enter a period of rest.
Yesterday, I accidentally received a set of baby snuff bottles, which made Jin Muchen's interest in this market greatly increased. I plan to go back today to see if I can meet any treasures.
And after walking around yesterday, Jin Muchen already had a general understanding of this market, so when they came today, they didn't waste time, but went straight to the greenhouse in Victory Square.
According to their understanding, this greenhouse is set up almost every holiday, and almost all of them are silent auctions like yesterday.
And because of yesterday's experience, coupled with the comparison between the antiques in the greenhouse and the vendors outside the greenhouse, and the antiques in the store, Jin Muchen felt that it was the most cost-effective to buy things in the greenhouse.
Although there are a lot of good things in the shops on both sides of Pasque Street, because those antique shops are relatively formal, most of them are clearly marked with prices. If you want to buy some good things in those shops, the cost is relatively expensive, and it is not very cost-effective. .
As for the stall owners who set up stalls in the greenhouses, most of them do not have the strength to open a shop, but their own things are better than those of the vendors who set up stalls outside. I don’t want to take advantage of the auction company and charge too high handling fees, so I choose to set up a stall in this greenhouse. Although I have to pay a certain fee, it is always much lower than the auction company’s fee.
When they arrived in the greenhouse, it was already crowded with people. The situation was similar to yesterday. Many collectors who were confident in their collections set up their booths here early, and wrote on the small blackboard next to them. Good price, waiting for customers to come.
Old Phil, who sold the snuff bottle yesterday, is still here this time, but this time he bought something else, some gadgets such as cloisonne and porcelain brought from China, and this time at his booth There weren't as many customers in the front as yesterday.
When Old Phil saw Jin Muchen, he smiled and said hello to him. After all, Jin Muchen was a big and generous customer, and Jin Muchen nodded at him with a smile.
Jin Muchen was not very interested in the items on Phil's booth today. He glanced at them. Except for a few of these items that could be considered antiques, most of them could only be regarded as modern handicrafts.
So he turned around in the greenhouse, and soon the auction items on a booth aroused his interest.
The stall owner is a big fat man with curly hair and unshaven beard. At first glance, this guy looks like a typical American otaku, with a sloppy look all over his body, and he doesn't even greet customers when he sits there.
But the auction items on his booth are very interesting. It is a set of dozens of Coca-Cola bottles and cans of various shapes and shapes, all of which are unopened. Jin Muchen picked them up a few years ago. They are decades old, and the Coke in the bottle has long expired.
"Hey, man, be careful, this is the most expensive one. This is a Coke bottle commemorating the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana."
The curly-haired fat man looked at Jin Muchen holding the Coke bottle as if he was casual, and quickly shouted at Jin Muchen nervously.
Jin Muchen smiled, then carefully put the Coke bottle back.
During this period of time, he has also become familiar with the antique market in the United States, and has seen many strange collections, as well as various collectors.
Because of the status of the United States as the world's first immigrant country, the tastes of collectors here can be said to be all kinds of strange, and the same is true of collections.
Some people like to collect all kinds of old magazines, some like to collect all kinds of baseball star cards, and some people like to collect all kinds of bottle caps, even license plates, and shoes.
Anyway, those who don't know how to do it will think that their taste is too heavy and too strange, just like how people at home and abroad don't know why some people like to collect those disgusting things like those cricket jars.
As for the Coke cans in front of this guy, although Jin Muchen couldn't see any jewels, he could see that these collections were interesting.
Some Coke cans have strange shapes, and some are commemorative editions. For example, he actually saw a commemorative edition of Elvis' death, and even a commemorative edition of the Chinese Zodiac, and even the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Commemorative Gold Pot.
Anyway, it looks really precious, and the price of these Coke cans is not cheap. For example, the Coke bottle commemorating the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana of the United Kingdom just now was quoted at $5,000, and this whole set of Coke cans After all, the valuation given by the appraisal company was as high as 180,000 US dollars, and the lowest price that this fat-headed stall owner could accept was 240,000 US dollars.
Seeing such a price, Jin Muchen could only pierce his teeth. One must know that the price of the snuff bottle he collected yesterday was only 100,000 yuan. This coke can is actually worth more than the snuff bottle.
Of course, this mainly has a lot to do with the fact that this Coca-Cola is of American origin. After all, once the national complex is involved, the value of many collections will double.
And you don't look at the expensive price of this coke can, but there are really many people who are interested in it. After a while, this booth has been crowded with many people.
"I don't know anything else, but this Coke can is a collection, but it started in the United States and is also prosperous in the United States. This thing is not low in the collection industry in the United States, and its acceptance is very high. My brother has collected a set before. But he didn't have all of this, but unfortunately it's all been detained by the bank now."
Candace doesn't know much about other antiques, but he still knows a little about the cola cans, a collection that emerged in the United States.
Hearing what she said, Jin Muchen is also interested in this set of Coke cans. His future plan is to open an antique store in Manhattan. He doesn't plan to open a special Chinese style. His plan is to be all-encompassing. Covers all styles of antiques in Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
In his opinion, this set of Coke cans is a good choice. If you buy it and take it back to the store, you will definitely not worry about selling it.
So after the auction started, he also chose to participate in the bidding. Everyone else raised the price by one hundred or two hundred, but he adopted the same bidding method as yesterday, and directly increased the price by five thousand, which scared off a lot of bidding. and the price was directly raised to $250,000 by him.
Of course, the curly-haired fat man greeted a high-profile buyer like Jin Muchen with his arms raised, and his eyes became much friendlier. The price of 250,000 really scared off a lot of bidders, and it took almost fifty seconds. , no one dared to bid.
The curly-haired fat man looked at his watch, waited for the last ten seconds to pass, and then announced that the auction was successful, but at this moment, a shadow suddenly crowded in front of the blackboard, directly adding another 5,000 to Jin Muchen's offer.
The people around him gasped for a while, and Jin Muchen turned his head to look, his heart sank, it turned out to be the four-eyed little white face who was bidding for a snuff bottle with him yesterday.
After the guy filled out the price, he stood in front of the bidding blackboard and looked at Jin Muchen with a sneer with his arms crossed. At this time, his Japanese employers were standing in the crowd and kept whispering in Japanese. pointing to the coke can on the table and talking.
Jin Muchen understood when he saw the situation, it seems that this time this guy is bidding for his Japanese bosses.
Seeing that guy's chin is about to slay God's virtues, I immediately felt angry in my heart, Nima, a **** traitor, look at you as a dog, don't you think it's very exciting?
He stepped forward and directly added another 5,000 to the price of the four-eyed little white face, and directly raised the price to 260,000.
The four-eyed Xiaobai glanced at him with a sneer, then turned to look at the few Japanese people behind him. One of them, a tough-looking guy with a style that looked a bit like Takakura Ken's uncle, nodded at him.
This guy snorted lightly in his nose, and then added another 5,000 to Jin Muchen's offer. It seems that he is not only here to smash the game~www.novelbuddy.com~ but to fight Jin Muchen to the end. !
Jin Muchen, who didn't like the Japanese at first, and even more disliked the traitor, felt that his temples were jumping with anger, and without thinking much, he directly raised the price to 270,000.
These two people are considered to be on the bar, and there are more and more people watching the lively around. Such scenes are rare here, and the curly fat man of the stall owner was already happy at this time.
The four-eyed little white face got the approval of the Japanese master, but he refused to give in an inch. Jin Muchen raised the price, and he added 5,000 to Jin Muchen's offer, and finally the price was raised all the way to 300,000.
"Enough, Mu Chen, if you increase the price, it will not be worth it. Although this set of coke cans is good, if you slowly search the Internet, you can also collect it, but it may take more time. It's not worth it to entangle with him like this."
Just when Jin Muchen wanted to step up to increase the price again, Candace grabbed him and persuaded him.
Jin Muchen felt that his stomach was about to explode with anger from the four-eyed little white face on the opposite side, but he finally returned to his senses.
Although this set of cola cans is complete in variety and in good condition, it is very rare, but if you compete with this guy to raise the price, it will indeed be a bit of a loss.
Jin Muchen chose to withdraw from the bidding, but at the moment when he wanted to turn around and leave, the four-eyed little white face whispered: "Humph! Damn Yankee, I thought you were rich, but that's all? Playing collections is not for you, so get out. Going back to farming is the most suitable for you!"
