Chapter 121

"Under 30 years old, what's the matter, does this affect the price of antiques?" Wang Bo asked in surprise.

Adams laughed: "Of course not. I asked your age to make sure you are the youngest billionaire I know! There is no doubt that you are such a guy!"

Hearing this, Wang Bo's heart was finally relieved, and he said with a smile on his face, "So, what does Mr. President mean, these things of mine are worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars?"

"perhaps!"

Adams replied conservatively, 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 or so antiques, the most valuable was not the porcelain set, nor the gold and silver statues, but the exquisite gold pocket watch.

"The estimated value of this legendary Patek Philippe pocket watch is about 30 million New Zealand dollars, or a little higher, depending on our promotional efforts. The value of this set of jewelry from the Mughal Dynasty in India is next, and it can reach 15 million. About the price..."

After hearing Adams' introduction, Wang Bo asked in surprise, "Is this pocket watch so valuable? Is it worth more than this gold and silver statue?"

Adams said: "Maybe 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 other things on the dial."

Wang Bo glanced at it and said, "It's 8:40 p.m., isn't it? No problem at all. My mobile phone also tells the time at this time."

Adams laughed and said, "Wrong, that's the problem! Wesker said that this pocket watch stopped working when you took it out. He rewound it in the morning, right?"

"right."

"That is to say, I don't know how long this pocket watch has not been used, and it still works 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 didn't give him a chance, and continued to explain: "Do you know how long this watch was born? 120 years ago, it was made two centuries ago!"

"But this is not the most valuable part of it. Its real value lies in its legend. First of all, according to the "Swiss Legendary Watch Industry Book", this pocket watch is the only one, and it is a legendary existence!"

This Wang Bo knows that any auction of antiques must follow the law of "rare things are more expensive", and the same is true for antique clocks and watches as art treasures.

Among them, among the antiques, the value of orphans is the greatest. Even if there are two identical authentic items, one of them will often be destroyed in various ways. value.

"The second is the function. The function of this pocket watch is unique in history. It can not only be used to tell the time, but also equipped with complex functions such as perpetual calendar, moon phase, and minute repeater. In addition, look at the largest sub-dial, do you think it Like what?" Adams asked with interest.

There are five sub-dials in the dial of the pocket watch, the largest one is in the middle, the background of the dial is blue, and it is inlaid with broken diamonds, which looks very beautiful.

Wang Bo had studied it a long time ago, and he tentatively asked, "It's a bit like a starry sky?"

"Yes, it is the starry sky. This is the star map of the night sky in 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 realize this complex function, this pocket watch has a total of more than 900 parts. , this is unbelievable!"

"Do you know how long it took Patek Philippe's best watchmaker at that time to make this pocket watch? Five years, a full five years!" Adams couldn't help sighing 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 an orphan.

And this is not over yet, Adams continued to introduce: "The name of this watch is the legendary pocket watch, do you know why it has such a name?"

Wang Bo shook his head, and Adams said with a smile: "Because it has experienced the hands of three legends since its birth—the Duke of Edinburgh, the American steel magnate, and the prince of Qatar. In 1999, all three of them died in the fourth year of owning it, and it was said that it was considered an ominous watch by the Qatari royal family, and it was destroyed after the prince's death, but I didn't expect it to still exist!"

At the end of the 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 said in a low voice, "I suggest you stop selling this pocket watch and keep it for yourself."

Lao Wang laughed, what a collection, he is a rough man, he has no interest in arty.

Adams introduced antiques one by one. The reason why these antiques are worth more than 100 million is mainly due to the price increase of pocket watches and jewelry. Together, they can reach about 45 million.

Secondly, the two Indian-style gold statues are also more valuable, and each can reach a high price of tens of millions of New Zealand dollars. In addition, the combined price of two ivory pistols, jadeite snuff bottles, silver carvings, and wooden walking sticks can reach about 30 million yuan.

On the contrary, the set of porcelain tableware that Wang Bo is most optimistic about has the lowest value, and the total value of the eight pieces is only estimated at around 2 million New Zealand dollars.

Adams explained to him that this set of porcelain is RB bone china. According to the initial carbon fourteenth inspection, it has been around for about a century and a half. It has the cherry blossom mark of the RB royal family on it, and it should be special tableware for the royal family at that time.

After hearing this introduction, Wang Bo was confused, "This set of porcelain has been around for quite a long time, and it is still used by the royal family. It shouldn't be so low in price."

Adams smiled wryly, and said: "As you may know, countries around the world have different attitudes towards antiques lost in history. Most countries have patriotic personnel who buy them back. In fact, the prices of these antiques are mainly speculated by these people. "

Wang Bo nodded, he understood the rule.

Adams added: "RB people are very shrewd. Their government, merchants and chaebols never intentionally repurchase their country's antiques, so the price of RB antiques is the lowest. To be honest, Wang, if this set of tableware belongs to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty in your country, The price can be increased by five hundred to ten million, but it belongs to the RB royal family, so it is worthless."

Wang Bo was stunned for a long time before choking out a sentence: "Fake, the dog-day RB man!"