NOVEL WEB Treasure hunt begins in England
Chapter 36 Harvest
Chapter 36 Harvest
"It seems that this thing should be sold immediately after returning to London." After listening to Liang En's explanation for a few minutes, Pierce had to change his previous thinking.
And the reason why the box was judged to be a coffin is also very simple, because the flower reliefs used for decoration on this box are all chrysanthemums or white lilies.In addition, there are some cute little angels dotted on it.
"This thing can be regarded as an antique." Liang En looked at the 1873 carved in a corner inside the box and said, "It's just that it's not easy to get rid of it."
Historically, ceremonial coffins were popular among ordinary Victorians who might not have much money but wanted a decent burial.
Therefore, some merchants prepared such things accordingly, and the families of the deceased could rent these things from them to make the funeral more dignified, and replace them with cheaper coffins when they were buried.
Now, the size of the one Pierce found should have been used by children who died in those years. Considering the death rate of children in that era, the output of such things will not be too much, but there are definitely not many.
"It's really not easy to let go." After hearing Liang En's words, Pierce also sighed. "But there are collectors who collect everything, so I can still find people who are willing to buy this thing."
What Pierce said is correct, at least in the UK there are perverted collectors who collect ancient Egyptian wooden coffins and even mummies. A ritual coffin is just sprinkled with water.
But this gadget is just an addition, and Pierce has basically exceeded the lower limit he set for himself before he came to the goal of acquiring Victorian furniture.
After tidying up in the morning, the Victorian furniture he found from this room included a cupboard, a square table and matching four chairs, a coffee table, a display cabinet, an oil painting by a commercial artist at that time and a dresser.
The rest of the furniture, although it may look like a Victorian, is really just a modern imitation.It's just that the two of them couldn't see this when they looked in through the gap between the wooden boards outside the window just now.
"By the way, what did you find upstairs just now?" After talking about all he had gained this morning, Pierce asked what Liang En had just gained.
"Most of the attic is full of old clothes. After all, they have to consider the strength of the ceiling of their house." Liang En said as he took out the bag containing the loot. "But I still found a lot of valuable things."
Then, he began to take out the things he found just now one by one.
After seeing those sets of "Harry Potter" books and surrounding books, Pierce's face was very calm.But when Liang En took out the teddy bear, Pierce suddenly became excited.
"This is a teddy bear produced by the German Steiff company, and it is also a limited edition with the highest average price."
"How do you know?" Liang En picked up the teddy bear and looked at it with a dazed expression, because he only recognized that it should be something from the 70s, and it might have some value, but he couldn't see the specifics at all.
"It's because my ex-girlfriend liked this thing very much, so I did my homework." Pierce said, pointing to the tag on the left ear of the teddy bear in front of him, which was nailed on with dukin nails, "from here can be separated."
"The teddy bears produced by Steiff are divided into three types, which can be distinguished by this label. Among them, the ones with red letters on a yellow background are ordinary products, and the ones with black letters on a white background are important replicas. And the white one we have now The ones with red letters on the bottom are the most valuable limited editions.”
"Unfortunately, this one is a relatively common item in the limited edition. It is simply incomparable with the $210 million limited edition they produced with LV before."
"Then how much is this thing worth?" Liang En didn't have much interest in this kind of plush toy, so he was more concerned about how much this thing could sell for.
"Let me look it up—yes, it's this one." Pierce took out his phone and rummaged for a few minutes, before quickly finding an almost identical teddy bear on an auction house's website.
Liang En leaned over and found that the teddy bear's transaction price was 2700 pounds, but compared with the teddy bear in his hand, the teddy bear at the auction seemed a bit older.
"So the price of the teddy bear in our hand should be between 2500 pounds and 3500 pounds." After comparing each other, Liang En came to a fair conclusion.
"That's right, this is an added bonus." Pierce also smiled, "I really didn't expect there to be so many things in the attic where the sundries are kept."
"And it's more than that." As he spoke, Liang En took out the "Harry Potter" from the deepest part of his bag. "This is the most valuable harvest I found this time, the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
"The version that only printed 500 copies?" Although Pierce has a general feeling about this novel, as a British national literature, he has naturally studied these things.
"That's right, it's that edition. I remember that one was auctioned at a previous auction for nearly 3 pounds. Ours is better preserved, so it may add two to three thousand."
"It's more than that." Putting on his gloves, Pierce read the book carefully, and then said. "Don't forget, this book is signed by the author, so it has more important commemorative value."
After checking the book, Pierce immediately went back to the car and took out a special plastic bag to put the book in.Then put it in the small safe in my car for such expensive items.
And the work in the afternoon was similar to the daytime, mainly cleaning up the whole room, for which Liang En even moved the metal detector over.
Unfortunately, most of the rooms here have already been searched by the heirs of the old owner.So they found nothing in the afternoon except for two silver coins from the 50s and a Victorian wrought iron planter stand.
That night, the two of them did not go to the hotel, but directly chose to wrap themselves in sleeping bags in the room for the night.
Early the next morning, after they got up early to go to the nearby McDonald's and had breakfast, they turned into porters and moved the furniture to the car.
It may be that the homeowner was worried that these antique furniture would be damaged during the moving, so all the large pieces of furniture were on the first floor.And this happened to be convenient for Liang En and Pierce, who were not very professional.
After wrapping the furniture with rags found upstairs, the official moving began.
To be honest, if you were looking for a professional mover, it might take less than an hour for these things, but Liang En and Pierce spent a whole morning working together to move all these things to the open place. In the two cars that came.
Today Pierce drives the store's midsize truck, similar to the kind used by moving companies, with a door on the side of the box that pulls down to serve as a diving board.So the workload of two people is much less.
(End of this chapter)
"It seems that this thing should be sold immediately after returning to London." After listening to Liang En's explanation for a few minutes, Pierce had to change his previous thinking.
And the reason why the box was judged to be a coffin is also very simple, because the flower reliefs used for decoration on this box are all chrysanthemums or white lilies.In addition, there are some cute little angels dotted on it.
"This thing can be regarded as an antique." Liang En looked at the 1873 carved in a corner inside the box and said, "It's just that it's not easy to get rid of it."
Historically, ceremonial coffins were popular among ordinary Victorians who might not have much money but wanted a decent burial.
Therefore, some merchants prepared such things accordingly, and the families of the deceased could rent these things from them to make the funeral more dignified, and replace them with cheaper coffins when they were buried.
Now, the size of the one Pierce found should have been used by children who died in those years. Considering the death rate of children in that era, the output of such things will not be too much, but there are definitely not many.
"It's really not easy to let go." After hearing Liang En's words, Pierce also sighed. "But there are collectors who collect everything, so I can still find people who are willing to buy this thing."
What Pierce said is correct, at least in the UK there are perverted collectors who collect ancient Egyptian wooden coffins and even mummies. A ritual coffin is just sprinkled with water.
But this gadget is just an addition, and Pierce has basically exceeded the lower limit he set for himself before he came to the goal of acquiring Victorian furniture.
After tidying up in the morning, the Victorian furniture he found from this room included a cupboard, a square table and matching four chairs, a coffee table, a display cabinet, an oil painting by a commercial artist at that time and a dresser.
The rest of the furniture, although it may look like a Victorian, is really just a modern imitation.It's just that the two of them couldn't see this when they looked in through the gap between the wooden boards outside the window just now.
"By the way, what did you find upstairs just now?" After talking about all he had gained this morning, Pierce asked what Liang En had just gained.
"Most of the attic is full of old clothes. After all, they have to consider the strength of the ceiling of their house." Liang En said as he took out the bag containing the loot. "But I still found a lot of valuable things."
Then, he began to take out the things he found just now one by one.
After seeing those sets of "Harry Potter" books and surrounding books, Pierce's face was very calm.But when Liang En took out the teddy bear, Pierce suddenly became excited.
"This is a teddy bear produced by the German Steiff company, and it is also a limited edition with the highest average price."
"How do you know?" Liang En picked up the teddy bear and looked at it with a dazed expression, because he only recognized that it should be something from the 70s, and it might have some value, but he couldn't see the specifics at all.
"It's because my ex-girlfriend liked this thing very much, so I did my homework." Pierce said, pointing to the tag on the left ear of the teddy bear in front of him, which was nailed on with dukin nails, "from here can be separated."
"The teddy bears produced by Steiff are divided into three types, which can be distinguished by this label. Among them, the ones with red letters on a yellow background are ordinary products, and the ones with black letters on a white background are important replicas. And the white one we have now The ones with red letters on the bottom are the most valuable limited editions.”
"Unfortunately, this one is a relatively common item in the limited edition. It is simply incomparable with the $210 million limited edition they produced with LV before."
"Then how much is this thing worth?" Liang En didn't have much interest in this kind of plush toy, so he was more concerned about how much this thing could sell for.
"Let me look it up—yes, it's this one." Pierce took out his phone and rummaged for a few minutes, before quickly finding an almost identical teddy bear on an auction house's website.
Liang En leaned over and found that the teddy bear's transaction price was 2700 pounds, but compared with the teddy bear in his hand, the teddy bear at the auction seemed a bit older.
"So the price of the teddy bear in our hand should be between 2500 pounds and 3500 pounds." After comparing each other, Liang En came to a fair conclusion.
"That's right, this is an added bonus." Pierce also smiled, "I really didn't expect there to be so many things in the attic where the sundries are kept."
"And it's more than that." As he spoke, Liang En took out the "Harry Potter" from the deepest part of his bag. "This is the most valuable harvest I found this time, the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
"The version that only printed 500 copies?" Although Pierce has a general feeling about this novel, as a British national literature, he has naturally studied these things.
"That's right, it's that edition. I remember that one was auctioned at a previous auction for nearly 3 pounds. Ours is better preserved, so it may add two to three thousand."
"It's more than that." Putting on his gloves, Pierce read the book carefully, and then said. "Don't forget, this book is signed by the author, so it has more important commemorative value."
After checking the book, Pierce immediately went back to the car and took out a special plastic bag to put the book in.Then put it in the small safe in my car for such expensive items.
And the work in the afternoon was similar to the daytime, mainly cleaning up the whole room, for which Liang En even moved the metal detector over.
Unfortunately, most of the rooms here have already been searched by the heirs of the old owner.So they found nothing in the afternoon except for two silver coins from the 50s and a Victorian wrought iron planter stand.
That night, the two of them did not go to the hotel, but directly chose to wrap themselves in sleeping bags in the room for the night.
Early the next morning, after they got up early to go to the nearby McDonald's and had breakfast, they turned into porters and moved the furniture to the car.
It may be that the homeowner was worried that these antique furniture would be damaged during the moving, so all the large pieces of furniture were on the first floor.And this happened to be convenient for Liang En and Pierce, who were not very professional.
After wrapping the furniture with rags found upstairs, the official moving began.
To be honest, if you were looking for a professional mover, it might take less than an hour for these things, but Liang En and Pierce spent a whole morning working together to move all these things to the open place. In the two cars that came.
Today Pierce drives the store's midsize truck, similar to the kind used by moving companies, with a door on the side of the box that pulls down to serve as a diving board.So the workload of two people is much less.
(End of this chapter)
Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.