Chapter 244 Invaluable
"Totem Pole, 1821, Indian Ejibwa Tribe."
"Gem-grade blue corundum, 66 carats, 1881, Kashmir."
"Gem-grade blue corundum, 78 carats, 1881, Kashmir."
"Gem-grade red corundum, 56 carats, 1896, Mogu region, Myanmar."
"Gem-grade red corundum, 76 carats, 1896, Mogu region, Myanmar."
"Gem-grade purple diamond, 24 carats, 1898, Kimberley, South Africa."
"Gem-grade pink diamond, 36 carats, 1886, Kimberley, South Africa."
"Gem-grade colorless diamond, 48 carats, 1889, Kimberley, South Africa."
"Gem-grade colorless diamond, 58 carats, 1893, Kimberley, South Africa."
"A copy of unknown map, in 1919, Kuvaevich Antonov."
Yang Jing really didn't expect that just one appraisal would identify so many things. What Yang Jing didn't expect was that there was another world in this totem pole, and there were nine treasures with inestimable value hidden.
The scientific name of red sapphire is corundum, just like the scientific name of diamond is diamond.
According to the identification results given by the Holy Ring, there are two sapphires, two rubies and four diamonds hidden in this miniature totem pole. Although I don’t know what the unknown map was in the end, these eight gems alone are enough to make Yang Jing excited.
Like diamonds, red sapphires belong to the category of the world's five major gems and are absolutely high-end gems. Any one is very expensive to use.
But what are the eight gems hidden in this miniature totem pole?
Needless to say, this is sapphire. The most important thing is the origin of these two sapphires, which comes from Kashmir.
What kind of sapphire is produced in Kashmir? There is no doubt that it is the most noble, most valuable, best-quality sapphire, and the rarest Kashmir sapphire on this planet, also known as cornflower sapphire.
Cornflower sapphires present a hazy and slightly purple-toned bright blue, giving people a velvety appearance. The mine located in the southern foot of the Himalayas was mined in large quantities since 1861 and officially stopped production in 1887. During this period, it was only mined for more than 20 years. Therefore, it is extremely rare and of extraordinary value, and is sought after by connoisseurs and collectors. Now, once such cornflower sapphires appear at major auctions, they are often sold at a sky-high price.
Cornflower sapphire is the best sapphire recognized in the world, no matter whether it is Sri Lankan starlight sapphire or Burmese sapphire, it is far inferior to Cornflower sapphire.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the sapphire produced in all parts of the world is made into a crown, then the most prominent position in the middle and most prominent position of the crown must belong to cornflower sapphire.
Because the sapphire mine in Kashmir was only produced for more than 20 years more than a hundred years ago, and the mining date was only two or three months each year, the production of sapphire in Kashmir was extremely low. This has led to the fact that this precious sapphire has become extremely rare and its value is even more difficult to estimate.
Two of them appeared here at once, and they were both "big Mac" models with a size of more than 60 carats. How could Yang Jing not be moved?
Just for these two cornflowers and sapphires, let alone 30,000 US dollars, I have to buy them even if they are 3 million US dollars.
There are also the two gem-grade red corundums, which are produced from the Mogu region of Myanmar. Needless to say, this is definitely the pigeon blood-red ruby produced in Mogu, Myanmar.
If cornflower sapphire is the emperor among sapphires, then the blood-red ruby of the Mogu pigeon is the emperor among ruby. The two have the same status in the red and sapphires, and no one can surpass them.
If two sapphires and two rubies were a huge shock, then the four diamonds below would be an earthquake.
Especially the gem-grade purple diamond weighing 24 carats, it is actually a purple diamond!
Diamonds are currently the most valuable gem in the world. The larger the size and the higher the clarity, the higher the value. However, most diamonds have a little color, and only a few brightly colored ones can be called colored diamonds. Therefore, the value of colored diamonds is higher than that of ordinary diamonds.
At the same weight, the value of colored diamonds is often several times or even dozens of times that of ordinary diamonds, and the most rare purple diamond among colored diamonds is worth hundreds of times that of ordinary diamonds of the same weight.
This is definitely not an exaggeration. In August 2015, Rio Tinto Group dug a 9.17 carat purple diamond rough stone in that mine, and then carved it into an oval purple diamond of 2.83 carats. The conservative estimate of this purple diamond is as high as US$4 million, and an average carat exceeds US$1.4 million!
This is the charm and value of purple diamonds.
And in this miniature totem pole, there is actually a purple diamond weighing 24 carats hidden. Even if this purple diamond is just a raw stone, its value is still difficult to estimate.
And those two colorless diamonds are real colorless diamonds. Perhaps colorless diamonds are not as valuable as colored diamonds, but they are also extremely precious.
Compared to this extremely rare purple diamond, the pink diamond weighing 36 carats is also a priceless thing. Of course, with the two colorless diamonds, the value of these four diamonds is difficult to estimate.
As for the unknown map, Yang Jing felt even more itchy.
Through the explanation of the Indian stall owner, Yang Jing knew that this miniature totem pole was not made by the ancestors of Mazuluru, but came from the Indian Ejibwa tribe on the Pacific coast, and it was brought by a Russian.
Needless to say, whether it is red sapphire or diamond, it should be the ones that the Russian hide in this miniature totem pole, and the map that can be stored with the eight priceless gems...
Although I don’t know what map it is, I guess it’s definitely not easy!
Even if there is no such map, the eight gems hidden in this miniature totem pole are worthless. Why not buy them? A fool doesn’t buy them!
Thinking of this, Yang Jing calmed down and said to the Indian stall owner: "Tell him, just say I am very interested in his miniature totem pole, and I will buy this totem pole for 30,000 US dollars."
When the Indian stall owner heard Yang Jing say this, he was very happy and turned his head to talk to the old Indian man. After a while, the old Indian man was excited to bow and bow to Yang Jing...
After Yang Jing spent 30,000 US dollars to buy the miniature totem pole, he no longer had the interest to go shopping. The things hidden in this totem pole are too heartbroken. Although Yang Jing is now an absolute billionaire, the excitement of finding a bargaining Taobao is irreplaceable.
Clark, who was tall and big, carried the miniature totem pole weighing about 40 kilograms and followed Yang Jing back. This weight was nothing to this soldier king.
But Yang Jing was very suspicious of how he carried this totem pole to the flea market with the body of the old Indian man.
When they returned to their accommodation, several people first packed all the harnesses and handicrafts sent by Old John and the Indians. Then Yang Jing got into his room and began to think about the totem pole.
Seeing Yang Jing attaching so much importance to the totem pole, the fat man and Lin Dan followed him in, and even Chris and the others followed him into Yang Jing's house.
"Jingge, you attach so much importance to this wooden pillar. Is this wooden pillar very valuable?" The fat man sat on Yang Jing's bed and asked with a smile. Yang Jing's bed made a "squeak" sound that made his teeth sore under the pressure of the fat man.
Yang Jing looked up at the fat man and asked, "Did you see it?"
"Nonsense, we have been sleeping in the same room for two years. As soon as you stick out your butt, I will know what sheep dung you are going to pull. Your behavior today definitely means that this wooden pillar is a good thing."
Yang Jing smiled and pointed at the fat man, without saying a word, but lowered his head to continue studying the totem pole.
Lin Dan, who was beside him, poked the fat man's fat waist and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yang understands this?"
"Nonsense, if this guy doesn't understand this, probably not many people in the world will understand this kind of thing. Let me tell you, Xiao Linzi, just last September, Lao Yang and I went to a castle in the UK to clean up..." The fat man began to tell a group of listeners about Yang Jing's acquisition of the three Picasso sketches.
In the United States, the fat man is certainly not worried that Lin Dan and Chris and others have leaked the three Picasso sketches that Yang Jing had found. And now it is already done. Even if the people from the Vardy family are looking for, it is too late.
The fat man's story made Lin Dan and Chris stunned.
"How is it, Lao Yang, isn't it? Let me tell you, this guy is so awesome now! The three Picasso sketches I bought in the UK are nothing. The precious manuscript documents that Lao Yang has found in China are just a manuscript. It's less than four hundred dollars, and it's exchanged for manuscript documents worth more than seventy million dollars!"
"Hiss..." A sound of gasping in the room sounded. When a few people looked at Yang Jing's eyes again, they were already shocked and a hint of fanaticism.
Just when the fat man was bragging with Lin Dan and the others, Yang Jing had already figured out the mystery of this totem pole.
This totem pole looks integrated on the surface, but in fact, it is not. The bottom of this miniature totem pole is actually hollow.
There are four animals that cannot be understood on this miniature totem pole. There is a small mechanism on the statue at the bottom that looks like a monkey. The key to controlling this mechanism is the monkey's tail.
With the perspective of the Heavenly Eye, this totem pole has no secret to Yang Jing. However, this totem pole itself is not low and it is also a rare thing. Yang Jing does not want to use violent means to destroy this totem pole, so he used the see through skills of the Heavenly Eye and finally found the key to the control of the mechanism.
Chapter completed!