In the end, Fan Fan had to call Yan Ling and Sister Yi Yi.

It seemed that he was very happy with his sister who could fan, so Yan Ling went to buy things without saying a word.

At this time, Cai Hongming suddenly remembered that his wife seemed to have this disease. I remember that when she was in Gulang, she seemed to ask Yaya to call her sister.

Alas, these women are so speechless.

After a while, two big women walked back with a bunch of things in their hands. They were already very accustomed to them and called their sister happily, but they didn't know what they bribed the little guy, making her mouth so sweet.

After seeing the things Yan Ling and Yi Yi bought for their daughter, Kou Yunxiang felt that it was too expensive and dared not accept them. Unexpectedly, the two of them ignored them and stuffed the things to her.

"Okay, you guys keep shopping! We have an appointment, let's go first." After that, Yan Ling left.

Just then, they had already learned everything from Fanfan's mouth. They also knew Kou Yunxiang and Fan's experience. They felt very embarrassed to regard Kou Yunxiang as a mistress, so they bought so many things to compensate.

"How can you be so embarrassed? These things are so expensive? Hongming, why don't you give them back to me?"

"What else? They are all rich women, and they have money? If you think so, even if they don't buy these, they will spend money on the messy things in cosmetics. You are using these to help them save them from spending money."

"I think they are all very good, not like you said." Kou Yunxiang said strangely.

Since she couldn't pay it back, she had to accept it and give her some gifts when she saw them later.

Cai Hongming called Cang Bohu last night. The next morning, he saw him bringing several appraisers over.

Cai Hongming was ready, so he went into the room and took out the items he wanted to auction.

This time, he specially found a few items from a pile of things he had fished out from the sea last time and made up four items. One was the jade seal used by Li Yu, who bought in Nanjing last time; one was wintersweet coral; one was a set of rhinoceros horn carved supplies, a rhinoceros horn pot and eight rhinoceros horn cups; the other was a tortoiseshell mother-of-pearl "lotus mandarin duck" dressing box.

Cang Bohu received a few words from Cai Hongming last night and thought he was joking. Now, he was shocked when he saw it.

Several appraisers were quite calm and started to appraise after he took out the things.

The seal was identified when it was in Nanjing, and it was just a formality here. See if it was the original one and whether it was impersonated. After all, it is hard to say such things. Maybe some guy who is obsessed with greed turned around and let someone carve one out to fool people. However, with the texture of the seal, it is probably difficult to imitate. You should know that the best-quality Tianhuang jelly that is still preserved is almost gone, and no one is willing to imitate it. After all, the best-quality Tianhuang jelly itself is valuable. Coral identification is also easy, mainly depends on whether it is natural or non-natural.

As for historical value, there is definitely not, it is all new things at a glance.

This kind of thing is auctioned based on personal preferences. If you like it, the price will be high. If no one wants it, it will be difficult for you to get a high price.

The most rare thing is the set of rhinoceros horn products. Although they look very new, you can tell at a glance that they are in the year. The rare thing is a complete set, which is not available on the market at all. This time, it should be able to be sold at a good price at the autumn auction.

The tortoiseshell embedded mother-of-pearl "lotus mandarin ducks" are even rarer in all directions.

The ancient name of hawksbill is a sea turtle that lives on the deep tropical sea. Because it has a long lifespan and has thirteen blocks on its back, and is a scale arranged in three rows of tiles, it is also called "thirteen scales" and "longevity turtle". Because of this, hawksbill is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness and longevity, and warding off evil and receiving blessings.

Tortoiseshell, like ivory and rhino horn, is an organic gem.

Its scales are crystal clear, with clear and beautiful patterns, and soft and bright colors. The jewelry made of it is dazzling. It is gorgeous and has noble and elegant taste.

It has unique effects. If worn on the body, it can avoid water and wind evil; if used as medicine, it can clear away heat and detoxify, and eliminate rheumatism.

Therefore, it has always been loved by royal nobles, wealthy people and the people.

According to the "Biography of Chunshen Jun of the Grand Historian", "Zhao Pingyuan, the king sent someone to Chunshen Jun, and Chunshen, and the king gave him to the upper house. Zhao wanted to praise Chu, so he used to make tortoiseshell hairpins, and the sword room decorated it with pearls and jade, and asked to order Chunshen Jun guests. Chunshen Jun had more than 3,000 guests, and all the guests above all came up with pearl shoes to see Zhao, and Zhao was very ashamed." The general meaning of this passage was that when the envoy of Pingyuan of Zhao State went to Chu State, he wore tortoiseshell hairpins and a sword inlaid with pearls and jade to show off to Chunshen Jun. As a result, when he saw the three thousand guests of Chunshen Jun, everyone wore shoes inlaid with big pearls to meet the guests.

From this we can see that as early as the Warring States Period, tortoiseshell jewelry was already a very common jewelry.

The famous poem "The Peacock Flying Southeast" in the Han Dynasty contains the poem "The foot is slim and the tortoiseshell shining on the head".

In the Tang Dynasty, tortoiseshell was used to make coins - Kaiyuan Tongbao, which was very precious, with only 13 pieces in the world.

The Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian also used tortoiseshell bracelets and earrings to make combs, fans, piano boards, hairpins and other objects with tortoiseshell. People in the Song Dynasty loved tortoiseshell, and imitated the patterns and colors of tortoiseshell shells to create beautiful and realistic tortoiseshell spotted black glaze porcelain; during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the use of tortoiseshell products seemed to be more common. From jewelry worn by concubines in the palace to literary and elegant study arts and plays, such as small screens, vases, aromatherapy, pen holders, pen holders, printing boxes, glasses boxes, glasses frames, and even bracelets, fans, powder boxes used by geniuses and dance girls, they were made of tortoiseshell makers.

But tortoiseshell is an animal after all, and the things made are easily insect-eaten, so few have been passed down from all dynasties, and most of the things you see now are items from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The appraiser did not expect to see such a large and well-preserved tortoiseshell-inlaid mother-of-pearl "lotus mandarin duck" dressing box here.

The tortoiseshell mother-in-law "Lotus Mandarin Duck" eight-way dressing box is a style that the Tang people like. In addition, the appraiser himself once saw a broken Tang Dynasty dressing box in the Forbidden City, so after looking at it, he knew it. But as an appraiser at the auction house, everything should be more cautious. He took out a small carbon fourteen detection instrument he brought, then took out a knife, and carefully scraped a little powder from the mother-in-law "Lotus Mandarin Duck" eight-way dressing box of the tortoiseshell mother-in-law "Lotus Mandarin Duck" eight-way dressing box.

The so-called mother-of-pearl refers to the general term for the decorative process of using snail shells and sea shells to make thin slices of figures, flowers and birds, geometric figures or texts, and embedded on the surface of the utensils according to the needs of the picture.

Because of this, it is more reliable to use mother-of-pearl to identify the age.

If it is a tortoise turtle, it will not work. After all, sea turtles have a long lifespan, and it is not a problem to live for hundreds or thousands of years. If they have lived for a long time when they were made, it would be much worse to use them to date.

The test results were not expected by the appraiser, and it was indeed something from the Tang Dynasty.

When Cai Hongming heard that the tortoiseshell-embellished mother-of-pearl "lotus mandarin ducks" were all made of the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help but touch some of the beards growing on his chin. How could it be from the Tang Dynasty? The things he took out from the boat were obviously from the Song Dynasty, and the copper coins were also from the Song Dynasty! It was really strange. However, he didn't intend to explain it clearly to them. Although the years between the Tang and Song Dynasties were not very far apart, the price of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was much different as antiques, and he was not so stupid to say it.

After the appraisal results came out, Cang Bohu took out a document entrusted for auction.

In order to be cautious, Cai Hongming specially asked Wan'er to invite a lawyer who often cooperates with their trading companies to avoid any pitfalls in the documents. You should know that although it is not necessary to harm others, it is also necessary to guard against others.

After signing the document, Cang Bohu called and a large number of security personnel rushed over quickly. Some of the auction house staff came over to pack a few items. The most troublesome one was coral. If a fork was accidentally broken, the price would be reduced. Cai Hongming would have to settle the score with the auction house.

After the processing, Cang Bohu enthusiastically invited Cai Hongming to have a meal.

Cai Hongming has never been interested in eating with strangers, so he declined.

He came to Shencheng mainly to handle the auction of seals and other east-west areas. Now that he has finished processing, he no longer stays. He bought a plane ticket that day and headed northwest with Kou Yunxiang and his daughter. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!