Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 79 Treasure Hunt and Harvest
The opened camphor wood box was filled with various strips of cloth and waste paper, and after reaching in, Liang En and the others took out one metal vessel after another from it.

It took Liang En and the others more than ten minutes to clean out all the things inside, and then placed a huge pile on the floor of the attic.

The items included six candlesticks, four beer glasses, two plates, a teapot, four teacups, two boxes, a picture frame, seven large and small pots and six palm-sized animal figurines.

"These should be tin products." After shaking a cup with his hand, Liang En quickly determined some basic conditions of these things. "And it looks like it should be a product of the British Straits Settlements eight or 90 years ago."

The reason why Liang En dared to be so sure was because he used a [Appraisal (N)] card on the largest plate.The card shows that the plate was made in Kuala Lumpur, which was then part of the British Straits Settlements, in 1917.

"So it's made of tin, no wonder it looks dusty." Fan Meng showed a clear expression after hearing Liang En's words, and then asked embarrassedly. "By the way, how much are these things worth?"

"It's hard to say, but it shouldn't be a big problem to sell more than 2700 pounds with the box." After looking at the pile of things and thinking for a while, Liang En said, "Because I looked at the stamps on these tinware, they are all The best kind of low-lead tin products."

"You know, metal tin is easily mixed with lead during the refining process. Once the lead content exceeds the standard, these tin products are not suitable for food or drink."

"So compared to leaded tinware with larger production volume, this kind of lead-free tinware can often be sold at a price several percent higher than those with lead, not to mention that these things are still considered antiques."

But apart from this chest, they had nothing of particular value in the room.Even with metal detectors they found only a few small denomination copper sterling and nickel coins.

But after moving the coffee table and camphor box out of the room, Liang En and the others realized that there were still two or three hours before the end, and finally removed the bronze chandelier in the living room.

It wasn't that the two men were sabotaging, but that they realized that the bronze chandelier might be worth some money.And that's exactly what happened. After the bronze chandelier was removed, Liang En discovered that the chandelier was actually remodeled with an old-fashioned candle-style chandelier.

"It's a pity that during the renovation, all the structures used to put down the chandelier were removed, and several holes were punched inside for placing electric wires." Liang En said with a sigh after checking the chandelier.

"A complete chandelier can be sold for at least 1800 pounds on the market, but after such a transformation, I estimate that the selling price is about 500 pounds."

“让我算算。”范猛立刻算了起来，“600加1000加2700再加500。也就是说咱们这次从里面找到了4800英镑的东西。扣除2150英镑的拍卖费和100英镑的杂费后赚了2250英镑。”

"This is just an estimate. It really depends on how much money we have made this time. We need to sell it before we can make a final determination." Liang En said with a shrug.

An hour later, two people appeared in Pierce's shop.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Pierce walking up enthusiastically. "Lawrence, the Viking gadgets you consigned to me last time were sold, and they sold for a total of 350 pounds."

After clapping hands with Liang En, he focused on Fan Meng behind him. "Who is this--"

"This is Fan Meng. The relationship with my family started from my father's generation. We also have a good relationship, so now I ask him to be my assistant." Liang En introduced Pierce.

"Hello, you can call me Pierre." Fan Meng stepped forward to shake hands with Pierce and said. "Very happy to see you."

"Me too." After shaking hands with Fan Meng, Pierce turned his head to look at Liang En and asked, "Did you come here today to start work and find something? I think you came here in that truck."

"Yes, I took a trip to Surrey County today. Although I didn't find any good treasures, I got some valuable things." Liang En nodded, and then the three of them took those things out of the car together. Things moved down.

Soon all the things were removed from the car, and then Pierce checked what Liang En and the others found.Ten minutes later, he stood up from the coffee table.

"I'd be willing to pay £5000 if you sold these things in a package."

"It's a little more than I thought. I thought it was worth 4800 pounds at most." Because the two were friends, Liang En directly stated his previous estimated price. "How did you get an estimate of £5000 here?"

"The main thing is this coffee table. It should be something from the mid-Victorian era, and it is very well preserved." Pierce pointed to the coffee table on the ground and said.

"And I happened to meet a rich man from India recently. This rich man just bought a new house in Knightsbridge and hopes to decorate it in a Victorian style. I just happened to be able to sell this coffee table to him for a high price."

"It seems that you have been lucky recently." After hearing what Pierce said, Liang En stepped forward and lightly tapped his shoulder and said, "By the way, do you have any new sources of supply to recommend to me recently?"

"I'm looking for it for you, but because it's just after Christmas, there's really not much news." Pierce shook his head helplessly.

"Now I only have one business here in Dundee, Scotland. The content is to clear a warehouse. However, the photos I asked the locals to take showed that the warehouse was basically empty and I had to pay £1500, which is too much. A bit of a loss."

After speaking, Pierce sent some photos to Liang En.After looking at the photos, Liang En felt that the owner of the warehouse was probably trying to cheat money, so he set such a price.

Because the warehouse was obviously tidied up by the warehouse manager. Although the other party put some valuable things outside, through the gap, you can see that there is a pile of garbage behind.

This is actually a relatively common situation in auctions, that is, the seller of the warehouse disguises the real value of the items in the room by adjusting the placement direction of the items in advance, and obtains more money by deception.

"Forget it, it's not worth going to Scotland for this pile of rubbish." Liang En shook his head and said. "I'd better go online and look it up, maybe I can get some other news."

After leaving Pierce's shop with the money, Liang En and Fan Meng returned to their rented apartment in London.As a result, as soon as he reached the door, he saw the apartment manager walking over with a thick stack of letters.

"You are Lawrence." Because Liang En and Fan Meng are the only East Asians renting in the entire apartment, even if Liang En has not rented here for a long time, the administrator can recognize him.

"Yes, what's the matter?" "Here are all your letters." The fat black aunt stuffed a lot of letters into Liang En's hands, and then said.

"There have been letters almost every day since you left here before Christmas, and the letters didn't stop until the last two days."

(End of this chapter)