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    Seeing the people around him looking at him and others as if they were crazy, Liu Sizhe said with a speechless face: "I mean, Kunzai, you just picked up a fortune of more than ten or two hundred thousand, and you are laughing like this!" Duan Kun chuckled.  Said: "Of course I can't compare with you. You know, this is the first time I picked up a leak, and I made nearly 200,000 for the first time. Do you think I can be unhappy?" Liu Sizhe curled his lips and said  : "If it weren't for Brother Chen, you would have picked up the leak!" Duan Kun didn't take it seriously and said with a proud smile: "I really have to thank Brother Chen for this, but in the end, it's me who picked up the leak!" "Tch!  "Liu Sizhe sneered, then turned to Chu Chen and asked: "Brother Chen, the bracelet just now was not simple, right?" Chu Chen took out the bracelet and said with a smile: "Of course there is something else, look.  You'll know just by looking at it. "Liu Sizhe took the bracelet and looked at it carefully. He found that there were many even small cracks on the surface of the beads, which looked like crawling marks of small insects, because glass objects never cracked, and stone materials never cracked.  This phenomenon does not occur with things either.  In addition, there are obvious wear and tear in the holes of the beads. The texture is obviously not as hard as glass. In addition, the beads are relatively light. Therefore, it is certain that this thing is not a feeder.  Since they are not materials, nor are they made of stone, then these beads are probably organic matter. What are the bead-like organic matter? The result is ready to come out. Liu Sizhe said with a shocked face: "Could these be" Chu  Chen smiled and said: "Indeed, judging from the color and patina. This should be a bracelet from the Qing Dynasty. Although its luster is a little rounded, it is undoubtedly a pearl luster, so I think these should be golden pearls.  " After hearing Chu Chen's answer, Liu Sizhe's eyes widened: "Such a big golden pearl, this this is" As the old saying goes, "seven points are pearls, eight points are treasures", generally under 6 mm.  Pearls are not included in the category of jewelry-grade pearls.  7-9mm are generally loved by consumers, 10mm pearls are already rare, and above 11mm, only South Sea pearls and black pearls are available.  The higher you go, the scarcer the quantity becomes, and the price often doubles.  ??The golden pearl is a kind of South Sea pearl. Because of its huge size, white or golden South Sea pearls of 9 to 16mm can be cultivated.  Among them, the production of golden pearls is very small, so the price is relatively expensive.  The problem is that today¡¯s gold pearls are cultured. Even so, gold pearls above 15mm are quite rare, not to mention the Qing Dynasty.  But there is no sea pearl cultivation. In other words, this string of 18 gold pearls of at least 15mm are all pure natural. It can be said that they are quite hard-won. At the same time, it can also be seen that the noble identity of its original owner.     That is why.  That's why Liu Sizhe was so shocked and in disbelief.  Duan Kun muttered: "It's just a string of larger pearls. It's a bit expensive. But if you want to buy them, you can't buy them, right?" Liu Sizhe said angrily: "Of course you can buy the cultured ones.  The key point is that these pearls are all natural. Come and have a look!" "Oh are they natural?" Duan Kun also looked incredulous.  Liu Sizhe glanced at him and said, "What do you think? There was no such thing as breeding sea pearls in the Qing Dynasty." "Hiss!" Duan Kun took a breath: "Then this bracelet is worth a lot of money!" Chu Chen laughed.  Said: "This still needs to be measured to know, but if they are all above 15mm, they are indeed worth a lot of money." Liu Sizhe said impatiently: "Then what are you waiting for? I remember Brother Chen, you have a vernier caliper in your bag, let's do it now  "Measure it!" Chu Chen chuckled, and then took out the vernier caliper from the bag. After measuring it, he discovered that these pearls were not completely round, but they could not be distinguished visually. After all, they were natural pearls, which was normal.  .  However, when he saw the maximum diameter of the pearls, even Chu Chen was quite surprised. The maximum diameter of these pearls was almost 16.2mm, with an error of no more than 0.2mm, which can be said to be quite astonishing.  Duan Kun was a little stunned and said: "Thishow much does this bracelet cost?" Chu Chen shook his head: "It's really hard to say! But I don't plan to sell it anyway!" The gold in the Xiangjiang market in 1993  The price of pearls is still relatively stable and low. The relatively high-quality small golden pearls are 9 to 14mm, which are about 300 to 800 US dollars each, and 130 to 200 US dollars per gram.  However, in 1994, Indonesia was hit by a strong earthquake and tsunami, which caused a sharp decline in the production of white pearls and golden pearls. The supply of golden pearls was insufficient, making it difficult for golden pearl wholesalers, especially consumers, to purchase golden pearls.  Because of their high price, the price of golden pearls soared by 300% in the four years from 1993 to 1996.  ? ??This was the price of golden pearls between 9 and 14 mm before 2000. As for high-quality golden pearls with round diameters above 15 mm, they are too rare and it is difficult to come up with a standard market price.  What's more, the golden pearls mentioned here refer to cultured pearls, and the 18 pearls in Chu Chen's string are all natural pearls, and their price is even more difficult to estimate. If an exact market value must be given, it is less than  Ten million, Chu Chen would not even consider it.  However, Chu Chen was certain that it would be difficult to find another natural pearl bracelet in the world. For such a precious thing, no matter how much money someone offered, he would not be able to sell it. After all, money was in his eyes.  , is just a string of numbers.  Liu Sizhe said with great envy: "No, you two have picked up and missed. I won't talk about picking up and missing today, but you have to gain something, right?" Chu Chen said with a smile: "It's still early anyway, let's continue shopping"  It was still early, but for the antique business, it was basically a matter of hurrying up early rather than late. When Chu Chen and the others entered the antique market again, many people had already found treasures, carrying large and small packages, and were ready to retreat.  .  This also means that there are only a few good things left on the market.  Speaking of which, coming late also has the advantage of coming late. The remaining items mean that no one is optimistic about them, so the price must be cheaper. If you are interested, it will be easier to bargain.  Of course, these are just words of comfort.  While walking and walking, with Chu Chen present, even though there were not many good things left on the street stalls, everyone still bought a few good things at low prices. However, the things were not very good, and the value was even more.  Even Duan Kun's pair of scented balls couldn't compare.  Liu Sizhe is quite satisfied with this. After all, there are very few good things in the antique business, so it¡¯s good to be able to pick up small items a few times. He is not a greedy person, and he doesn¡¯t insist on picking up big items.  Having gained something, it was almost time to meet, so the group was ready to find a place to eat and then continue to visit the city¡¯s attractions in the afternoon.  However, just as everyone was walking back, they saw many people surrounding the door of an antique store, and quarrels could be heard from time to time in the store.  Out of curiosity, Chu Chen and the others stepped forward to join in the fun.  The four people walked to the door of the antique store and found that the two parties arguing were a man in his late fifties and a young man in his twenties. Judging from the words of the two parties arguing, it seemed that they were buying counterfeit goods and returning them.  thing, but they don't know what happened.  Duan Kun rolled his eyes, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, handed it to a middle-aged man next to him, and asked with a smile in the local dialect: "Uncle, do you smoke?" "Oh, Ruanzhong, it's such a good smoke!  "The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then took the cigarette.  Duan Kun chuckled, lit a cigarette for him, and asked, "Uncle, what's going on!" The middle-aged man took a nice puff, and then said, "It's not because of the return of goods." Hearing him say this  Said, Liu Sizhe felt a little strange: "In our industry, unless we are acquaintances, we usually buy and sell based on our eyesight. Payments are not refundable, and there is no guarantee when leaving home. I don't think I have heard of a few stores that can return goods, right?" "It seems like little brother  He¡¯s also a member of the industry!¡± The middle-aged man smiled and said, ¡°Strictly speaking, returns are not allowed in our industry. It¡¯s just that now everyone¡¯s legal awareness is getting stronger and stronger, so our industry has some influence.  But you can return the goods. In this area, there is only Shopkeeper Huang from this store. He ate the first crab" However, according to the introduction of the middle-aged man, the things sold by Shopkeeper Huang in the shop are nothing.  You can return it, and there are many conditions for returning it.  First of all, before selling, declare that if the item is sold, it will not be refunded.  Second, it states that items will not be returned unless the authenticity is guaranteed.  Third, the items are genuine, because if you buy them too much, you won¡¯t be able to return them.  Fourth, no matter whether the item is genuine or fake, it will not be returned after it has been processed and cannot remain the same.  Fifth, items sold for more than half a month will not be returned.  In addition, if the item is really pierced, even if the customer wants to return it, he still has to pay a certain percentage of the "eye piercing fee". Specifically, it depends on the value of the item, which ranges from 10% to 30%. The piercing fee will be higher for cheaper items and more expensive items.  The cost of drilling holes is less.  But even so, compared to other stores, buying things from Shopkeeper Huang will undoubtedly reduce a lot of losses for many glaring customers.  Therefore, when this regulation came out, the business of this antique store got much better, which also made the cabinets in the surrounding antique stores all think about whether they should also have this regulation.  After listening to the middle-aged man¡¯s introduction, Duan Kun asked a little strangely: ¡°Since there is such a rule, why don¡¯t we just follow it? Why did the two of them quarrel? Could it be that this young man came to cause trouble on purpose?¡±???  " "No, this young man still meets the conditions for return.  "The middle-aged man shook his head. "In that case, let's quit. Does the owner of this store not even care about his own reputation?  "Liu Sizhe was a little confused about this. The middle-aged man laughed and said: "It's not that shopkeeper Huang is deliberately making things difficult. It's actually this young man who doesn't pay attention to things and violated the taboos of our industry"
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