Chapter 73 Antique Desk of Unknown Origin
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Before leaving, Capote asked him why he didn't choose the more valuable treasures and chose this table.
Jin Muchen didn't know how to answer, so he could only say perfunctorily: "I just miss a desk now."
Capote rolled his eyes and told him that the desk was very good as a desk, a desk that was a veteran. After all, it was taken out by him and the dead ghost James from the warehouse of the Coen brothers' mansion.
As for which Coen brothers are, he didn't say in detail, but just asked back, how many Coen brothers are there in the United States?
Jin Muchen, the name of the Coen brothers, seems to have really heard of it, but he is too lazy to pay attention to what the Coen brothers do.
Anyway, in his opinion, this table is very good.
I drove back to Flushing and took Candice home. When I got off the bus, Candice seemed to want to say something to him, but when I spoke, I didn't say anything. I only told him that she wanted to calm down for two days before leaving.
Although Jin Muchen was very worried about her condition, she didn't ask much questions, so she could only nod and watched her get out of the car and go upstairs, and then she returned to Fang Bo's antique shop in a depressed mood.
"Oh, I don't forget to collect a table when I go to quit? I think you are just having fun now?"
Fang Bo helped him remove the table from the luggage rack on the roof of the car, and joked that Jin Muchen could only laugh and fool him. He didn't dare to explain in detail about the origin of the table.
He just fooled Fang Bo and said that on the way back, he happened to see the family selling the garage. He happened to be missing a desk. Seeing that the table was good, he bought it back.
Fang Bo didn't ask in detail. After all, this table looks ordinary. Although it is a bit old, the workmanship is a bit rough and the materials are not particularly expensive. It can barely be regarded as an antique, but it is not worth much.
In foreign countries, the collection of antique furniture has always been a popular and popular project, but if you want to play this, you must first understand the preferences of foreign collectors.
In the domestic antique circle, when collecting antique furniture, only the furniture materials are valued.
In foreign collection circles, collectors here value the antique furniture that people have used. European royal family and historical celebrities have used furniture that are most popular among collectors. Even if the materials of those furniture are not top-notch, that doesn't matter.
What they value more is the accumulation of history and the inheritance of culture. To put it bluntly, the experiences used by royal or social celebrities will automatically add these furniture. What they value more is the story behind these antiques. Such antique furniture seems to them to be witnesses of that period of history.
This is the focus of foreign antique furniture collection. When Jin Muchen took back the table, the materials can only be considered medium and high. Maple is very good, but it is not considered top-notch furniture materials.
Moreover, this table does not have any clear historical marks. It looks rough in workmanship, so it is unlikely that it was used by European royal nobles or former celebrities.
So no matter how you look at it, it looks not very valuable.
After Jin Muchen came back, he also carefully studied the table for a few days. Looking at the carving patterns on it, it should be furniture used by the upper class in the UK hundreds of years ago.
However, it has nothing to do with the royal royals. The most famous antique furniture in the British market is the Victorian era, and this one obviously does not have the style of that era.
So no matter how you look at this table, it is not very valuable.
But Jin Muchen did not intend to take action on the table, because he still couldn't quite understand why the table emitted such a soft yellow light. That yellow light seemed to him as royal noble, not dazzling, but naturally had a royal majesty.
In the end, he chose to leave the table in his bedroom. He was sure that the table must have its origin, but he still needed time to figure out what the table was.
Before I knew it, more than a month passed, and Christmas was about to come.
During this period, Jin Muchen has been in Fang Bo's store. Helen seemed to have disappeared during this period and did not come to disturb him again. He was also happy to be quiet.
I haven't met Candice for several weeks, which made him feel uncomfortable. I called her a few times, but each time I didn't have a long time to talk. Recently, she was busy with the final exams, and there seemed to be an incomprehensible diaphragm between the two.
This state between the two made Jin Muchen a little irritated, but he didn't know how to break the current state, so he could only devote himself to work, hoping to use work to numb himself.
But during this period, his good luck seemed to have been used up. After visiting the Hell Kitchen Market in Manhattan, there was nothing he could see.
There has been no news from Boss Wang. He had made an appointment with Fang Bo to come during this period of Christmas, but he never called again.
He even wanted to call the guy and ask if he was coming or not, but Fang Bo asked him to keep calm.
In Fang Bo's words, firstly, the other hand, calling him may cause Boss Wang to have some other ideas. Then if there is a deal, they will be at a disadvantage. After all, it is not a business to do so!
So all they can do is wait. If there is no news after this Christmas, then Fang Bo will help him contact someone else. After all, they have good things in their hands, so they don’t have to worry at all.
However, Fang Bo also saw Jin Muchen's anxiety recently and guessed that he might have encountered emotional troubles, so he simply recommended a place to him to relax and to experience it with him.
"Mu Chen, you have already made almost the same moves in several markets in New York. If there is really nothing good, I think you might as well go out and have a walk."
After dinner that day, Fang Bo and him were sitting in front of the fireplace on the second floor, he suddenly mentioned it to him.
Central heating is not implemented in the United States. Except for those apartment buildings with central air conditioning, ordinary residents rely entirely on their own fireplaces for heating. If possible, they can install a water heating boiler in the basement of their homes. However, some people prefer fireplaces, and the fireplaces are now divided into several types. Some are old-fashioned wood-burning, while others directly burn natural gas.
Fang Bo’s family is a natural gas-burning product, which is very clean and has a good heating effect.
"Hmm? Go somewhere else?"
"Haha, of course, silly boy, America is so big, don't you think that only New York has such an antique market, right?"
Fang Bo laughed and said to Jin Muchen.
To be honest, during this period, Jin Muchen's main energy has been devoted to New York. As for looking at the whole country, he hasn't really understood it carefully.
"In fact, there are several major antique distribution centers in the United States, on the East Coast, such as Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, etc. The antique markets in these cities are better than New York except Philadelphia and Boston. Detroit and Chicago were also good in the past, but unfortunately all of those places are ruined now..."
Fang Bo couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. Jin Muchen also knew that Detroit and Chicago were completely finished now.
At the beginning of the last century, there were no famous industrial cities in the United States, and there were many rich people living in it. Unfortunately, in order to reduce labor costs, greedy capitalists hired black people from the south to work in large quantities.
After the end of World War II, the US economy prospered for a period of time and encountered several economic crises, especially the oil crisis in the 1970s, which allowed Japanese cars to take advantage of the situation and occupied the US market.
Since then, the US economy has begun to transform, and industrial cities like Detroit and Chicago have also begun to decline.
The rapid reproduction of black people, the unemployment and crime rates continued to increase, and in the end, a large number of white rich men began to leave there and migrate south, which eventually led to the decline of the two cities.
"On the West Coast, Los Angeles and San Francisco are also very good, especially in San Francisco, where there are a lot of good things. I think if you have the chance, you can go and see those places. Maybe you can collect a lot of good things!"
Fang Bo quickly adjusted his emotions and said to Jin Muchen, who nodded thoughtfully.
Anyway, everything has not gone well recently, so it’s better to go out and take a walk.
"Who, do you think, where do you think I'm better off starting?"
"Haha, there is still a question. Of course it is Washington? Where is the center of American political culture. Although the size of the city is not as large as that of New York, it is called the SAR. In fact, there is the largest antique market center on the east coast of the United States. Do you know that in the American Chinese antique circle, the Pasker Market in Washington has the title of Panjiayuan in the United States. If you go at this time, you will never disappoint you. Your kid's luck has always been a bit good. I think wherever you go, you may gain something. It is better than playing around in the New York circle."
"Is that so? Panjiayuan in the United States? This is interesting, it sounds really worth a walk!"
After Bo Fang said this, Jin Muchen was really interested. Panjiayuan in the United States? If you don’t go around, how can you be worthy of yourself?
That night, Jin Muchen began to pack his bags and prepare to leave for Panjiayuan in the United States to have a good look.
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Chapter completed!