Chapter 740: Flowers Between the Fingers
After admiring the few pieces of jewelry on the coffee table, everyone's attention immediately shifted, and they all turned their heads to look at the two rusty old safes in the center of the living room.
"Steven, how do you turn on these two bulky guys? Are you going to do it yourself and use a stethoscope to open the code? Or are we going to do it and cut it with gas welding?"
Kenny asked excitedly, ready to go.
"No kidding! This thing has been eroded by the sea for more than 30 years, and I don't know what the rust has become inside, and the transmission system must have been scrapped a long time ago, and even if you know the password, you can't open it.
Cut it directly, it saves trouble, but the cutting location can't be here, go to the stern, pay attention to safety, and have to pad more things, the inside of the safe must be very dirty, don't pollute the deck!"
Ye Tian shook his head with a chuckle and said, raising his hand and pointing in the direction of the stern of the yacht.
"You're right, then let's cut it directly, let's get started, I really want to see what is stored in these two safes!"
With that, Kenny and the others stood up and began to carry the safe to the stern of the boat, everyone in high spirits!
In the blink of an eye, the two heavy safes were moved out of the living room and onto the deck of the aft lounge, ready to start cutting!
Ye Tian and Matisse did not get up and follow, but stayed in the living room and waited for the result.
The rest of the people followed, all wanting to see for themselves how the two safes were opened and see what was going on inside!
As he got up and walked to the stern, Orlando asked curiously:
"Raymond, what did Kenny say just now about using a stethoscope to open a safe? Is it impossible that Steven can really use a stethoscope to open a safe?
"You heard it right, it's to use a stethoscope to listen to the code to open the safe, it sounds very mysterious, a little incredible, but this is a fact that we have witnessed with our own eyes, there is no doubt about it!
And Steven used a stethoscope to open the safe extremely quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, he opened a firmly locked safe, effortlessly!
When I first saw this scene, everyone was stunned, it was absolutely breathtaking, so far, I have only seen Steven do this alone, and no one else has even heard of it!
It's Steven's unique skill, that's why Kenny said that, in my opinion, even if Steven is given a celery stick, he can open the safe with the celery bucket, anything is possible!"
Raymond smiled and nodded, giving an affirmative answer.
"Ahh
Johnny, who was walking in front, looked back and exclaimed, with an incredible expression on his face and a little jealousy in the depths of his eyes.
"Hahaha, that's right, it's the snitch!
Matisse, who was still sitting on the sofa, laughed and said, and turned his head to look at Ye Tian.
Ye Tian could only shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly, this name is not very good!
Laughing and chatting, everyone walked out of the living room and came to the aft lounge.
Then, Miller and the others got busy, and it didn't take long for them to get ready to cut the safe.
Immediately afterward, a bright light shone in the aft lounge, and the sound of hot metal was heard.
"Hereby ——!"
After about ten minutes, the first safe was successfully sliced open, and a cheer was heard from the stern side of the boat.
Soon, these cheers turned into sighs of disappointment.
From the changes in everyone's voices and emotions, Ye Tian immediately heard that the first one to be cut open was the safe found in the captain's room.
There are very few things in that safe, so you can see them at a glance!
Inside, there was a scrapped pistol and a few magazines, tens of thousands of dollars that were also scrapped, two small jewelry boxes, and some documents that had been soaked in the sea.
Seeing this, everyone will inevitably be disappointed!
After a few moments, the bright light in the aft lounge area was very dazzling!
The second safe has been mated and cut.
In the blink of an eye, another ten minutes or so passed, and the cheers came again, along with the sound of Miller and their discussions.
"Hey, there is a jewelry box in this safe, and it's so big, I don't know what jewelry it contains, or if there's nothing in it."
"There may be a big surprise this time, this is Harry Winston's jewelry box, one of the super jewelry brands, famous all over the world for its diamond cutting and setting technology!
Although the beauty of this jewelry box has been eroded by the sea is no longer there, you can still see its delicacy and luxury, which shows that the jewelry stored in it must be worth a lot!"
It was Johnny who said this, very confident!
As a Hollywood superstar, he naturally has a lot of treasures for top jewelry brands, and his taste is quite extraordinary!
"Wow! If that's the case, that's great! Let's take these jewelry boxes back to the living room, open them one by one, and see if we can find any surprises!"
As the words fell, Miller and the others immediately began to clean up the jewelry boxes.
After rinsing them up, they immediately took a few jewelry boxes and other things they had taken out of the safe, and walked briskly towards the living room.
Soon, everyone entered the living room and sat down, and the contents of the safe were placed on the coffee table in front of everyone's eyes.
Two Van Cleef Arpels jewelry boxes, small in size, a badly rusted pistol that had become scrap metal, and tens of thousands of completely scrapped dollars, all from the safe found in the captain's quarters.
As for the documents stored in the safe, they are of no value, and Miller did not take them, and will return to the sea with the cut safe later!
In addition to these, there is also a jewelry box on the coffee table from Harry Winston, a top jewelry brand.
This jewelry box is not small, about 30 x 40, and it is quite exquisitely made, made of black walnut wood as a whole, inlaid with gold edges, and carved with beautiful ornaments on the surface.
In addition, there are two women's kun bags, from the top luxury Hermès, but the style has long been outdated and completely scrapped, without any value.
After they were seated, everyone immediately looked at the jewelry boxes in front of them, focusing on Harry Winston's jewelry boxes, and everyone's eyes were full of anticipation.
"Steven, this Peruvian cargo ship was discovered by you and Matisse, it's up to you to open these jewelry boxes and see what they contain."
Kenny suggested, and the others nodded their heads, not disagreeing.
Ye Tian didn't refuse, and immediately nodded with a smile and said:
"Okay then! This pistol and tens of thousands of dollars have been completely scrapped, and they have no value, so they will be put back in the safe and thrown directly into the sea!
It's the same with Hermès women's bags, see if there's anything in them, and throw them into the sea, where they end up and where they go in a few hundred years, they might become valuable antiques!"
"Okay, but it's hard to turn these things into antiques, and they were relatively well preserved in the closed environment of the safe until we found them.
Now that the safe has been cut, I'm afraid it won't be long before they are digested and decomposed by the sea creatures, and it is estimated that there will be nothing left except the pistol and the safe itself!"
Miller nodded and said with a smile.
Now let's open these boxes, starting with this Van Cleef Arpels, and hopefully make a surprising discovery!"
As he spoke, Ye Tian picked up a Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry box and opened it casually.
The moment the jewelry box was opened, a strangely shaped diamond ring was immediately presented in front of everyone's eyes, blooming with brilliant light!
This is a ring between the fingers, an original ring created by Van Cleef Arpels, known as the flower between the fingers!
At the top of the ring are two small butterflies set with diamonds and pink sapphires!
The setting set with memea diamonds and pink sapphires, in rose and white gold respectively, is noble but not superficial, very elegant!
The ring and finger band are made of white gold, with rounded, simple and smooth lines, giving people a flawless white feeling!
The only regret is that the two white pearls set on the ring and used as the body of a butterfly have basically lost their luster at this time, becoming a little yellow and dark!
But this can be repaired, just send the ring back to Van Cleef & Arpels for two white pearls.
Then wash it and the ring will be back to its most beautiful shine in no time!
If you look at the size of the diamonds and pink sapphires, this ring is not very valuable!
As for rose gold and white gold, they are not worth much!
But the preciousness of this ring lies in the ingenuity of the design, the subtle diamond setting, and the aura that comes with the Van Clee Arpels brand.
In the field of jewelry, Van Cleef Arpels and Harry Winston are equally famous, equivalent to Patek Philippe in watches, and their status is still above the famous jewelry brands such as Cartier and Tiffany, which can be described as the top luxury!
The moment I opened the jewelry box, there was an immediate sound of admiration in the living room.
"Wow! this thing is beautiful, the design is so distinctive, I love this jewelry!"
"Me too, but who knows what it is? It looks like a ring, but it's separated, I've never seen jewelry of this shape, it's an eye-opener!"
Despite their admiration, Kenny and the others couldn't recognize the purpose of the piece of jewelry in front of them, nor did they understand its name.
Only Ye Tian, a senior professional treasure hunter, and the two Hollywood stars knew what it was and understood its value.
After a short pause, Orlando began to answer everyone's questions.
"This is Van Cleef Arpels' finger ring, and it is also a type of ring, a ring unique to Van Cleef Arpels, a top brand, very beautiful, known as the flower between the fingers!
I didn't expect to see a ring between the fingers here, and it was a work by Van Cleef Arpels decades ago, so it's quite rare, and I'm sure it's worth a lot of money!"
As soon as his words fell, Ye Tian immediately smiled and nodded.
Orlando is right, there are very few finger rings that represent the unique creativity of Van Cleef Arpels in the antique market, and even fewer are decades old!
The market value of this finger ring in front of me should be around 120,000 US dollars, and if it is sent to a large auction and a little hype, it is not impossible to double the price!"
Hearing this, the living room suddenly resounded with admiration.