Chapter 169: Appraisal

Wu Liang's performance in the café almost made the three visitors from Sosby Auction House faint on the spot, and for the sake of the total transaction price of three percent, he reluctantly followed Wu Liang back to the room.

"Ahaha! The room is a bit messy, don't mind! As soon as he opened the door, he saw some stumbling steel cables on the ground and unpacked quilts in the bedroom, Wu Liang apologized a little embarrassed.

The three bigwigs of the Japanese branch of Sosby Company who followed Wu Liang into the room were a little twitching when they looked at the scattered steel cables on the ground and the AR-15 assault rifle that had been forgotten on the white sheets, but fortunately, none of the three well-informed people said anything.

Following the strange gaze of the three guests, Wu Liang also found contraband on the bed that should never appear in the hands of civilians, and hurriedly covered it with a quilt: "What! This is to guard against small people, you can understand it! ”

Christie. Hefner pinched his thigh lightly and forced his composure: "Understand, understand! You always have to be on guard when you have a heavy treasure! But, Mr. Wu, can't you keep all the gold coins by your side? ”

"Ahaha! It's better to keep it with you, isn't it? Besides, you can take it out at any time and count it at any time, how good it is! Wu Liang patted the back of his head and said an explanation that made him blush.

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The three bigwigs of Sotheby's auction house have usually handled a lot of treasures, but the guests who carry dozens of kilograms of gold coins and take them out from time to time to count them are still the first time they have seen them, and they were all thundered on the spot by Wu Liang's powerful explanation. Christie. Manager Hefner's mind is a little more active, and this style of carrying a large amount of property with him, not believing in the bank and carrying weapons, instantly made him guess a lot about Wu Liang's profession in his mind.

Wu Liang, who had his back to the three of them, didn't know Christie. Manager Hefner has already classified himself into the category of dangerous elements, and is busy rolling up the AR-15 and the quilt, and putting it in the closet in the bedroom, blocking the view of the three guests through the closet door, throwing the assault rifle into the space and taking out the large brown suitcase containing the gold coins, he opened the box with his hand and threw it on the large bed behind him, the "jingle bell" gold coins were poured out of the box, and the sound of hitting each other was so pleasant that the three guests couldn't help but lean against the bed.

"Hey, hey, hey! 1,109 gold louis, 764 Spanish gold coins, a total of 1,873 gold coins, let's start appraising! Wu Liang, who was regarded as a dumpling just now, simply dumped all the gold coins on the bed in one go.

"Gollum!" Rao is the manager of the Japanese branch of Sotheby Auction House, who has handled countless treasures. Hefner, when he suddenly saw such a large number of gold coins, couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of water.

The chief appraiser of the Japanese branch, Peter Brown. Wilson looked at the gold coins rolling around on the bed and asked in shock, "Mr. Wu, do you mean that you have been disposing of antique gold coins at will like this?" ”

"Huh! It's been like this for a long time! Any questions? Looking at the surprised appearance of the three big people in front of him, Wu Liang was very satisfied, and replied casually.

Peter. Wilson pinched himself and frowned gloomily at Christie. Manager Hefner asked, "Manager, how many coin boxes are in stock in the bank?" During the time I appraised, let's transfer some suitable ones first! Just like that, the final offer will definitely be affected. In addition, it is difficult to guarantee that the coins will not be scratched in a piecemeal manner, which could affect the integrity of the condition and the final price. ”

Christie. Manager Hefner quickly adjusted his mentality with excellent professionalism, and replied with a wry smile: "That's the only way, I'm going to call!" Seeing Wu Liang looking like an uncle who has nothing to do with himself,

Appraiser Peter. Wilson took out white gloves, a magnifying glass, an electronic scale, and a small flashlight from the small suitcase he was carrying, set them on the table in the same way, picked up a gold coin from the bed, and began to look closely.

Chief Auctioneer Sam. Baker looked at the large pile of gold coins on the bed and was also very worried, first took out the guest list that Wu Liang had provided to the hotel yesterday from his pocket, counted it in detail, and then asked: "Mr. Wu, do you want to sell one at a time at tomorrow's auction, or do you want to sell it in groups at a time?" ”

"When will it be sold at a time, it won't be sold out in three or five days! It is better to save trouble in groups at a time, and Mr. Peter would like to ask you to divide fifty gold coins of similar quality into a group, and the remaining odds and ends, which should be much faster. "Wu Liang waved his hand how quickly and how to come, otherwise it would be really delayed for seven or eight days, then he should go to borrow usury, the engine ordered by the professor will arrive in three or four days, the matter of paying the bill can not be delayed, and we can not do the things that are not trustworthy!

Peter. Wilson grinned when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Mr. Wu, the number of gold coins is really a bit too much, please you and Sam help me classify them first!" Otherwise, I would be busy alone until the morning. ”

"No problem! Counting coins is one of my hobbies! But is Southby's Japan office a coin appraiser for you? ”

"Coin collecting is relatively unpopular, and I am the only full-time appraiser in Sotheby's Japanese branch, but I also have two students, and if Mr. Wu doesn't mind, I can call them all here, so it can be more efficient."

"Well, as long as they can give the same appraisal report, I don't mind at all!"

Christie. Manager Hefner brought a batch of gold coin boxes of various sizes from the back-office warehouse of Sotheby. Wilson called two of his students, plus Sam. Baker and Wu Liang, a total of six people, were busy in the room.

They are weighed one by one, then sent to three appraisers for grading, then packed into transparent plastic boxes along with the gold coins, and finally divided into groups of 50 pieces according to the grades.

The six of them worked from noon to evening, and it was not until the sun went down that it was over, and even the dinner was brought to the room by the waiter, and several people ate it in batches. Appraiser Peter. Wilson was the worst, his wrists cramping when he signed the bookmark, and his two students were not having a good time, and they used up three bottles of ink to write classified information. Wu Liang, who couldn't get rid of it, hurriedly sealed a big red envelope for one person after finishing his work. Wilson 500,000, Christie. Hefner, Sam. Baker auctioneer and two students each sealed 200,000.

Originally, I wanted to invite these people to have a good supper at night, but they were politely rejected by several people for various reasons, and Wu Liang didn't force it, after all, tomorrow is the main event, and it's not bad to invite them together when they're done!