Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

The opened camphor wood box was filled with various strips of cloth and waste paper. After reaching in, Liang En and the others took out one piece of metal utensil after another.

After Liang En and the others spent more than ten minutes, they finally cleared 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 jars and six palm-sized animal statues.

"These should be tin products." After taking a cup with his hand and shaking it, Liang En quickly determined some basic information about these things. "And it looks like it was a product of the British Straits Settlements 80 or 90 years ago."

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

"It turns out this is made of tin, no wonder it looks gray." Fan Meng showed a look of understanding after hearing what Liang En said, and then asked sheepishly. "By the way, how much are these things worth?"

"It's hard to say, but it shouldn't be a big problem to sell the box together for more than 2,700 pounds." Liang En said after looking at the pile of things and thinking for a while, "Because I looked at the stamps on these tin wares, they are all The best kind of low-lead tin.”

"As you know, metallic tin is easily mixed with lead during the refining process. Once the lead content exceeds the standard, these tin products are not suitable for holding food or drinks."

"So compared to the lead-containing tin ware produced in greater quantities, this kind of lead-free tin ware can often be sold at a price that is several percent higher than the lead-containing counterparts, not to mention that these items are still considered antiques."

But apart from the box, they had nothing of particular value in the room. Even when they used a metal detector, they only found a few small-denomination copper and nickel coins.

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

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

"It's a pity that during the renovation, all the structures used to put down the chandelier were dismantled, and several holes were drilled inside to place wires." Liang En sighed after inspecting the chandelier.

"A complete chandelier can sell for at least 1,800 pounds on the market, but after such a transformation, I estimate that the selling price will only be about 500 pounds."

"Let me do the math." Fan Meng immediately did the math, "600 plus 1000 plus 2700 plus 500. That means we found 4,800 pounds of stuff inside this time. After deducting 2,150 pounds of auction fees and 100 pounds of miscellaneous expenses Then he made £2,250."

"This is just an estimate. It really depends on how much money we make this time or it needs to be sold before we can finally determine it." 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 for a total of 350 pounds."

After high-fiving 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 have a very 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 and shook hands with Pierce. "Nice to meet you."

"Me too." After shaking hands with Fan Meng, Pierce turned to look at Liang En and asked, "Did you come here today because you found something while working? I think you came in that truck."

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

All the things were quickly moved out of the car, and then Pierce checked what Liang En and the others found. Ten minutes later, he stood up from the coffee table.

"If you package these things and sell them, I'd be willing to pay £5,000."

"This is a bit more than I thought. I thought this thing was worth at most 4,800 pounds at the time." Because the two were friends, Liang En directly stated his previous estimate. "How did you estimate the price here at 5,000 pounds?"

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

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

"It seems that you have been very lucky recently." After hearing what Pierce said, Liang En stepped forward and lightly hammered his shoulder and said, "By the way, are there any new sources of goods that you can recommend to me recently?"

"I'm looking for it for you, but because Christmas has just passed, there is really not much information." Pierce shook his head helplessly.

"Now I only have one business in Dundee, Scotland, which involves cleaning up a warehouse. However, the photos I asked locals to take showed that the warehouse was basically empty and I had to pay 1,500 pounds. It was really too much. A bit of a loss.”

After speaking, Pierce sent several photos to Liang En. After looking at the photos, Liang En felt that the owner of this warehouse probably wanted to defraud money, so he offered such a price.

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

This is actually a common situation in auctions, where the seller of the warehouse disguises the true value of the items in the room by adjusting the placement direction of the items in advance, and uses deception to obtain more money.

"Forget it, it's not worth a trip to Scotland for this pile of rubbish." Liang En shook his head and said. "I'd better check online. Maybe I can find some other information."

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

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

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

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