Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 723 - 450: When Did Trading National Treasures and Antiques Become Like Setting Up a Street Stall? _2

Chapter 723: Chapter 450: When Did Trading National Treasures and Antiques Become Like Setting Up a Street Stall? _2

At a glance, one can see that these items have provenance. One is made of mutton fat jade, and the other is yellow jadeite, but Pelos probably wouldn’t know this.

As expected, Pelos nodded in agreement with Sean Knight’s offer.

"A single bronze human face pot, thirty thousand dollars!" Sean continued with his offer, equally excited this time.

Upon activating the Sky Eye, he saw that there was an inscription inside the bronze pot.

A real treasure!

As for Pelos, he had been eyeing Sean ever since the bronze ware was lifted up.

If Sean were to quote a price of several thousand dollars at this point, Pelos would not be pleased!

After all, someone informed him that although this thing was full of rust, it was a valuable item indeed!

Sean’s quote made him feel that he was not being cheated!

It’s worth the money! Thirty thousand dollars, no problem at all!

Pelos’ gaze towards Sean became more and more appreciative.

This Chinese man is good at doing business, and at least he isn’t swindling him!

"A bronze sword, ten thousand dollars," Sean looked at the rust-covered sword and explained to Pelos:

"Actually, the original price for this sword would be higher than the pot we just discussed. But it wasn’t preserved well and the rust is quite severe, so... "

"Mr. Knight, I trust you, your price is very fair!"

In Pelos’s eyes, the fragile bronze sword wasn’t even worth one thousand dollars!

Selling it for ten thousand dollars was already a very high price!

He had no reason to doubt Sean.

With one party lifting the items and the other offering prices, there was absolutely no hint of quarreling.

As Pelos’s subordinates continued to place the items on the table, Elijah and Lincoln reordered and repackaged each item from the box, turned around, and placed them in the warehouse.

The entire process was very smooth.

Ms. Kathy took care of the servants and personally served desserts and tea, which Pelos found satisfying as it was clear that they were treating him with importance.

No one dislikes being respected!

"An ivory carved screen, seven thousand dollars," Sean said casually. "It’s a nice piece, but you can tell it’s a composite."

In fact, this large-sized item was about fifty centimeters high and more than thirty centimeters wide, a typical large ivory piece.

Ordinary ivory is not this wide, so it was carved from two pieces put together.

Sean pointed out the seam where the pieces were joined to Pelos, who nodded in agreement.

"Ivory Avalokitesvara, eight thousand dollars. This one has fine carvings."

"Ivory Dragon-taming Arhat, six thousand dollars; the carving is a bit ordinary."

These two pieces were dated to the early Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty, respectively. If placed in China, they could be sold for more than fifty times their value!

Pelos was content since there was quite a profit for no initial investment on his part.

"Golden Inlaid Gemstone Pot with a handle, eighty thousand dollars!" Sean offered the highest price so far in the negotiations.

This pot was made of gold with twenty-four gemstones of various types inlaid on it, truly a luxurious piece.

As a result, Sean offered the highest price in the deal so far!

Pelos was also a bit surprised.

He had a psychological price of fifty thousand dollars.

Though he knew that if he were to take this item to an auction, the selling price would definitely be higher.

But could he really take this to an auction?

It’s impossible!

Finding a suitable buyer for a bulk sale is what he wanted to do now.

Once he got this money, he could run away!

Previously, with that jade kneeling figurine, he had seen more dealers than just Sean.

None of the several other dealers he had visited offered a high price.

Now Sean gave him another pleasant surprise; he felt that Sean was a good friend!

If there were similar items in the future, he would not mind coming back to Sean for another transaction!

Seeing that Pelos had no objections to the price, Sean signaled to Elijah to pay the money.

Elijah took out eight stacks of US dollars from the box and handed them over.

Pelos took them, weighed them in his hand, did not count, and stuffed them directly into his own box.

At this point, Sean’s box of money had run out.

Elijah then opened the second box.

A continuous stream of antiques continued to be brought up.

"Dragon pattern bronze mirror, eight thousand dollars," Sean looked at the well-preserved bronze mirror with hardly visible rust, and sighed in his heart, "If this were in China, it would sell for at least a million Yuan, right?"

Upon looking up, Sean was surprised to see a puzzled expression on Pelos’ face.

Startled, he thought to himself, ’Could it be that Pelos knows the real value of this bronze mirror?’

Sean quickly remedied the situation, saying with slight regret on the surface:

"If there were some characters on the back of this mirror, it would be more valuable and I would be willing to offer ten thousand dollars. But now it has only patterns, so I think eight thousand dollars is a reasonable price."

Pelos slowly nodded.

Sean thought to himself, ’As expected, Pelos must not know much about the value of these antiques. But he has been told that some of them are quite valuable!’

He couldn’t deceive him recklessly!

"A painting,