Chu Chen didn't expect that he was lucky to meet you Tong's rhinoceros horn cup today, and it seems to be a fine one. It's really rare, so he quickly and carefully verified the authenticity of the rhinoceros horn cup.
The rhinoceros horn of this rhinoceros horn cup is straight and thick, with small honeycomb shaped sand holes in the cross section and fishseed shaped patterns in the oblique section. It also has obvious gutter and hillock. The material is really a good Asian rhinoceros horn. Coupled with exquisite carving and style, it can be confirmed that it is a rhinoceros horn carved litchi cup carefully carved by Youtong.
When Chu Chen saw the price tag, it was only 50000 pounds. This price, even for the sculptor of this rhinoceros horn cup, was a small leak. What's more, with the celebrity effect of Youtong, if he bought it at this price, he would wake up in a dream if he didn't get the power.
In fact, in this era, the domestic curio fever has just risen, not long ago, and foreigners haven't understood the domestic curio market as thoroughly as they did a few years later. Therefore, there are some cheap curios here.
In addition, not every antique shop has a high level of owners, so they can pick up small leaks from time to time, and there are more opportunities to pick up big leaks than those in China.
After chuchen finished the deal with satisfaction, he thought whether he should come to foreign countries every month to search for Cibao. Antiques are fast and slow. Now, because of economic ability and other reasons, few people know about this situation. But with those big bosses joining the antiques industry, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities in the future.
Chu Chen told Wu Ke what he thought. Wu Ke was very surprised to see Chu Chen every month. For her who is filled with Chu Chen's shadow now, it is undoubtedly like hearing the sound of nature.
Next, they went to several antique shops, and Chu Chen got a few gadgets at a relatively low price. Later, when the time was almost up, they finished their trip to Greenwich market.
After dinner, they went to visit London Eye Ferris wheel, the landmark of London, which was built less than two years ago.
London Eye Ferris wheel, built by British Airways at a cost of 120 million US dollars, is located on the banks of the Thames River in London. It is 135 meters high and is now the highest Ferris wheel in the world. In the first year of its opening up in 2000, it attracted about 3 million tourists from all over the world. It can be said that it is the most attractive tourist spot in London.
Seeing the huge ferris wheel slowly turning, Chu Chen was shocked by the fact that he was like an ant in the eyes of human beings. Moreover, the London eye at night had a kind of dreamlike temperament. The huge blue halo set off the Thames River in a magnificent and charming way.
Although it was already night, there were still many people queuing there to buy tickets. They waited for about 30 minutes to buy tickets, and nearly 20 minutes to enter the "London Eye".
London eye has 32 sealed glass cabins, all made of transparent glass. The interior is spacious and comfortable, and can accommodate 16 passengers. You can not only enjoy the city view 360 degrees, but also move in the cabin to get a panoramic view from different angles.
Although Wu Ke has been infatuated with London eye for a long time, she has acrophobia. When she and Mina and others came here to play, she could only stand down and watch the three slowly rise with envy.
The same is true this time. At the beginning, she refused to go up. Later, it was chuchen who tried his best to say good things and agreed to experience with chuchen.
As the cockpit rose slowly, Wu Ke closed her eyes and grasped Chu Chen tightly. She didn't dare to move. When she opened her eyes and looked down at the Thames River and the scenery of London, she immediately felt dizzy, and a sense of panic rose in her heart. Her face turned white in an instant.
See this, Chu Chen wry smile, quickly put her in his arms, constantly gently comfort.
"What's the matter with that sister? Is she afraid of falling like me? Grandfather, do you think we'll fall or not? " Next to a 34 British little girl, some fear asked.
The old man apologized to chuchen, then comforted the little girl kindly, and talked about some safety measures of London eye.
The little girl nodded her head in confusion. Seeing Wu Ke, who was still trembling, she took out a lollipop from her pocket and went to Wu Ke. Some of them gave the lollipop to Chu Wu Ke and said:
"elder sister, I'm not afraid to eat a lollipop. I eat one before every injection. Now I'm not afraid of injection!"
The little girl's behavior makes Wu Ke feel very embarrassed. At the same time, the little girl's innocence also makes Wu Ke summon up courage and calm down.
Thanks to the little girl, Wu Ke began to look down at her feet. At first, she was a little dizzy and panicked, but gradually she was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of her and forgot her fear.
The Thames River flows from the foot. The original huge sightseeing cruise ship is so small. When you look around, the whole London is in front of you. Especially now it's night. Under the magnificent lights on both sides of the river bank and the parliament building, the surrounding scenery is more eye-catching.
And with the rotation of the ferris wheel, the scenery and feeling at each height are different. To sum up with a sentence in an ancient poem, it is "to be poor and to be better".When the glass cabin where they lived reached its peak, everything in London seemed to be a picture scroll, which was displayed in front of people's eyes. The colorful and dreamlike London had a panoramic view, and the feeling was so wonderful that it could not be described
The next day, Chu Chen and Wu Ke got up early because it was Saturday and there was a weekly Notting Hill weekend antique fair.
Notting Hill market has a history of several centuries, but at the beginning, there were only fruit and vegetable stalls. It was not until around the 1950s that some antique dealers and a large number of immigrants from the West Indies, which was once an imperial colony, joined that Notting Hill market was built into a characteristic street block in London and the most famous antique market in the world.
Notting Hill is located in the west of London. It is a place with Bohemian flavor and one of the richest areas in London. There are many rich people living here.
Every Saturday, antique vendors from all over the world open from 5:30 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., but most of them close their stalls before 2:00 p.m., which is just like the sunshine in winter in England.
Chu Chen and Wu Ke went earlier. There were not many customers in the market. There were about 1000 or hundreds of small shops in the 500 meter market, which was quite spectacular.
Like a competition, vendors bring out their own goods, such as all kinds of genuine and fake antique silverware, furniture, porcelain, oil paintings, small ornaments, jewelry, old cameras, clocks and watches, musical instruments and so on. They arrange them in order or scatter them on a stand. The people who see them are dazzled, but their shopping desire is greatly increased.
Although there are eight or nine hours of shopping time, there are so many treasures. If you don't hurry up, you can't see them all. So Chu Chen and Wu Ke joined the army of Taobao.
Because they are not interested in foreign antiques for the time being, Chu Chen specially looks for stalls selling Chinese antiques. Of course, when they encounter some luxury goods such as jewelry, Chu Chen and Wu Ke also stop to watch them. Just like at this time, they stand in front of a stall selling jewelry such as necklaces and rings.
The necklaces and rings on the stalls are very well designed, and the gems used are also very large. They are both beautiful and elegant, and the price is very cheap. They are usually a few pounds, and the most expensive ones are only a few tens of pounds.
Of course, the cheap necklaces, rings and gems used on them must be fake, and the peddler told them this honestly.
Originally, according to Chu Chen's idea, it was unnecessary to buy this kind of fake jewelry, but Wu Ke liked the design of these jewelry very much, and Chu Chen had to follow her.
After a selection, Wu Ke bought several bracelets, some headwear, and finally a colorful necklace. Seeing that Wu Ke bought so many, the peddler gave him a discount, which cost only 50 pounds.
However, Chu Chen was a little bit puzzled when he saw the colorful necklace, because the five jewels on the necklace were too real for his eyesight. But in an instant, he shook his head. The diamond in the middle of the necklace looks like forty or fifty carats. If it's true, even if the texture is a little poor, it will cost tens of millions.
Besides, there are four colored diamonds of about ten carats, namely red diamond, pink diamond, blue diamond and yellow diamond. If they are all true, this necklace is undoubtedly a sky high price.
Therefore, Chu Chen subconsciously thought that this necklace could not be true, but he always felt that his eyesight and intuition should not be wrong, so he paid for it. While the peddler was packing these things, he used the power on this necklace, and the result made him dumbfounded.
All the diamonds on this necklace are real!
The first thought in Chu Chen's mind was that the power was wrong, but after blinking an eye, he sighed secretly. No matter how it was, the power could not have made such a mistake. He would think that the fake was true. But then again, hundreds of dollars to buy a string of diamond necklace worth hundreds of millions, people can't help but feel like falling into a dream.
Finally calmed down, Chu Chen's heart rose curiosity, he wanted to take out the necklace, a good appreciation of the study.
However, although he had already paid, such a valuable thing could easily arouse others' greed. In order to avoid getting into unnecessary trouble, Chu Chen decided to wait until a safer place.