Although the Hai Siheyuan that Yang Jing bought in the 1980s could not be compared with those royal palaces, it was definitely a large Siheyuan. Therefore, the main house of this house, that is, the north house, has a total of nine rooms.
Among the northern rooms of the Siheyuan in Old Yanjing, besides the main hall in the middle, the most honorable one is the east room of the ancestral hall. In China, the left is respected since ancient times, so the east room on the left side of the main hall is larger than the west room in area. And the east room is usually occupied by the most senior or most honorable person in the family.
However, no one lives in the east room, because Peter Wu understands this. Although they also live in this house, this house belongs to the boss after all. If the boss doesn't come to live here, who dares to live in the east room?
So, this room was used by Pete Wu to store old furniture.
Peter Wu placed the bed made of red sandalwood and the bed made of old yellowwood from the Ming Dynasty in this room. If there was room in the room, he would have even wanted to place the bed inlaid with precious stones in this room.
But even so, in addition to these two beds, two sets of excellent Ming and Qing Dynasty tables and chairs that Lao Na had previously purchased were also placed in this room by Pete Wu.
Mr. Xiao and Mr. Guo were naturally fascinated by the sight. With their skills, they could tell the authenticity of these old furniture at a glance. These old furniture were definitely old objects with large doors. Nowadays, it is really rare to see Ming and Qing furniture with such good quality.
Especially the Luohan bed made of large pieces of small-leaf red sandalwood is extremely rare in the world.
Mr. Guo looked at it for a long time before he reluctantly raised his head and turned to ask, "Brother Wu, was this Luohan bed also bought by that gentleman?" Mr. Guo and Pete Wu were about the same age, so out of respect, Mr. Guo called Pete Wu "Brother Wu."
Peter Wu quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Guo, please don't call me brother. Just call me Old Wu. I feel more comfortable with that."
I'm just kidding. The four old men in front of him are the new boss's masters. Pete Wu doesn't dare to be arrogant in front of them.
After a pause, Peter Wu continued, "This bed was indeed found by Lao Na. At that time, Lao Na saw this Luohan bed and that old Haihuang step-out bed at a scrap collection station, so he spent three hundred yuan to buy these two beds."
Hearing this price, both Mr. Liu and Mr. Guo could not help but smile bitterly and shook their heads. They could not estimate the price of the Luohan bed made of large pieces of small-leaf red sandalwood, but they could estimate the price of the Ming Dynasty Huanghuali step-out bed.
According to the current market conditions, if this Huanghuali step-out bed is auctioned, the minimum starting price will not be less than 50 million. As for how much it will be sold for, they are not sure. If it meets a big boss who likes Ming Dynasty furniture, it will not be difficult for this step-out bed to be sold for 100 or 200 million.
The main reason is that the two beds are in such good condition. It is almost impossible to find Ming Dynasty furniture in such good condition nowadays.
The two stayed in the room for a while, then reluctantly followed Pete Wu to continue walking east, passing through a door and arriving at the second east room.
As soon as they entered the room, Mr. Liu and Mr. Guo immediately said in surprise, "Hey, how did Old Ma's bed inlaid with precious stones end up here?"
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them shook their heads almost at the same time and said, "No, this is not Lao Ma's bed inlaid with hundreds of precious stones. Lao Ma's bed is not as good as this one!"
The two men said these two sentences almost in unison. After they finished speaking, the two elders looked at each other and burst into laughter.
The two old men came closer and carefully looked at the rather large bed inlaid with precious stones. After a long while, Old Liu said, "Old Guo, if Old Ma saw this bed, would he go back and dismantle the one inlaid with precious stones in his museum?"
Mr. Guo also laughed and said, "It's hard to say. Old Ma treats his Luohan bed as a treasure all the time, but the quality of his Luohan bed is far inferior to this bed!"
Yang Jing knew who the old Ma the two elders were talking about was. He was the famous Chinese folk collector Ma Weidu. The first private museum in China was opened by this old man, and the most precious treasure in the museum was the Arhat bed inlaid with hundreds of treasures.
But to be honest, the quality of the inlaid bed in Mr. Ma's hand is far inferior to the quality of the bed I bought. The specifications of the two beds are almost the same, but the quality of the bed in my hand is far better than the bed in Mr. Ma's hand.
To be honest, this bed was bought by Yang Jing based on Mr. Ma’s experience back then.
The story of how Mr. Ma found the inlaid Luohan bed has almost become a classic in the circle, and Yang Jing naturally knows it. So when he returned to Yanjing in the 1980s, he took the old man to the Yanjing Hardwood Furniture Factory.
When he went to the Yanjing Hardwood Furniture Factory, Yang Jing did see the inlaid bed with various treasures that Mr. Ma later bought away in the factory cafeteria. However, the bed was about to fall apart at that time, so Yang Jing did not like it.
Later, the Holy Ring used up 2% of its energy to bring out a similar Luohan bed for Yang Jing, and then Yang Jing "discovered" the current bed in the warehouse of the hardwood furniture factory. Also found were a pair of small-leaf red sandalwood chairs, four old sea yellow round chairs, an old sea yellow Eight Immortals table, and a complete set of red sandalwood cloisonné enamel sapphire blue ground inlaid with hundreds of treasures and twelve screens of Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
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