Hearing his words, Hans immediately ran over. He was so fast that even Ah Meow was surprised. His eyes were wide open.
He checked the album and said excitedly, "Yes, this is good stuff. These photos are definitely from a long time ago. I'm guessing they're at least a hundred years old!"
Li Du said, "Maybe we should find an expert and let him tell us which era these photos are from. I hope they're worth some money."
Not everything that had been around for a long time was definitely valuable. There were many old photos in the United States, especially in century-old shops and big families.
In addition, there were also many old-fashioned camera studios in the United States. Hans found one in Flagstaff and rushed over with Li Du.
The studio was very old. The sign on the door was colorful, and there were some abstract paintings on the wall. Li Du looked at them for a while but couldn't understand what they were.
Hans noticed and said, "Don't look at it. It was originally a person taking a picture. But as time passed, the paint fell off. The owner added some random colors, and finally it became this unknown pattern."
Li Du asked curiously, "Why did he add random colors? What I mean is, I just need to redraw it again? Or paint it into something else. "
Hans shook his head. "Maybe the owner is using this to express his dissatisfaction with the speed of change in the world."
He knocked on the door. After a while, an old voice came from inside. "Come in."
Li Du followed him into the studio. There were many photos pasted on the wall. The most eye-catching one was a flirtatious photo of Marilyn Monroe.
There was a counter in the room with a few cameras. The oldest one was even made of wood. Li Du would believe it if someone said it was a hundred years old.
There was a table behind the counter. An old man with gray hair was sitting next to it, drinking coffee. His clothes were neat and clean, and he looked relaxed. He didn't look like the kind of person who had been abandoned by society.
"Kid, you look a little familiar," the old man said, staring at Hans.
Hans smiled and said, "I'm Ferage Fox's son. His wedding photos were probably taken here. He used to come here often to take photos."
The old man nodded. "Ferage, son of Ferage Jr.! You've grown so much? My God, time flies. How's your father now? "
Hans smiled bitterly. "He has already gone to see God, many years ago."
The old man drew a cross on his chest and said, "May his soul be comforted. What brings you here?"
Hans said, "My buddy and I would like to take a picture together."
The old man smiled and said, "Come here to take a picture with me? You have to think carefully, I don't have any Polaroid here. I have to clean the negatives for you, and the price is more expensive than digital photos. "
Hans said, "No problem. Come on."
With a satisfied smile, the old man said, "You've made the right decision. Film photos are better than digital photos. Its ability to restore color and control of the particles is outstanding."
Although the building of the photo studio was old, it was very tall. Godzilla also walked in, but it didn't seem crowded.
The three of them stood in front of a wall with Godzilla sitting in the middle. Li Du and Hans had their arms on his shoulders and were smiling at the same time. Then a picture appeared.
After the photos were taken, the old man gave them a photo receipt. At this time, Hans pushed the photo album in front of him and said, "Boss, can you take a look at the photos inside? We want to know the approximate age of the photos. "
The old man wrote down the words on the sheet, then opened the photo album and looked at it.
He went through the photos one by one. It took him more than half an hour to go through the photos from start to finish.
Hans was very patient. Li Du went to look at the old photos on the wall. Some of the photos were hundreds of years old. The Flagstaff of a hundred years ago was very interesting.
When he finally finished looking, the old man patted the album and said, "There are two types of photos in here. The desert photos at the beginning are about fifty years old. The Egyptian buildings at the back are about one hundred and fifty years old."
Hans asked curiously, "These photos are not from the same era?"
The old man smiled and said, "Of course not. Although the materials in the photos are similar, you can tell from the pictures that the first ones were taken with dry plate film. That is, silver halide is smeared on a polyacetate film base. When light shines on the silver halide, the silver halide turns into black silver and becomes a black and white negative film.
"The ones at the back are obviously wet photographic films. This thing was no longer used after 1881. Just like these old guys, it was eliminated."
As he said this, the old man patted the counter. There were some old cameras inside.
"From 1881 until now, it has only been about one hundred and twenty years?" Hans asked.
The old man said, "Yes, I determine their age based on the recognition, color, and resolution. They should have been taken with the Daguerre daguerreotype photography technique. The camera used is an old wooden box camera."
He rubbed the photos and continued, "This photography technique and camera were eliminated in the middle of the nineteenth century. So I guess they have been around for about one hundred and fifty years."
Hans asked, "What's the value of these photos?"
The old man said, "It's hard to say. If I can find someone who likes to collect old photos, they should be willing to spend some money to buy them. But these landscape photos are not worth much, whether it's the content or the material itself. "
Hans immediately started to do business. "Then are you willing to be their owner?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "I can't even find someone to collect my own photos and cameras. How can I collect new things?"
This business deal had not even started, but Hans was not discouraged. After shaking hands with the old man, he went back and picked out the landscape photos. He kept the architectural photos. The older the photos, the more valuable they were.
There were more photos of the buildings, a total of 40.
He picked a few photos of the Sphinx and the pyramids, took them with his mobile phone, and uploaded them to the Internet. He wanted to see if he could find a buyer.
Li Du said, "Looks like we didn't get much this time."
Hans patted the pile of books optimistically and said, "Maybe not as much as I expected, but definitely not less. Don't believe me? Look at Big Fox's trick. "
He led Li Du and Godzilla to categorize the books. They divided them into several portions according to the author's name and genre. Each portion contained as many books as possible from one author and different genres.
This was a big project, and the three of them had not finished it all day.
After Hannah got off work, she was also recruited into the team. Hans also called Stephen to help.
The five of them worked until midnight. Nearly four thousand books were divided into more than a hundred portions. Some portions had more than a hundred books, while others only had ten books.
The next day, Hans held a phone book and began to make calls. "Hello, is this the Arizona State University library?"
"Well, I have a new batch of books for sale, all hardcover editions. There are complete sets of Mark Twain, complete sets of Sidney Shelton..."
"Yes, genuine, all genuine, and absolutely unopened. Good quality and cheap! Where did they come from? Where did they come from? "
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