Mahogany appraisal was a very complicated subject. Antonio and Bart had spent a lot of time and used many methods just to appraise the rosewood.
The two of them taught Li Du and Hans physical appraisal methods.
For example, look at the distribution of the tube holes on the cross-section.
If it was real rosewood, the diameter of the tube holes should be slightly equal and evenly distributed. Otherwise, it would be fake rosewood.
They could also look at the growth rings on the cross-section of the wood. Unlike other woods, the growth rings of rosewood were not obvious, which was an obvious characteristic.
They could also look at the color of the wood. The new cross-section of rosewood was orange-red. Over time, it would turn dark purple or black purple, with light and black stripes.
After watching the two of them demonstrate the appraisal methods, Hans was dumbfounded. "Isn't it too complicated?"
Bart shrugged. "Oh, I've only introduced half of it. Come, let me continue. Next, we'll judge by smell."
"Rosewood has a unique fragrance when rubbed with objects. It's similar to the fragrance of sandalwood, but lighter. Especially after a quick file, the smell is even stronger. "
Hans continued to stare in shock. "…"
Even someone as studious as Li Du had given up on learning. It was too difficult and tested too much experience.
For example, the knife cutting technique required one to cut the cross-section in one go without cutting back.
After a complicated examination, the appraisal went from noon to night, and the results were out.
Li Du's bet was right. The wood was real rosewood!
Not only the wood, but the wooden planks from storage unit 46 were also real rosewood.
Four wooden boxes contained eight pieces of rosewood. The most precious was the rosewood that was the most complicated to appraise. This was real rosewood from India, weighing close to 400 kilograms.
There were also black rosewood, ebony, Laotian red rosewood, Southeast Asian white rosewood, and so on. The eight pieces of wood covered eight types of rosewood, and they were all real.
After getting the appraisal results, Hans and Li Du gave each other a high five and shouted excitedly, "Thank God, we're so lucky! Ah, no, Li, you're the one who's amazing! "
Li Du nodded. Hmm, that's what people would say.
Then the two of them discussed. The Trump Mahogany Gallery only had fake furniture. Why did they have real rosewood? And why didn't they take it away?
No one knew the real answer. The two of them guessed the same thing as Li Du had guessed. Although the Mahogany Gallery made fakes, they made high-grade fakes.
The fake mahogany furniture in the warehouse had either been forged using advanced craftsmanship or bleaching techniques, or they had been faked by pasting their skin on.
Among them, they needed real mahogany to make the fakes. They did spend a lot of money to buy some real mahogany. They used some of it and put the rest into the warehouse.
Later, the gallery made a lot of money by auctioning the fakes. To prevent anyone from finding out, they made of real rosewood Mahogany of them.
The rest of the real mahogany and the fake mahogany were left in the warehouse. For some reason, the counterfeiters did not take them away and did not come back to take them away.
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Next was the Red Sorghum. The price was around 20,000 USD per ton. This piece of wood weighed 500 kilograms and could be sold for 10,000 USD.
The rest of the mahogany was of relatively low value. Most of them were worth less than $10,000 per ton.
Li Du estimated that all the mahogany was worth more than $80,000, which was not bad.
Hans was a little disappointed. "Isn't mahogany very expensive? Why isn't most mahogany valuable? "
Antonio shrugged. "That's the market price. Some are expensive. Chinese scented rosewood can sell for $1.5 million per ton, and Vietnamese scented rosewood can sell for $200,000 per ton. But you don't have any."
Scented rosewood usually took hundreds or even thousands of years to mature. This wood was extremely rare, and the furniture made from it was also very expensive. Many people liked it, but not many could afford it.
Maybe because of this, the Mahogany Gallery didn't make fake furniture.
Or maybe the gallery couldn't find real scented rosewood for pasting, so they didn't make fakes.
Li Du voiced his guess. Hans was puzzled. "That's not right. When the first storage unit was opened, didn't someone say that there was scented rosewood?"
"They were just guessing. Do you really believe what those people said?" Li Du said impatiently.
The profit of $80,000 was not big, but it was better than nothing. Of course, it was better than Frank and Rick, who had been cheated. Rick had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which was really bad.
Hans was looking for a buyer for the mahogany. Li Du had to make a trip to Boston in the meantime. He had to send the dodo skeleton over. The other party had offered a high price of $1 million!
He didn't want too many people to know about this, so he brought Godzilla and Big Quinn with him to Boston. He didn't bring Hans.
If he wasn't worried that the other party would get rid of him for the $1 million, he wouldn't even have brought the two of them.
Boston was the capital and largest city of Massachusetts. It was also the largest city in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
The city was located on the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States. According to Americans, it belonged to the eastern region, while Arizona belonged to the western region.
Li Du had never left Arizona, so he was quite nervous about this trip to the eastern region.
However, Boston's public security was good. It was an old city, founded in 1630. It had a high status in the United States, and even the history of the United States began with this city.
The birth of the United States stemmed from the Revolutionary War, and the fuse of this war was the Boston Tea Party Incident.
Li Du had learned about this history in high school. When he boarded the plane, the brochure on the plane introduced it again, and there was even a Chinese introduction manual.
There were many good universities in and around Boston, and a large number of Chinese students were studying there. Therefore, there were more things about Chinese.
Li Du was very interested in the geographical knowledge, history, and culture of various parts of the world. This was also the reason why he personally flew to Boston for the transaction. Otherwise, it would have been safer to invite the other party to Flagstaff.
The taxi drove from the airport to the city. Big Quinn asked him to stop the car, and they walked into the city.
Li Du asked, "Why are we walking?"
Big Quinn said, "The layout of this city is very compact. It's suitable for walking, not for driving, especially the Beacon Hill area that we're going to. That's the oldest and most prosperous area in Boston's history."
Li Du didn't mind walking, but they were carrying the dodo skeleton, which was almost three feet tall. It was too big.
Godzilla picked up the big wooden box without any complaints. With his burly body, the wooden box looked like a toy box. It successfully solved Li Du's problem.
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