"Mr. Doman, I have a collection. I can't determine its value. Can you help me identify it?"
"Of course."
Chen Zhao thought for a moment and decided to keep the splash-ink landscape painting.
When the new house was renovated, it would be used as a bedroom decoration.
He would bring the rest to Mr. Doman and ask him to identify it.
In the afternoon, Chen Zhao went to Mr. Doman's place with his collection.
Mr. Doman was surprised to see Chen Zhao take so many things out of his bag.
"Mr. Chen, are you planning to sell these?"
"Yes."
Mr. Doman started identifying each item. He first picked up a porcelain and a plate.
"Judging from the craftsmanship, this should be bone porcelain from the mid-17th century for the British royal family. It's well-preserved and has a lot of market value. The market price should be around $100,000."
This was a good start. Chen Zhao nodded.
The most valuable ones were actually the porcelain from China's Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Jingdezhen porcelain. It was famous both at home and abroad.
In the current antique market, a well-preserved authentic piece could easily be worth millions or even tens of millions.
Most foreign porcelain was imported from China. At the end of the 16th century, the British invented bone porcelain.
The texture of the finished bone porcelain was completely different from that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. China's porcelain was harder and more exquisite. The patterns were more fancy.
On the other hand, British bone porcelain had a soft texture. When touched, one would find that it was a little like touching the skin.
Also, when looked at against the light, the higher the bone powder content, the better the light transmission. More than 40% would be translucent.
Then Mr. Doman picked up the second item, a copper incense burner.
"From the craftsmanship of this work, it's likely to be a special incense burner used by Spanish nobles in the 13th century. There's even a line of Spanish words on it: Medina … Medina is the oldest noble in Spain, but as for the specific year, we need to do a carbon-14 test. A conservative estimate would be between 300,000 to 350,000 USD."
Hearing Mr. Doman's price, Chen Zhao was delighted.
The porcelain he'd had high hopes for was only $100,000, but a copper incense burner could be sold for more than $300,000.
Mr. Doman picked up the tattered diary and flipped through two pages. "It's also in Spanish. This is a nautical diary. It was written by a sailor from the seventeenth century by the name of Bela Cambris. It's not of much value."
Mr. Doman put the diary aside and began to identify the next item.
In the process, Mr. Doman divided the valuable and the worthless.
Among them, the one with the highest valuation was the copper smoker, while the one with the lowest valuation was a mirror with an estimated value of only $10,000. It was a work of the early 20th century, and the workmanship was quite exquisite.
After the last item was appraised, there were a total of 12 items that had a certain or very high value.
These four items were worthless or worthless.
The value of the 12 items ranged from 10,000 to 300,000 USD, and the total value was estimated to be between 800,000 to 1,000,000 USD.
As for the other four items, Chen Zhao took them back.
However, Mr. Doman's personal appraisal alone was not enough to sell the twelve collectibles.
It needed to go through a professional appraisal agency, such as the appraisal report issued by Mr. Doman's appraisal company.
Although Mr. Doman was also very professional, this was considered a preliminary appraisal result. It was just a preliminary appraisal.
His accuracy rate should be above 80%. As for the final value, it still needed to be appraised further.
Chen Zhao agreed to let Mr. Doman take the items to his company for a more detailed and scientific appraisal.
The two signed a preliminary agreement. Chen Zhao mainly signed a cooperation agreement and an agreement to guarantee that the items were not stolen.
Mr. Doman, on the other hand, had the right to buy them first and pay a deposit of $300,000.
If other organizations or individuals offered a higher price, Chen Zhao obviously had the right to sell them. Other than the deposit, he also had to pay interest at the bank's interest rate.
Chen Zhao and Mr. Doman had a good personal relationship, but they were both very strict when it came to contracts and cooperation.
After the business was done, Mr. Doman started chatting with Chen Zhao.
"Mr. Chen, when do you think Normans can finish her slimming plan?"
"About ten more days."
"You made her go from 180 pounds to 140 pounds in 12 days. Does that mean she'll need ten days to go from 140 to 120 pounds?"
"Mr. Doman, that's not how it works. Before, we lost fat and water, but now, Normans' body fat percentage is very low, so the effect isn't as good as before. Actually, my suggestion is that Normans can have skin surgery now. That way, it'll be more convenient for her to lose weight in the future. She won't have to run around with her belly on. It's very inconvenient for her."
"Normans told me about this. She wants to lower her weight to a satisfactory level before doing the surgery. She doesn't want to do it now."
"It's not a big difference. If Normans is willing to continue like this, I have no objections."
Actually, it wasn't within Chen Zhao's power to decide when Normans would have skin surgery.
Even if she didn't have skin surgery for the rest of her life, Chen Zhao wouldn't care.
Chen Zhao was only in charge of her weight, not her beauty.
After that, Chen Zhao started slimming for Normans.
"Normans, your arms are still a bit thick. We'll train your arms more today."
"How?"
"Running boxing. Keep moving your feet and keep punching with your arms. Just like this, you have to keep doing that."
Another day of training began. Normans followed Chen Zhao's plan strictly.
Running boxing lasted for half an hour. Then, they started swimming. First, it was butterfly.
"Chen, I'm going to have skin surgery. Do you have any suggestions?"
"No suggestions, but skin surgeries always leave scars. If you want to get rid of scars and quickly recover, you can hire me. I'll take this job too."
"Asshole." Normans clenched her teeth. "I definitely won't give you this job. Once the slimming training is over, I won't give you any more."
"Whatever." Chen Zhao shrugged. "Don't eat spicy food before and after the surgery. Don't touch water for three days. Stop training the day before the surgery."
"Why stop?"
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