Chapter 381: The First Foray Into The East (1/2)

Chapter 381: The First Foray Into The East

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The appraisal of any was a complicated science To evaluate the rosewood alone, Antonio and Barth had spent a long ti ht Li Du and Hans how to appraise the rosewood through its physical attributes For exa of the distribution of pores in the cross-sections In genuine rosewood, the pores would be evenly distributed throughout the dia Otherwise, it could very well be fake rosewood

Under close observation, the growth ring in the cross-section of the rosewood did not seem obvious, unlike that of other wood This was a key feature of rosewood

In addition, in terms of the material’s color, rosewood’s newly-exposed surface would initially look orange, but over tiht even have light purple and black streaks

After they were shown these methods of appraisal, Hans was dumbfounded ”Isn’t this a little too coed, ”Oh, we’re only halfway through Come, let me continue Next, we use the scent to help us assess

”Rosewood has a light, unique fragrance when it is rubbed against objects The scent is sier after it has been filed quickly with a file”

Hans, , was astounded

Even a keen learner like Li Du found it too difficult Given that it constantly tested one’s level of experience, eventually he gave up on the pursuit of this skill

When one had to slice through the cross-section for observations, it had to be done in one stroke and no more—precise knife skills were necessary

After a series of appraisals froht, the result was finally out Li Du’s bet was accurate: they were genuine any

Not just these wooden blocks, the wooden boards in storage unit 46 were also real s in the four crates, the most valuable was the rosewood, which also was the any froreat value

There were also black rosewood, blackwood, Siamese rosewood froht logs represented eight etting the confirh five and shouted out excitement, ”Thank God, our luck’s fantastic! Oh, uh, Li, you’re too good!”

Li Du nodded Hmm, that’s more like it

After, the two of theany Gallery seemed to have only counterfeit furniture, so ould they have genuine s? And why didn’t they take them?

nobody knew the real answer The two of theh there were fakes at the gallery, they were dealing with high-end counterfeits The fakeexquisite craftsany covering could be pasted over

Theythe process and so paid a high price to buy the genuine any They only used part of it, and then put the rest into storage

After that, the Mahogany Galleryfound out, they had left Holbrook after any and the counterfeits had been left behind in the storage unit for soe unit ended, the storage company had included their units in the auction

Hans asked the two of thes The most valuable was the rosewood As the market price was 100,000 US dollars for a ton, it orth about 40,000 US dollars

This was followed by the red rosewood; the price was about 20,000 US dollars per ton There were 500 kilograms of this rosewood, which could be sold for about 10,000 US dollars

The other types of any had relatively lower values, worth about 30,000 US dollars in total