Yesterday, Mr. Xu and his wife, members of the public almost smiled one afternoon, because in them a strange thing happened. Just spend 20 dollars a ton from small flea market to buy back a small bell, even quintana shell and base are all built of gold, the small bell weighs nearly three two and a half. Second-hand clock turned out to be a small lump of gold, it would have to wonder, and even more wow to is that when the bell to open the master goldsmith Tan cover, we found this little clock is actually a bell produced in 1944.
Xiao Tan gold and silver jewelry shop where Jingde could hear the panting sound, master goldsmith Tan is a small bell to verify its validity. Sent to the master clock and the curious who want to quickly find out, this is only 13 centimeters high but re-3 2 and a half of a small bell, will not be made of gold.
Master Tan after the identification of the answer is: Mr. Xu when the thrift bought a small bell of gold purity of more than commercially available pure gold, but lower than the commercially available 1000 pure gold, gold and silver jewelry, when the old society Private Square shop where gold smelting materials processing. Tan’s reference to the master goldsmith given reference price, if under the existing 1000 pure gold, pure gold prices were approximately 247 yuan / g, 237 yuan / gram of market prices, Mr. Xu spent 20 buy back a small bell, only the shell and the base on the value of 84,000 yuan.
Mr. Xu told reporters that he is visiting the Xiaotun October 10 second-hand market, in the second-hand household goods to spread the area to see this little bell, when the feel of a small golden bell henselae also There are various western flower pattern, very beautiful, so he bought 20 yuan and the stall holders bargaining home. October 11, pairs of gold and silver jewelry is relatively familiar with some of his wife discovered that the weight of a small bell, and heads it out of proportion to spontaneously sprout sprouted out of the “golden bell will not be done,” the idea. So the couple put a small bell to get gold and silver jewelery Ring Road North Xiaotan validation verification, the results for all by surprise, it was called the media reported the material.
This reporter saw a small hand-bell with gold filigree inlaid cloisonne craft made, bell shell surface pattern of traditional cloisonne painting feels like the old church of the Western flower windows. According to multi-year collection of friends engaged in watches, watch this process in the republic is also Gaodang Huo, exquisite little bell is likely to be daughter of wealthy lady on the small boudoir bed plaything, but also a reminder ladies and planning their lives daily. Use of gold and handicraft production of this luxury watch is now very rare, and second-hand stalls to Mr. Xu, a salesman who cheapens the gold bell collection of great value.
Mr. Xu said he would get a small bell to watch honored to go see if he can trim wick and let it go up again.