Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1027: Golden nanmu box
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In three or two steps, Ye Tian had already walked to the window on the left.
Without waiting for a moment, after standing still, Ye Tian immediately stretched out his hands, pressed on the edge of the wall that had opened a gap, and pushed the wall open with force.
Following his movements, the tall wall slowly opened into the room, and the secret compartment hidden behind it gradually appeared in front of everyone.
The first thing people see is the internal structure of this hidden compartment.
This is a wall that has been almost hollowed out. Only the outer facade of the wall has been preserved, that is, the side facing Central Park, which is used to conceal people’s eyes and ears.
The rest is made entirely of aluminum alloy. There are aluminum alloy cylinders as thick as an arm, which serve as supports, and large aluminum alloy plates welded together to act as walls, which are very strong.
The aluminum alloy wall facing the living room of the apartment is tightly wrapped with light brown cherry wood boards. It is perfectly concealed and no flaws can be seen.
What’s even more clever is that the internal space of this hidden compartment is divided into two parts, with different sizes.
The area where “Spring Plum Independence” is hung is the upper part of the dark grid. The aluminum alloy walls there look thicker, compressing the internal space of the dark grid.
The aluminum alloy wall that constructs the lower half of the dark grid is relatively thin, and the internal space appears larger.
It is precisely because of the difference in thickness that the situation just occurred. Ye Tian knocked on the walls of the two areas respectively, and the feedback sounds were slightly different.
In addition, this secret compartment also has ventilation openings, which are perfectly integrated with the ventilation system in the apartment, making the environment in the secret compartment basically the same as the indoor environment.
In this case, the antique artwork hidden in the dark room is no different from the display elsewhere in the apartment, which is conducive to the preservation of antique artwork.
This is simply a well-designed and extremely strong safe! And it is very hidden, with almost no trace visible from the facade.
Seeing the internal structure of this hidden compartment, everyone couldn’t help but be stunned.
Only a top antique dealer and collector like Ellsworth would spend so much money to renovate an entire wall! Turn it into a safe to hide your beloved antique art pieces.
Not to mention renovating an entire wall, most other people may not even have the opportunity to enter this top-level apartment, let alone renovate it!
Even if he is powerful enough to buy this top-grade apartment, does he have top-grade antiques and artworks that are worth going to such great lengths to hide? I’m afraid not!
Although the hidden grid is very delicate, it is not the target of everyone’s attention.
What everyone wants to know more is, what kind of treasure is hidden in the secret room, worthy of Ellsworth’s collection? How much are these treasures worth? Isn’t it a priceless treasure?
With this idea in mind, everyone looked into the secret compartment one after another. Everyone’s gaze was extremely hot, their eyes full of expectation, and even a bit greedy.
There are a lot of things in the secret compartment. There are ten very exquisite flat wooden boxes, which are basically the same size, about 40*30*15. They are inserted diagonally on a shelf in the secret compartment in three rows.
If you are familiar with Chinese antique art or Chinese furniture, you will be able to recognize them at a glance. These are very rare golden nanmu boxes, and they are all old antiques!
A golden nanmu box of this size is either used to store rare ancient books or precious jewelry. It is basically used for these two purposes, and it is unlikely to be used for other purposes.
It is a pity that these golden nanmu boxes are all covered, so it is not clear what is inside, let alone the value of the contents.
There is another painting in the dark room. It looks like an oil painting. It is not small in size. It is wrapped in white moisture-proof paper and stands against the wall. The specific content cannot be clearly seen.
Beyond these, there is nothing else.
Although I couldn’t see the specific content of these things and didn’t know how much they were worth, the scene in front of me still caused a huge sensation on the live broadcast side.
“Wow! There are so many things in this secret room, there are actually more than a dozen! That **** Steven is so lucky, and it’s another windfall!”
“I wonder what is in those beautiful boxes? Is that painting standing against the wall the work of that master of art? I want to know the answer so much!
Since they are qualified to appear here and have been collected so carefully by Ellsworth, they must be priceless top-notch antiques. There is no doubt about this!
In the top mansion on 110th Street, Steven discovered two top paintings by Cézanne, which were sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of millions of dollars. I wonder what he will get this time? “
While there was a lot of discussion, people were staring closely at the treasures in the dark room, their eyes were extremely hot, and they wished they could see directly through the screen and see the true faces of those treasures.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian completely opened the secret compartment, making it at a 90-degree angle with the window, and presented it to everyone.
“Wow! Ellsworth’s handiwork was so great that he actually created such a big hidden grid!”
David said with emotion, his whole body was extremely excited, and his eyes were shining.
Ye Tian quickly glanced at the structure of this hidden grid, then said with a smile:
“That’s Ellsworth, one of the world’s top antique dealers and collectors. He has at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of various antique artworks in his hands.
There are many antiques and artworks among them that will stay in his hands for a while. He also has a lot of exquisite collections, so he naturally needs some relatively safe place to store them.
Except for those rental vaults on Manhattan Island, it is not surprising that he transformed such a safe-like secret compartment into his own home.
Judging from the style of this hidden compartment and some traces left behind, this hidden compartment has existed for at least 30 years, and it should have been renovated in the early 1980s! “
“Stephen, let’s not talk about the hidden compartments for now. There will be plenty of time for research later! What everyone wants to know most now is what is in those boxes? Whose work is that painting? How much is it worth?”
Jason said excitedly, looking a little impatient.
Betty and David also nodded to Ye Tian, their eyes fixed on the boxes in the dark room and the painting standing against the wall.
This is especially true for the countless people who eat melons on the live broadcast. They are already scratching the wall from curiosity.
“Okay, let’s reveal the answer now, so that everyone won’t suffer anymore, and then they will draw circles and curse me behind my back!”
Ye Tian said with a chuckle, accepting Jason’s proposal.
“Hahaha”
There was laughter immediately at the scene and on the live broadcast, and the atmosphere relaxed a little.
Afterwards, Ye Tian suppressed his inner excitement and reached out to pick up a golden nanmu box from the shelf inside the secret compartment.
The moment he picked up the box, his movements immediately became much gentler, as if he was holding a newborn baby! Be careful to the extreme!
“You may not know this box. It is a small piece of furniture with Chinese characteristics called a box. It is made of golden nanmu. It is very rare and valuable!
Boxes of this size are generally used to hold rare ancient books, Buddhist scriptures, and other books. Some people also use them to hold stationery supplies or complete sets of jewelry.
In my judgment, this golden nanmu box should have come from the palace building office of the Qing Dynasty in China. It has a history of more than 200 years and is a rare antique!
This golden nanmu box should have been used to hold books in the past. It can be seen from the poems engraved on it. I just don’t know what it holds now. I hope it can bring us a surprise! “
With that said, Ye Tian opened the golden nanmu box in his hand and looked inside.