Trouble buying and selling ocean antiquities

Ocean antiquities are considered as hard-to-find treasures like ‘searching for a needle in the seabed, like picking stars in the sky’. The world of antiquities always contains in itself countless mysteries. Negotiations for business deals with ‘huge’ money are also very magical…
Ancient coins of King Gia Long

Le Van Em (45 years old, living in Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City) is an antique dealer with a large number of antiques. I came from the business of washing bottles, then switched to selling sidewalk watches. Life moves forward, Em is predestined with marine antiquities, mainly ancient coins. In 2010, I was given some old coins from the time of King Gia Long by my uncle who went to the sea. At that time, I thought this was just for pocket fun. Unexpectedly, in my spare time on the sidewalk, I brought a coin out to polish it and thought of designing a clock face from ancient coins. Being skillful with her hands and having a job, in only 3 days, I was able to “produce” a sidewalk clock with a unique and rare antique facade that is hard to find. Customers who have money, like to play unique goods, pay very high prices. I sold the antique watch for 30 million dong. From 5 ancient coins, Em earned a good amount of money, changed her life, people began to mention the nickname Em “ancient money”. Standing in front of the Tien cave, Mr. Tu said that the ancient coins believed to belong to King Gia Long are very rare and are no longer wandering among the people. Feeling delicious, I made a trip to the places where ancient money was kept, intending to collect a bunch of goods or at least buy them from people around the area. No one knows if Em’s actual trip to search for antiquities will be successful or not, but, returning, Em has continuously produced glittering and sparkling Gia Long watches that are offered for sale at sky-high prices. stop. Not only selling antique watches, Em also sells raw coins to make necklaces or to make rings and bracelets. I no longer sit on the sidewalk but bring an antique shop to my house in Cu Chi. Antiques are not for the crowd. For those who don’t like it, it’s just trash or an ordinary decoration. However, this is the immense love of antique “sheep”. They are willing to spend a lot of money to get their favorite item. Therefore, my customers are not many but quality. Every month I sell a watch and earn tens of millions of dong, while the original price is only equal to a bunch of fish and vegetables, sometimes given away for free. Marine antiquities, including ancient coins on shipwrecks, have been found a lot in the waters of Vietnam and around the world. Ancient coin players believe that ancient coins are always a tool used a lot in feng shui. The coins are a symbol of wealth and wealth. Its sand not only increases fortune, but you bring a lot of luck in terms of fame, career and disaster relief, small people… Ancient money taken from the bottom of the ocean also carries spiritual miracles. deluding. In it, there is a protective deity. In that sense, even selling “exorbitantly” no one complains. If they’re unlucky and buy a fake, they won’t have the strength to fight with guys like Em. It is not acceptable to be confused between real antiques and fake money to profit on the beliefs of others. Real coin players do not accept such deceitful wholesale. And antiquities enthusiasts find themselves traumatized by being deceived. Ancient coins in the reign of King Gia Long became a bustling commodity in the world of antiques. My ancient Gia Long King coins are advertised “sometimes” in a cave in the middle of the sea in Kien Giang. It is a rocky mountain, inside there is a very large cave, the locals call it Tien cave. Here, hundreds of years ago, people in the area picked up a lot of coins, which are said to be left by King Gia Long – Nguyen Anh while he fled to the South. Mr. Tu, a longtime resident who is knowledgeable about this vestige, said: “Many old people in the area have found ancient coins in the cave. Copper coins, due to being soaked in salty sea water, were rusted, chipped, and rotted, so they were no longer wandering among the people. Now it’s hard to earn even a penny, where can you get a lot to trade?” Mr. Tu led us to Tien cave to see the market. Through the seasons of high tide, the stone slabs have been smoothed away, revealing many traces of history. In the cave, there are still a few digging tracks left by people hunting for artifacts. It is not known when the hunters came here to excavate and no one knows what they found in those holes. But, Mr. Tu asserted, for more than 20 years he had lived in this area, he had no longer seen Gia Long ancient coins. Gia Long ancient coins are sold by traders at the price of… kings. On a famous e-commerce site, many ancient Vietnamese coins are for sale, including coins from the Nguyen dynasty for a few tens of millions to several hundred million dong. An ancient coin from the reign of King Minh Mang (1791-1841) is for sale for $2,550. A gold coin from the Thieu Tri Dynasty (1807-1847) cost $2,050. Gold coin from the reign of King Tu Duc is priced at more than 8,700 USD… “Magic” the artifact Antiquities of the ocean, always considered a treasure that is hard to find. Negotiations for antique deals took place with “huge” money. Mr. Mai Trong T. (living in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City) 20 years ago was an antique dealer with a hierarchy in the world. Mr. T. was originally a wood merchant. The trips and extensive relationships gave Mr. T. a lot of knowledge about antiques. Once going to Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau), Mr. T. bought an ancient sword with the body of the sword engraved with the words “Thuan Thien”, which translates as “according to the will of heaven or acting on behalf of heaven”. The origin of the sword is still obscure, but its fame has spread throughout the South. People play antiques in Ben Tre, Can Tho, Tien Giang, City. Ho Chi Minh sought Mr. T. to admire the king’s treasure. Negotiations, bargaining late at night, morning and evening took place in Mr. T.’s old house in Cu Chi. Mr. T himself is also fond of antiques, being the things of kings is nothing more precious. The Thai An Sword of King Gia Long is currently on display in a museum in France. According to the spiritual concept of the antique world, the sword symbolizes the strength and authority of a man. There are more golden words engraved on the back of the sword, proving that its owner in the future will be a king with his head on the sky and his feet on the ground. While comparing and calculating, there was a giant in Ho Chi Minh City. When Ho Chi Minh entered the house, he stamped his feet and shouted 5 billion VND. At the time nearly 20 years ago, that was a huge number, able to buy a few houses on the street. Mr. T. sold immediately. Since then, Mr. T. has completely abandoned the timber trade and switched to hunting antiques from the sea. He said that antiques lying under the sea are treasures of the ocean containing countless mysteries. Each item is a part of the soul of the sea, because of some fate that rises to the surface. Mr. T. affirmed: “Every antique of the sea is an epiphany”. Trading in marine antiquities gave Mr. T. a lot of money. At one time, his house contained tens of kilograms of gold and sacks of money. He was engrossed in hunting trips to reserve and wait for his time. With a lot of money, he invested in antiques. Whenever anyone has something, he buys it, he collects it all. In 2013, Mr. T. heard that fishermen excavated and recovered a shipwreck in the waters off Con Dao district. The collection includes 300 antiques with categories: bowls, vases, jars, cups, weights, illuminators, mirrors, decorative stones… made of ceramic, porcelain and metal materials. Especially discovered a number of Chinese coins minted in 1017-1021… Determined, this ship was wrecked around the end of the 14th century… However, Mr. T. was unable to access these artifacts because they were brought to the museum for display. He was led to a fishing village by an antique “stork”, to an old ship containing a bunch of fake “antiquities” that were “clothed” like the real thing. Mr. T. was immersed in it, was charmed by the lure, and then went down to collect the whole “scrap” ship home. He divided the categories, and then began to sell. Some people in the world came to see, there were people who were new to the profession but believed in the level of playing sea antiquities of Mr. T. should rush to buy. Some people, just looking at it, know it’s fake, they told Mr. T. they were scolded by him for a match and chased away. Sculptures on seashells, fossils of hundreds of years under the ocean were purchased by the owner for an “undisclosed” price. Although he firmly defended his antiquities policy, many brothers in the profession recommended him, so Mr. T. quietly hired an appraisal company. The result is fakes, imitations, antique coins, swords and swords that are mediocre things that have been coated with paint and a little chemical preservative. Because he regretted the large amount of money spent, Mr. T. turned himself into a professional liar. He used his reputation and fame to play marine antiquities for many years to start a witch trade. Not only did he cheat in the country, but he also deceived the foreign players. Typically, the sale of antique wine jars, woven by Mr. T. through the story of a Greek ship carrying about 3,000 to 4,000 double-handled ceramic vases, is considered an ancient storage object used to transport wine. sunk around the 5th century BC. Mr. T. told the customer, he had been to Greece to hunt and buy this thing. In fact, he has never stepped foot out of Vietnam in his entire life. The guest widened his eyes in surprise, but he was very careful to bring along a student working in architecture, with a little knowledge of antiquities. Having just finished viewing Mr. T’s marine treasures, the student shook his head and turned to whisper in the teacher’s ear. The Western guest’s face turned from red to pale, then he showed an angry expression. From a master of antiques, briefly “on the elephant”, now Mr. T. has become an ugly, two-faced man, losing all credibility. The guests who had mistakenly bought his unique and strange goods, had to be silent, then cut off the intimacy. For nearly a year now, Mr. T. has not been able to sell any goods, even if they are real. “Antiques carry the soul and contain many mysteries, it can make people have everything, but it will also lose their status if they are forever ecstatic with the fame and profits from it”, Asian record holder, collector Dinh Cong Tuong’s antique collection has drawn the truth after nearly half a century of studying ancient culture.