Jade market signs of picking up

On the 12th, a jade merchant who went to the cultural relics exchange conference across the country said: “The 9th National Cultural Relics Exchange Conference held in Changsha, Hunan Province on March 10 has revealed signs of a pick-up in the antique market. The Zhengzhou National Cultural Relics Art Exchange held from the 26th to the 31st of March released a stronger warming message, and it can be seen that the jade may be the first to pick up, becoming the leading species in the entire antique market.

The exchange exhibition has a special attraction for jade. Like the national cultural exchange conference held in Changsha, Hunan, the exhibition of artifacts and art exchanges in Zhengzhou also has a reputation of “feast in the industry”. It has also been an annual report for many antique merchants in the city. place. In the same period last year, it was the quietest year in recent years. After a year of “crouching”, this year’s exchange show has set a red flag over similar exhibitions in recent years.

How red is it? An antique dealer surnamed Yi of Hubei purchased a lot of “baby” at the exchange exhibition site. He turned around and sold it. Between buying and selling, he made a business of RMB 40,000 to 500,000.

In the exhibition that ran for more than a month in the country, Tong Xiao, the owner of the Association for Money Collection, made a lot of achievements. He explained that the Zhengzhou Cultural Relics Building, where the exchange meeting was held, had six different halls on six floors, and the booths of cultural relics companies and veteran antique dealers were also very popular. Of the antiques displayed at this exchange show, 80% are jade. The vast majority are ancient jades, and a few are modern jades; the vast majority of ancient jade wares are jade wares of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and a few of them are high jades of the Middle Ages (specified before the Qing Dynasty).

“I think that this exchange exhibition has a soft spot for jade. Among them, the jade wares of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are favored,” Tong Xiao said.

The Jade goods market first, according to business analysts, not only by the state policy guidance - regulate the stock market real estate, making the impact of hot money into the antique market, but also with the seasonal. According to industry sources, according to the usual practice, every summer, jade, jade, agate's sales season.

Some high-quality products are marked by high-priced individuals. There are a number of state-owned cultural relics companies. At the Zhengzhou Exchange Exhibition, many fine pieces of fine jades and fine jades were displayed. The fine texture and exquisite carving work attracted the attention of many buyers. However, at the price on the price tag, buyers are hesitant.

“We think that it is 100,000 yuan that can be purchased. When we look at the price, we have 550,000 yuan. A white jade pendant, which we share with our peers, thinks that two or three thousand yuan can be won, but the price can be marked with 50,000. Our buyers The psychological price is 3 to 5 times the price given by the cultural relics company.” Tong Xiao said that at the site, the state-owned cultural relics company saw many people on the booth and not many people bought it. The antique counterparts at the exhibition site realized that the cultural relics company was not slow, and it seemed that there was a sort of mentality of “waiting for price”. “The cultural relics companies really do not have to worry, because they are showing fine products, no one is willing to buy.” The scene said so. There are peers that this shows that the cultural relics company reluctant to sell the mentality, after all, all things are only one, because of the scarcity of jade, sold out no more.

However, Tong Xiao believes that the high price of cultural relics companies has also shown that the jade market in Yiwu antique market has been lagging behind. “The Jade Market has always had a big price difference between big cities, small cities, and small towns. Big cities have the fastest information and most accurate quotes. To convey to small cities and small towns, there is a time lag. We are a small city in Yiwu. It's normal for the price to lag behind.” But Tong Xiao also said that this time he will pick up several items on his counter at the show. For the goods, we have very good collectors in Yiwu. Appreciation; for prices, collectors bluntly “somewhat unacceptable”.

In addition, cultural relics companies as state-owned units, their price positioning seems to indicate the return of ancient jade values. The jade-workers all know that there is a strange current situation in the jade industry: “the ancient jade is not as good as the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ancient jade is inferior to the new jade in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the new jade is not as good as the original stone material”. “This is a devaluation of antique cultural heritage and hot money speculation.” Tong Xiao said that according to historical records, an ancient jade piece was hand-crafted by one or more craftsmen. It takes one to three years. Modern jade, made with machine lines, may be completed in 3 hours. At present, many of the Ming and Qing dynasties' ancient jades have not reached their handmade value, so the return of ancient jade cultural values ​​is a matter of time.

The antique merchants started with the ancient jade tricks for the collectors. They had some spare cash on hand, and they wanted to start with a few pieces of ancient jade to play with, invest in the people, and the antique merchants put forward several quite pertinent suggestions.

Although jade is the preferred choice for Hetian jade, it is not non-white jade. Most of the ancient jade in the folk are white jade. In ancient times, the white jade had the meaning of “clean and white”. In addition, in addition to Xinjiang Hetian jade, China's four major national jade products are Henan Dushan jade, Liaoning Xiuyan jade and Hubei turquoise, these jade are also worthy of attention, with a good appreciation potential.

It is better to use jade with good quality, good craftsmanship, and old age before starting. However, it should be noted that the ancient jade cannot reach the same vintage and good quality. Wherever the ancient jade wares are illuminated with a flashlight, there are more or less flaws, and the old emerald also has a saying of “ten jade and nine shades”. In addition, China produced hand-made jades for export before the 1970s and 1980s, and the craftsmanship was modeled on ancient techniques. Hetian jade materials are also superior. This batch of jade is gradually returning to China, and collectors can pay attention.

Pay attention to the official device. The things custom-made by the officials in ancient times were almost all fine products. Yiwu people generally like to wear jade. For the Ming Dynasty belt buckle, belt version, Qing Dynasty officials, Chaozhu, back cloud and other officials to wear, display the level of jade, may also pay due attention.