Over the years, I have come into contact with antiques, heard stories, and encountered scams, which are simply more wonderful than fairy tales.
There is no myth in the antiques industry, there is no all-round expert who understands everything,
Everyone's favorite area and way of looking at things is different, and all judgments are just personal attitudes.
I think right, you don't think it's right, everyone sits together drinking tea and talking about logic, this is the fun of antiques!
But just talking, each can retain their point of view, do not have to sharpen their mouths, let alone fight.
——It is precisely because of the different attitudes that there will be "picking up leaks" and "paying tuition fees".
People have good eyesight, play with knowledge reserves, and pick up leaks as a matter of course.
Antiques are priceless, this is a cliché, but also a truth, but also a science.
Everybody says that, isn't it a cliché?
No price department puts a price on antiques, it is not easy to set prices, it really can't set prices, all countries in the world are like this, is not the truth what is it?
As for the fact that it is a science, it cannot be summed up in one word.
Are antiques really priceless? No.
So, how to set this price?
I thought it could be evaluated from three perspectives.
First of all, historical and cultural values,
The second is the aesthetic value of art,
The third is the value of academic research,
The sum of the three comprehensive values is the value of an antique individual.
This value, which cannot be quantified because it does not have a quantifiability, can be expressed in a clear concept,
For example, "priceless", "immeasurable", "priceless treasure", "considerable value", etc., that is to say, how much money can not be bought, nor can it be obtained by spending money.
If the three values are not discussed, it is "worthless",
It can be said that the meaning is very clear, and this thing cannot be equated with money.
Many of our experienced and responsible experts in antiques appreciation,
Often able to give them a reasonable value assessment of the antique artifacts they encounter,
And to express it in terms of how much money is, it should be a quantification of a comprehensive concept formation in their minds.
This means that if you switch with the concept of currency value, it is probably the value of how much money, not how much money can be bought.
But they are often not able to express themselves very clearly, conflating value with price.
For example, in the treasure hunting program of the Central Second Radio Station, once appreciated a small porcelain print under the glaze of the Liling kiln, the "market reference price" given was 5,000 yuan.
This 5,000 yuan is in line with the comprehensive value of this porcelain print, but it does not meet its market price.
This small porcelain print that appears in the Changsha antique market, the learned antique merchant asks for 3000 yuan, and the counter-offer is 1000 yuan to 1500 yuan.
Another example is the better Qing Dynasty qingbai jade brand, experts estimate 12,000 yuan to 18,000 yuan, and its transaction price of 8,000 yuan is not wrong.
The former is the value, the latter is the price.
Prices are regulated by a variety of factors.
The integrity, exquisiteness and quantity of antiques affect the formulation of prices.
Whether it coincides with personal preferences, whether it is urgently needed, whether it is in a good position, whether it is in a good mood, whether it is supported by some kind of information, etc., is the premise of what kind of price can be accepted.
Some antique cultural relics with high historical value,
It's not just expensive things, but some extremely expensive antiques,
Often its historical relics and other values do not match the price.
For example, the ghost valley that was auctioned some time ago, the yuan qinghua big pot down the mountain, it is worth two hundred million...
Antique artifacts whose value and price are exactly matched, I personally think is not enough.
There is a problem with how to look at the valuation of experts who are far from the market.
I thought it was better to value their valuation than to price.
According to the value it gives, in a variety of possible specific environments, specific atmospheres or specific groups of customers, grasp the regulation of different prices is enough, do not have to hurt!
However, a balancer can be found between value and price,
That is time, and in time, the gap between the two will be smaller.
There is only one rule for experts in the antiques industry: whoever pays is an expert!
At any time, I am willing to accept other points of view, to remove its dross, to take its essence,
Eventually form your own attitude
- My personal attitude is not necessarily correct,
But there must be a systematic logic and approach to going in the right direction as much as possible.
This is the attitude that an antique dealer should have,
Because antique dealers are not experts, antique dealers have to pay when they finish speaking.
Of course, the plaything itself is a pleasure,
So there is no need to cling to the old and the new or the material
If a thing can be imitated to the point of being fake, or has reached the standard of a work of art, it is also worth enjoying.
Good imitations must be the works of masters, only with the master, feel the stones across the river, in order to go more and more stable.
The antiques industry has always had a tradition of imitating the previous dynasty,
The Ming and Qing dynasties imitate the Tang and Song dynasties, and the Republic of China imitates the Ming and Qing dynasties, and many things are still very interesting.
Some people are very obsessed with the old and the new, and feel that the new things are not worth anything, and only the old things can be moved to the desktop.
This is an incorrect attitude.
If the works of this dynasty are not meaningful, then there is no need to make things in the Qianlong period, and everyone only plays the Song Dynasty' works.
- We probably don't have Qianlong to play with now.
The real masters are in the folk, among the thousands of people, many masters never speak.
From playthings to readings, our real pleasure is not to pursue a result, but to find a master trick.
The martial arts master said, "You have to get by my sword."
The antique dealer said: I have to get through my eyes.
The pleasure of a master is to compete, not to kill.
For an antique work of art, I prefer to sell it to knowledgeable people,
Unwilling to sell to laymen, because they sell to knowledgeable people with multiple friends,
Sell to someone who doesn't know how to do it, doesn't understand, and when you hear a little questioning, you will suspect that you lied to him, multiple enemies.
Similarly, even if the price is lower, I am willing to sell to knowledgeable people, the so-called frequent comings and goings!
The same antique artwork, I prefer to sell people who really appreciate "it",
Not for profit, is to appreciate, like, even love, obsessive, very simple, very pure!
Doing the antique business, selling antiques is like marrying a daughter, selling customers, determining the fate of antiques.
Indeed!
Sold to sloppy and reckless people, it is likely to break at his hands,
Meet people who understand it, research results, knowledge, push to a better platform, play a greater cultural value, etc.!