In fact, the "water" of the antique industry is not deep at all, but it is very muddy, and the real "terrible" is the human heart. From high-end auctions to folk collections, people are emphasizing their "collection", but their eyes are always unconsciously staring at the word "money", which has created such a chaotic situation.
Most Tibetan friends, from just entering the industry and only thinking about "getting rich overnight", to the "Buddhist mentality" after being hit hard, the more they play, the more they have a deep sense of powerlessness. Don't just look at those superficial phenomena, think more about playing with your own understanding, in order to operate your own path.
1: The cultural and cultural circles do not deliberately deny folk cultural relics, but dare not
Everyone knows that there are many fine cultural relics in the folk, and Tibetan friends understand that the cultural and cultural circles actually understand it in their hearts, but they always emphasize that this point is of little significance. Ma Weidu now only talks about culture, Geng Baochang only talks about calligraphy, why do those capable old-school experts start to "pretend to be stupid"?
This is because everyone tacitly believes that most of the sources of folk cultural relics are unearthed, and the so-called "ancestral" is the old yellow calendar decades ago. The two words "unearthed" represent "original sin", in recent years, the state has severely cracked down on cultural relics crimes, and many old players who have been collecting for many years have actually been "mistakenly injured".
The state's attitude towards folk cultural relics is that they can be exchanged but not traded. As long as the restrictions on circulation are not completely relaxed one day, then the cultural experts cannot be bold enough to say "true words" to Minzang, so this is a "dead knot". We can only wait for the "relaxation" of the law, waiting to be able to completely distinguish the difference between the "goodwill" collection of cultural relics by private collectors and the crime of cultural relics.
2: No auction house is willing to help you sell your collection at a high price
Since folk cultural relics cannot be circulated, then the auction house has an "absolutely legitimate" reason, your collection "has no legal source", not "orderly inheritance", then even the identification of this step can be omitted, directly refuse on the line.
Auction houses are not charities, profit is the purpose, they have their own "inventory", there are unknown "sources", there are also interest entanglements with the major rich collectors, then maintaining a monopoly can ensure maximum profits. This is not something that you can do as a small player who runs over to the auction collection to grab meat to eat.
Of course, as long as the folk collection is not a high ancient cultural relic, like the modern fine products can also be photographed at a glance, but the threshold for joining the association is high, and the average person cannot find a channel. Some people get to know high-end players through donations, "donating money", publicity and hype, etc., and realize it for themselves. As for the small auction houses that can be auctioned as long as you pay the upfront fee, don't expect it, it will deceive you into doubting your life.
3: Commercial treasure experts, there is no authoritative appraisal qualifications
None of the fee-based appraisal experts you meet outside have national appraisal qualifications. what? Some experts can come up with a certificate of "art appraiser" and then you believe it? Do you think that it is the same as the doctor's practicing physician qualification certificate, the teacher's teacher's qualification certificate, and the engineer's various professional title certificates, which are recognized by the state and have legal effects?
Sorry, you think too much. Commercial treasure experts, including the certificates they hold, are all issued by private enterprises, and the "cultural relics appraisal committee supervisor" written on a coin grading box is also made by a non-governmental organization such as the China Calligraphers and Painters Association, and there is no half-cent relationship with "state authority".
Remember, all the institutions that really have appraisal qualifications are public institutions, most of which are "appraisal institutions for cultural relics involved in the case" and are not open to the public at all. There are also seven national pilot appraisal institutions open to the outside world, which can be consulted by everyone. In short, you expect those high-fee business treasure experts to help you "get rich", then ask for more blessings.
4: Folk Tibetan friends are fighting with each other and are not united at all
It is said that it is a collection culture, but in the point of mutual pit deception, private Tibetan friends are even more like the high-end market, and the pit deception has been done to the extreme. Counterfeits, whitewashed fakes, newspaper groups flickering, few people are adhering to the "integrity management", all want to get a vote and run, the mouth is all doctrine, the heart is all business.
The problem is that everyone is creating an environment without integrity, and then naively hope that more "leeks" will come in and be harvested by themselves. If you look at the collection world, how many arrogant and arrogant, all day long a picture of Lao Tzu's world's first appearance, take out the collection but can't bear to look directly, and then still complain about the priceless market, is this not a very normal consequence?
So don't blame the prevalence of "small circle culture", players who see clearly, only play in their own circles, do not have the energy to care about the outside world of those broken things. This has caused the folk elite players not to appear easily, and those who have just entered the industry for a long time can only be deceived by various fake sellers, scammers, and so-and-so gangs, with low eyesight and low hands, and few people have good results. It can only be expected that the state authority is true and the plan for confirming rights appears, which is the way to break the situation.
5: "National Treasure" has no market, and small boutiques can be sold
The so-called folk "national treasure-level" cultural relics, on the one hand, are flooded with counterfeits, on the other hand, they cannot be effectively identified, and the priceless market is an inevitable result. Many people collect "national treasures" as soon as they enter the industry, their vision is higher than the sky, they do not know that rich people are not fools, they would rather go to the auction house to spend more money to buy an insurance, and dare not take risks easily in the folk, even if it is genuine, if they are not careful, they will break the law, who dares to try?
But small boutiques are still very easy to sell, many people say that the collection industry has "declined", this is just a leaf obstacle. You go to the major micro-auctions, live broadcasts, second-hand platforms to see, packaging pulp play, art calligraphy and painting, silver dollar ancient money, fine folk kilns, heirloom jade, liquor watches, toys hand-made, etc., a micro-auction annual turnover of more than 40 billion, the whole platform a year trillion of huge market, are not these small boutique contributions?
If you don't lay a good foundation, you will stare at the so-called "heavy weapon" at the beginning, and the final result will not be very good. From the general to the fine, playing the small boutique well also has great wealth, I have seen many players this year only play silver dollars to make a windfall. Only by familiarizing the varieties that can be circulated can they be qualified to climb to higher peaks.
6: Collecting is not a pit, and a wrong mentality is a pit
The wealth brought by the collection is that with the slow accumulation of their own cultural knowledge, step by step to practice their eyesight, master the channels, and familiarize themselves with the rules, and then they can get the returns they deserve. But many Tibetan friends are just the opposite, from the very beginning, they set their purpose at the highest peak, talking crazy, self-intoxicated, and finally did not even touch the threshold of entry.
Have you read a complete appraisal book? Have you ever been on the front line and engaged in real combat? Have you attended an academic exchange meeting? Have you ever made a senior collector who loves collecting? Haven't tried anything, play a mobile phone on the Internet to find experts, find companies, find a wronged head to help themselves get rich overnight, spend a bunch of unjust money and the result of what they think is "treasure" has not been sold, and then say that the collection industry is full of pit people, is this not self-inflicted?
Even though the market is not yet mature and pseudo-experts and pseudo-auctions are everywhere, the real Tibetan elites have long been sober, and it is better to rely on who is better than on themselves. Rebuild integrity, maintain the new hot offline online market, lay a good foundation, buy and sell, hide and play! Mindset is the first step to collecting well.
The world's collection, only the "true" is undefeated, whether you can grasp this outlet, it depends on your own cultivation.