Painful! The more than 100 calligraphy and paintings in my collection are worthless. In the northeast corner of Panjiayuan, there is a place where miniature calligraphy and painting auctions are often held, and when I pass by, I am deeply attracted by the fact that a Chinese painting that is not much better than my son's painting sells for 50 yuan, and another slightly better one sells for 700 yuan. As soon as I inquired, it turned out that the author was not a famous artist. I thought that calligraphy and painting were a high-ranking collection variety, and millions of transactions were made at every turn, and I was far away from collectors, and I couldn't think of buying one for a few hundred yuan.
My heart is ready to move from then on, and I heard people say that as long as you choose the works of people with status from academic backgrounds, you will be waiting for appreciation in the future. For example, the president of the painting and calligraphy association of which county and the vice president of the painting academy of which city are all famous, and their paintings will only rise with time. As soon as I heard it, it was indeed the case, if I bought a few hundred of him, a piece would rise by 100 yuan and tens of thousands of yuan.
Then I began to study calligraphy and painting in expert seminars, and I had a basic judgment on the level of paintings, and then I went to the auction house and auctioned them when I saw what I thought was suitable. Online platforms are also often visited, and all works with a background are within the scope of procurement. In this way, I bought more than 100 paintings in more than a year and spent tens of thousands.
A few years passed, and I felt that I was almost covered, and I wanted to make a move. However, the market has changed too fast, and the collection market as a whole has not been good in recent years, unless the works of famous artists can resist a little decline, and other unknown works have entered a situation where no one cares. People are willing to hold cash in their hands, and even Ma Weidu's company can't be opened, and an online auction platform that he used to know has closed its doors at some point.
I couldn't sell a single piece of calligraphy and painting in my collection, and my years of hard work were in vain. What a painful lesson. Now I can only keep it for myself, looking forward to the time when antique calligraphy and painting will become popular again in a few years. As long as you hold it in your hands, there will always be a day when it will rise, right?