Many careful collectors found that not long ago, seven units approved by National Cultural Heritage Administration to carry out the pilot work of identifying folk cultural relics for the society have started to operate externally.
How will these seven appraisal institutions operate? Is the appraisal result reliable? Can the timely appearance of seven institutions solve the difficult problem of folk identification that has been puzzling the public?
Expert authority?
Recently, National Cultural Heritage Administration issued a notice, approving seven units including Tianjin Cultural Relics Development Consulting Service Center, Heilongjiang Longbo Cultural Relics Judicial Appraisal Institute, Xiling Printing Society Art Appraisal and Evaluation Center, Xiamen Cultural Relics Appraisal Center, Hunan Cultural Relics Appraisal Center, Guangdong Cultural Relics Appraisal Station and Yunnan Wenbo Cultural Relics Appraisal and Evaluation Co., Ltd. to carry out the pilot work of folk collection cultural relics appraisal. Shortly after the announcement, I learned that some citizens came to consult with their collections.
As we all know, the expert team is the core strength of an appraisal institution, and their professionalism and authority are also the most concerned issues for collectors.
"Our team of experts has rich practical experience, mainly from the Yunnan Provincial Cultural Relics Command, all of which have passed the national certification and have high professional titles." The relevant person in charge of Yunnan Wenbo Cultural Relics Appraisal Co., Ltd. said this.
Relevant persons of Heilongjiang Longbo Cultural Relics Judicial Appraisal Institute even revealed that they were backed by the Heilongjiang Provincial Museum.
I learned from five other units that their appraisers are either experts from local cultural relics shops, museums and cultural management committees, or experts with rich experience and formal qualifications. Their appraisal covers many categories, such as calligraphy and painting, ceramics, jade, metalworking, Wan Wen miscellaneous and so on.
Identifying how to charge has also become a very concerned issue for collectors. "Our fees are not high, mainly consulting services, and the purpose is to give collectors a reference." A staff member of Heilongjiang Longbo Cultural Relics Judicial Appraisal Institute said: "At present, the cost of appraising a folk collection is 30 yuan, but no appraisal certificate is issued."
Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Appraisal Station is also an oral appraisal, and does not provide written proof to collectors. The fee charged each time is between 30- 100 yuan.
According to Hunan Cultural Relics Appraisal Center, the cost of appraising a collection is 80 yuan. If it is genuine, an appraisal certificate can be issued, and the cost of each piece is 300 yuan. The staff of several other appraisal units also said that the collection will generally be given an appraisal result for collectors' reference, and the fees will depend on the specific situation of the collection, but it will definitely not be very high.
Then, in the process of appraisal, what if the expert team disagrees? Three appraisal units in Yunnan, Xiamen and Hunan gave the same answer: one-vote veto system.
"Only when all experts agree, will we issue the corresponding appraisal certificate," said the staff of Xiamen Cultural Relics Appraisal Center.
In fact, it is not the first time that this kind of appraisal institution has been designated as an appraisal pilot unit by the relevant administrative department.
As early as June 20 13, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture approved five units as pilot units for Beijing art appraisal. At that time, these five institutions were questioned by public opinion for many reasons, such as expert appraisal, appraisal qualification and appraisal method. And because they all focus on identifying contemporary paintings and calligraphy, they bypass ancient paintings and calligraphy, modern paintings and calligraphy, antiques, porcelain and so on. , with a huge collection group, counterfeit products are rampant and difficult to identify, and it is considered to be "far from hydrolysis".
After a lapse of one year, National Cultural Heritage Administration issued a notice to designate seven cultural and artistic institutions to undertake the pilot work of identifying cultural relics in folk collections, which is definitely good news for collectors. It is definitely a big step forward to have an appraisal unit designated by the administrative department directly face private collectors.
The seven institutions in this pilot project have solved the problem that private collectors can't find the door to a certain extent, but in the eyes of many insiders, these appraisal results are difficult to produce legal effect, and it is difficult to fundamentally solve the current appraisal chaos. Many collectors don't buy it.
It is obviously of little significance to spend 180 yuan on yourself, if you only get the conclusion that the collection is true or false from institutional experts with official background, because many appraisal institutions in society now employ experts from state-owned cultural and artistic institutions, and the titles of these experts are often bigger and more authoritative than these seven, and some even issue signed appraisal certificates. Although the cost may be more expensive, they are more practical.
At present, some auction companies simply disdain the collection of various appraisal certificates when collecting lots. On the contrary, they will be interested in collections that have never been identified and are willing to see them.
Why is this? It is precisely because all kinds of appraisal institutions are mixed up now, and the appraisal certificate has no legal effect, so real collectors and experts will not believe it. Once you are involved in the lawsuit, you have to re-examine the judicial expertise and evidence.
If the seven pilot units do not bear any legal responsibility for their appraisal results and certificates, they are not much different from various appraisal institutions in society.
What worries collectors is that a collection may be rejected by one vote because one of the experts does not have this knowledge, which may be unfair to some collections.
In addition, will these institutions make use of or rely on the gold-lettered signboard of the' national prefix' to make their own collections have a' death-free gold medal'?
Obviously, how to make the appraisal experts and institutions more fair and authoritative and make their appraisal results have legal effect is the most difficult problem in the field of folk cultural relics appraisal.
The standardization of the system and the perfection of legislation are the key to the fundamental change of things.
Today, the identification of folk collections includes many aspects, not just distinguishing the authenticity from the market price.
But now many collectors are eager for quick success and instant benefit, have illusions, and try their best to "correct their names" for various purposes. To this end, they even used considerable funds to seduce expert appraisers, which is also the main reason for the confusion of appraisal institutions and experts at present.
There is no corresponding normative mechanism, but there is a huge interest temptation. It is not reliable to rely solely on the appraisal of relevant departments and the moral constraints of experts themselves.
The source of the solution lies in using legal means to regulate. This view represents the general view of the industry. China's cultural relics appraisal market is chaotic, various appraisal institutions are mixed, and various treasure-hunting programs emerge one after another. It is imperative to standardize the cultural relics appraisal market, and the most important thing to standardize the cultural relics appraisal market is legislation and implementation.
The state should formulate a set of implementation rules from the establishment, process and daily supervision of appraisal institutions, resolutely crack down on institutions that violate the regulations on the basis of laws and regulations, and vigorously support and focus on training institutions that meet relevant requirements. Only in this way can we fundamentally solve the problem, purify the environment of the evaluation market and improve the overall quality of the evaluation market.
Authoritative and credible cultural relics appraisal institutions are established under the framework of social norms, not designated by the competent authorities. Otherwise, unclear responsibilities will interfere with the market, which will only add insult to injury to the already mixed appraisal market, and will eventually become more and more chaotic. Some media sources pointed out.
In fact, the state can come forward to build an exchange platform for cultural relics appraisal, so that collectors, appraisal institutions, scholars and museums can exchange needed goods, so that fake experts and fake institutions have nowhere to hide.