At the end of Ming Dynasty, the paper town with dragon jade carving, size: width: 13.5cm, estimated price: HKD 2.5 million, transaction price: HKD 2.2 million.
Suppose that back ten years ago, folk collections would definitely not be able to enter official auction companies like Poly and Guardian to auction their own collections. First, because the antique appreciation experts hired by this official auction company are all from Guo Bo system units, they are dismissive of folk antiques, and second, because if it is a collection that appreciation experts have never seen, they simply think that there is no such collection in history, or it is impossible for such a collection to appear among the people, they will think that the collection is a fake.
In the middle of Ming dynasty, the silver fetus was gilded with gold, and the sea water was Yunlong. Size: 39 cm wide; The weight is 13000g, and the appraised price is 2 185000 yuan.
But today, ten years later, a large part of fine folk antiques in China have appeared on the stage of popular auction companies such as Poly and Guardian, and official recognition of folk collections is just around the corner.
Qing Kangxi pine stone dragon and tiger inkstone bed with cloisonne enamel dragon inkstone bed, size: 14.3 cm wide; Thickness 1 1.5cm, transaction price: RMB 2185,000 yuan.
Judging from the current collection situation, the reason why folk collections have been difficult to get official recognition is mainly because of the disapproval of official treasure experts. This has further led to the loss of a large number of outstanding folk collections in overseas markets. What's more, there are many folk cultural relics, which are used by some unscrupulous traders as a way to generate income after going abroad. According to relevant documents, since China's reform and opening up, tens of thousands of antiques and artworks have been smuggled overseas every year, which is not only the loss of China's cultural relics, but also the destruction of China's culture for thousands of years.
Gan Qing dragon body Liu Hongkai covers the pot in Bai Zi, the size is 14.3 cm, the identification is HKD 240,000 ~ 300,000, and the transaction price is HKD2142,000.
The fundamental reason for this situation lies in the policy mistakes of the cultural and artistic circles in China. Five years ago, the attitude of the cultural and artistic circles towards folk collections was like an abandoned child, which led folk collectors to sell their cultural relics at low prices, which also provided a large number of smuggled goods for antique smugglers, making China's antique works of art continuously lost in overseas markets for thousands of years.
Five-year silver-plated dragon tripod in Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty, size: 58 cm wide; The weight is 15839g, and the transaction price is RMB 2 127500.
Another reason why folk collections are difficult to get official recognition is the irresponsible attitude of official cultural relics appraisal experts. For a long time, experts in China's cultural and artistic circles are unwilling to "use their brains", and the collections that have never been seen are considered to be unprecedented in history.
Silver shellfish marine animal mirror, size: diameter13cm; Weighing 659g, identification: RMB 1, 200,000 ~1,500,000, and transaction price: RMB 2127,500.
This lazy identification method can be summarized as: 1. Collections that have never appeared in the collection of the National Museum are not recognized; 2, the official archaeological institutions have never found the collection, not recognized; 3. Collections that are not recorded in China historical documents are not recognized; 4. Collections that are considered by contemporary experts or celebrities in China that a certain craft should not appear in ancient times will not be recognized. This unwilling "thinking" appraisal method has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of cultural relics smugglers in China, and further led to the loss of a large number of outstanding cultural relics to overseas markets.