Ma Weidou's collection for many years, although there is a lot of research on artifacts, but little is known about painting and calligraphy, because there is little contact. There is an iron law in the collection circle, and laymen should not touch it. For calligraphy and painting, Ma Weidou is a layman, so he abides by this rule and doesn't touch Chinese calligraphy and painting. Ma Weidou once said in his self-report that his education was not high, and he didn't have the opportunity to read the whole book when he was young. He has the present status and prestige, and is self-taught. Therefore, for traditional calligraphy and painting, it is impossible to find out the knowledge inside with the background of Ma Ye.
Ma Weidou is a businessman. Calligraphy and painting are not as profitable as utensils for him. Ma once mentioned in his blog that in the antique collection market, porcelain, furniture and other works of art are more popular in the west, and their international auction prices are relatively high, while the calligraphy and painting market is not very good, and basically only China people play in it.
Another reason why Ma Weidou doesn't collect calligraphy and painting is that he doesn't have the capital to spend a lot of money. Master Ma also thought about collecting calligraphy and painting. On one occasion, he wanted to collect some items related to painting, such as Ye Tao's Illustration. At that time, people paid 300,000 yuan, and if he could pay 65,438+million yuan at most, it would be confiscated. Later, this painting came to Hong Kong and sold for 2.2 million. Later, Master Ma also felt that he was in the calligraphy and painting auction market. Really? Can't play, can't afford it? .