I can only say that I am an antique observer, and I don't collect antiques.
The magical world of antiques, is collecting antiques a paradise or a grave?
Looking at Christie's and Sotheby's spring auctions and autumn auctions of similar antiques is a joy of hundreds of millions of yuan every year, but when it comes to selling antiques, it is very difficult. Some people earned 8 million yuan after selling successfully, while others lost blood when antique prices soared.
Mr. Zhang from Shanghai started collecting antiques from 1995, and spent 37.5 million yuan (equivalent to more than 20 18 this year) to take over 547 antiques from Liu, a 94-year-old antique collector in Shanghai. At that time, Mr. Zhang thought that as long as he found a good buyer, he would sell several pieces. I borrowed something from this collector named Liu and wrote it in my own works. Later, he asked Cai Guosheng to confirm that this was true. This is another story. Of course, from this moment on, Mr. Zhang embarked on the Long March.
Since 2007, Mr Zhang has retired. Although he said that his family has three houses and his daughter works in Germany, she doesn't need to worry about it, but her daughter doesn't like antiques. So Mr. Zhang hopes to sell some antiques that have been collected for more than 10 years. So, Mr. Zhang found Shanghai Duoyunxuan auction house, which is trustworthy. Of course, Mr. Zhang is looking for acquaintances and entrusted relationships. It took a certain amount of 6.5438+10,000 yuan (one of the hidden rules of antiques: although the auction house contract does not charge, it does not accept folk collections and only handles gifts) before it was sent to Duoyunxuan auction house. However, the spring auction of 2065.438+065.438+0 was not smooth for Mr. Zhang because Duoyunxuan auction house mainly deals in calligraphy and painting, while Mr. Zhang mainly collects ceramics. A beast, a new hibiscus stone,
Although the auction failed, Mr Zhang didn't mean to blame the auction house. Then, Mr. Zhang searched through the internet. On 20 12, Mr. Zhang cooperated with Shanghai Gujin Bao Tong Auction House, paid a preliminary fee of 300,000 yuan, and sent in five antiques, all of which failed. On 20 13, Mr. Zhang participated in Shanghai auction and Jintang auction, and paid a fee of 450,000 yuan. Mr. Zhang once doubted whether there were any problems with his antiques, so he participated in more than 20 antique treasure-hunting activities, such as treasure-hunting meetings of experts such as Ye, Ma,,,, Geng Changbao, Zhao Qingyun, Lei Congyun, Zhang Pusheng, Li Zongyang and Xu Ming. During this period, some experts told the truth about each antique, while others told the truth.
Mr. Zhang has been running for 9 years in order to sell antiques. As he grew older, he couldn't run and didn't want to run. Mr. Zhang just wants to sell his antiques and remit the money to his daughter in Germany, hoping to help her. Then I met Li Jianchen, an antique broker in Shanghai, under the introduction of a friend. In the early stage, I gave Li Jianchen 680,000 yuan (originally 700,000 yuan), including 35% of the trading commission. Mr. Zhang hoped to sell (539 pieces) in the form of packaging (8 of them were given to relatives). Just like Mr. Zhang packed it from Mr. Liu in 23 years, in Mr. Zhang's words, it's time to let go. Subsequently, with the help of Mr. Wang, manager of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, packed it at a price of 28.2 million yuan, thus solving Mr. Zhang's huge burden.
In Mr. Zhang's own words: "Nothing to look for." It cost more than 2 million yuan back and forth, but if you don't sell it, you won't get a penny.
Bloody revelation: antiques are not for ordinary people to play with. Wake up. This article is used to remind collectors who want to get rich overnight.