According to insiders, Zhao Mengfu's Farewell to Hometown and Xian Yushu's Song of the Stone Drum were brought back from Hongkong by Zhao Xin. Later, these two famous products, which occupy a place in the history of calligraphy development in China, were purchased by Huzhou Museum and Capital Museum respectively. It can be seen that the threshold for Zhao Xin to enter the art collection market is not low. In the collection experience, Zhao Xin's luck has been good. Some people call him a lucky star in the auction. Coincidentally, he often has some famous products. In 2000, an auction company got a Flower and Bird Album by Chen Hongshou in Ming Dynasty from the painter's home, which was inscribed by Xie et al. The original collector wanted 6.5438+0.8 million yuan, the auction company's reserve price was 6.5438+0.8 million yuan, and Zhao Xin took it for 2 million yuan. In 2003, an auction company in Beijing found Zhao Xin, hoping that he would take out his friendship sponsorship. Zhao Xin really likes this thing and doesn't want to take it. Finally, he agreed to let go, and the reserve price was 6,543,800 yuan. At that auction, Chen Hongshou's album sold for 28.6 million yuan. The female entrepreneur who bought Chen Hongshou's Flower-and-Bird Album is from Zhuji, Zhejiang, and is a fellow countryman with Chen Hongshou.
Zhao Xin's collection is divided into calligraphy and painting, seals and porcelain. Calligraphy and painting are the bulk of his collection, which can be divided into modern calligraphy and painting and ancient calligraphy and painting. Among modern painters and painters, his Qi Baishi is considerable, and his collection is mostly published masterpieces, such as Cherry Blossoms, Flowers in the World, Wisteria, etc. This is also a masterpiece in Qi Baishi's works. Because the recipient is also a painter, such as "Cherry Picture" presented to disciple Li Kuchan's female disciple, the title is "A good photo of the population, love always kills the soul", and the inscription is "The old man who loved Baishi in the past". From the inscription to the inscription, there is no hurry; "Flowers bloom all over the world" was presented to Ye, then director of the painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The title "Flowers bloom all over the world, flowers fall all over the world" is also a painstaking work. However, compared with Zhao Xin's Collection of Shiqu Baodi, close-up paintings and calligraphy are "sketches" in his collection. According to Zhao Xin, Shiqu Baodi is a "great thing" in his collection.
After years of hard work, Zhao Xin has a rich collection, among which the most proud of him and the most impressive to the world should belong to his collection of paintings and calligraphy in Shiqu Baodi. There are more than 10,000 works in Shiqu Baodi, but most of them were destroyed by the war. It is reported that about 300 pieces flowed out of the palace, and about 100 pieces were put on the set. Zhao Xin alone has collected nearly 20 pieces, including General Records of Baita Mountain by Emperor Qianlong, Color Map of Spring and Autumn with Wealth by Qian Weicheng and Ten Places of Interest by Gao Dong. Among them, The General Story of Baita Mountain was shot by Sotheby's in Hong Kong in 2004 for 2.56 million yuan, and Ten Depictions of the Back of Yili was purchased by Sotheby's in new york in 2004 for 6.5438 million dollars.
At the same time, Zhao Xin has a preference for seal collection. In June, 2006, 165438+ 10, Shi Kuang International Auction Co., Ltd. launched the special exhibition "China Jade Seal" in the autumn of 2006, which was the first seal exhibition produced by Shi Kuang. The total amount of the special exhibition is 2,965,438+0,000 yuan, of which Zhao Xin bought nearly half of the lots, and almost all of the seals of more than 10 Qi Baishi at the scene were rotated by him alone. Qi Baishi's masterpiece "Straight Heart Buddha" is one of the auctions, which was carved by Baishi for his friend Xia Shoutian. Xia Shoutian, with the word "Wuyi", was named "Zhi Xin Jushi" and "De Jushi". He was the second person in the Reform Movement of 1898, and later served as a secretary. When Baishi first arrived in Beijing, he was unfamiliar with personnel. He was introduced by Xia Shoutian and met Cao Hun. Later, Qi Baishi repeatedly mentioned Xia Shoutian's support and help to him. This seal was made in the 1920s, which is the peak of Baishi's seal cutting works. After fierce competition, Zhao Xin finally won the auction with 26 1800 yuan.
Zhao Xin has been fighting in the auction market at home and abroad for many years and bought a lot of things, but he has always kept a low profile. Until the end of 2009, an album entitled Collected Works of Wutai Mountain People-Qing Gan Long Gong Painting and Calligraphy and Collected Works of Wutai Mountain People-Xu Yang Painting Pacifies the Western Regions as a Sacrifice Ceremony was published, and Zhao Xin's Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy in Shiqu Baodi surfaced for many years, and Wutai Mountain talents gradually became familiar with it. In the spring auction of 20 1 1, China Guardian put forward a special auction of "Shende Ming Dow-Wutaishan people collect sweeping and imperial porcelain (Part I)", which also revealed the true meaning of Zhao Xin's collection of porcelain for many years. In the end, this auction ended successfully with a turnover rate of 100%.