Calligraphy, with its flexible lines, expresses the writer's mood and emotion, expresses the writer's aesthetic taste and conveys the writer's spiritual atmosphere. Calligraphy collection and investment not only have the functions of nourishing feelings, decorating and beautifying, and creating a cultural atmosphere, but also have the functions of preserving value, increasing value and making profits.
To judge whether calligraphy works are collectible, I personally think that there are nothing more than the following points: First, we must ensure that calligraphy works are original works of artists. The second is to look at the artistic value of calligraphy art itself. Judging the collection value of calligraphy works from pen and ink, brushwork, composition and writing content. Artistic value is the basis of any calligraphy collection value, which determines whether it can maintain and increase its value in the future. However, if the artistic value of a calligraphy itself is not high, if only the reputation of the calligrapher at that time is valued when collecting, it is easy for the collection to depreciate sharply after a few years, with the disappearance of the reputation of the person. Third, judge from the artist's fame and accomplishment. Fame has a lot to do with price. The greater the fame, the higher the price. At the same time, it is combined with the artist's values, moral integrity and literary accomplishment. But fame changes with time, which should be noted. Famous calligraphers, such as Mr. Qi Gong's calligraphy works, are sought after in the market, but fakes are also flying all over the sky, and the real ones are even more valuable. However, when Mr. Qi Gong was alive, he only had 100 yuan (that is, equivalent to two months' salary of ordinary workers or one month's salary of Mr. Qi Gong himself), so he could buy a calligraphy or Chinese painting of Mr. Qi Gong. It can be seen that as an investment, it is not necessarily the best choice to directly buy the works of front-line people who are in the limelight. Investors with "vision" have begun to turn to contemporary calligraphy and painting, which is easy to distinguish authenticity and reasonable in price. The advantage of investing in two or three famous works is that although the price of such paintings and calligraphy works is relatively low at present, the risk is often small, and there is also great room for appreciation in the future. Especially for those calligraphy and painting collectors who get returns through medium and long-term investment, second-and third-line masters are undoubtedly the best investment targets.
Back to the question, according to his age, Mr. Guo Jinming was born in 1950s and 1960s and received a good university education. After decades of hard work, he has gained a certain popularity, and his works have a distinct personal style (reverse calligraphy first), which has been recognized by the market and has a strong collection value.