After the roller coaster in 2007 and 2008, the raw materials of mahogany furniture rebounded strongly again in the second half of last year, and the whole mahogany furniture market recovered obviously. Some experts speculate that the next hot spot of mahogany furniture will be the red rosewood that wage earners with relatively well-off economic income can get involved in. This view has been recognized by many experts.
As early as April 2007, when the Pu 'er tea market skyrocketed, Mr. Zhao Liping, a senior art critic and collector, reminded Pu 'er tea speculators to stop their losses in time. Since then, the Pu 'er tea market has collapsed and become a mess. In September of the same year, Mr. Zhao Liping wrote "The Collection of Mahogany Furniture is Different from Fried Pu 'er Tea", pointing out that the lack of Mahogany resources, the artistry of finished furniture and the growing collection group make the collection of Mahogany furniture have a stamina that is not easy to fail.
In fact, the prices of high-grade mahogany furniture, such as big and lobular rosewood, Huang Huali and rosewood, are rising rapidly. In recent years, the price of some rare varieties of mahogany furniture has increased by more than five times.
However, the high price and the crisis of commercial integrity in Huang Huali made many collectors gradually flinch from it. However, with the familiar return of traditional furniture culture in China and the improvement of living conditions and quality, the demand for mahogany furniture with high quality, good workmanship and relatively affordable price is bound to increase. Especially mahogany furniture is favored by consumers.
According to the insiders, the traditional mahogany furniture in China must be made of excellent wood and processed by complicated technology. Only in this way can the aesthetics of traditional mahogany furniture in China be embodied, and the traditional aesthetic taste, spiritual pursuit, accomplishment and philosophy of life of taste of china people can be realized. Furniture that is shoddy and poorly crafted by repairing, pasting or using other wood has no collection value. High-quality antique furniture restores the cultural essence of traditional mahogany furniture in China, and its collection value will become increasingly prominent with the passage of time. Honest mahogany experts also expressed their views on this. The reason why mahogany furniture has such high investment collection value is inseparable from its rich cultural connotation. Some high-grade mahogany products are often made of high-grade wood, such as lobular rosewood, Huang Huali, rosewood, etc., which are carefully produced by rigorous production technology. The lines are smooth and the texture is clear, which has high artistic collection value.
Three reasons for the rise of red rosewood
Senior experts have analyzed the reasons why the next wave of mahogany furniture is red rosewood from the following aspects:
1, all belong to high-grade mahogany. Dahe lobular rosewood, Hainan Huang Huali and rosewood have always been recognized as representatives of high-grade mahogany furniture. The density and proportion of rosewood are not much different from rosewood, and the resources are limited. Therefore, there is considerable room for the future growth of red rosewood.
2. Historical position. Most of the wood used in high-grade furniture in China in the Ming Dynasty was Huang Huali and rosewood. In the Qing Dynasty, the above two kinds of wood became scarce, rosewood was widely used, and gradually became a substitute for Huang Huali and rosewood, which was highly respected by the upper class at that time.
3. The price factor. At present, rosewood is more than 300,000 yuan/ton; Huang Huali 600,000 yuan/ton; The price of red rosewood is one-fifth to one-fourth of that of Huanghua pear.
Experts remind: Two kinds of mahogany furniture are worthless.
At present, mahogany furniture is shoddy and counterfeit seriously. Before entering the market, consumers need to make clear the concept, cultural connotation, market trend and hidden traps of mahogany furniture.
At present, there are two kinds of tricks hidden in mahogany furniture: one is shoddy materials, and the other is shoddy technology.
The most common way is to use Vietnamese Huang Huali to fill in Huang Huali, Hainan. Experts reminded that because the identification made in the national supervision and inspection of furniture and indoor environmental quality is only based on the national mahogany standard, only tree species can be identified, but the place of origin cannot be identified. Without legal protection, consumers should be more cautious when buying, so as not to be cheated. It is also necessary to distinguish fennel from fennel. Take sour branch as an example, the price of aniseed is 10 times that of minor material.
Some so-called mahogany furniture is not made in strict proportion and tenon-mortise structure according to the traditional technology, but is bonded with glue and connected with metal. After 5 -6 years, wood and metal will repel each other and separate, and then the furniture will become a pile of rotten wood. As long as the radar is used to sweep away, these fake and shoddy handicrafts will have nothing to hide.
The price of mahogany furniture consists of the value of wood itself, manual cost and operating cost. The price of wood and workmanship is already very transparent, and the rest is the difference in operating costs. If the channels for goods to enter and the reputation of merchants are clarified, there will be a clear judgment on the technology and materials. You can shop around. If the price difference is around 20%, it is acceptable. If the difference is more than 50%, be cautious.