Million worth of ancient furniture caused collection attention

Like the ordinary chicken wings on the wooden table, the market value is very high.

The sleeping bed is practical and beautiful but not of high value.

A few days ago, the Morning Post reported that an old man in Xiamen wanted to take out his collection of dragon beds for many years. The auction price reached 100 million yuan, and the old man wants to use the money to run a nursing home. For a time, the investment collection of ancient furniture was once again concerned by people.

“Quanzhou has only slowly begun to raise furniture investment collections since 2000. Especially in the past two years, this part of the attention population has gradually increased.” Mr. Yan, the “old man” in the collection of Quanzhou, said that Quanzhou’s precious ancient There are a lot of furniture, but it is a pity that the Quanzhou people who know the goods know it later. The earliest furniture investment collection should be Cantonese. Later, the Putian Xianyou people also began to be keen. When the East Street was rebuilt in the 1990s, there were hundreds of Xianyou people coming to Quanzhou to wash old furniture.

[Market] West Street once had the treasure of the town hall

Quanzhou, ancient early is a prosperous port, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, a lot of precious wood transport from here, so hardwood furniture such as huanghuali came into being. In the furniture investment collection industry, there is a true story about West Street: in the 1990s, the West Street in the downtown area had a baby, which was a Ming Dynasty huanghuali inlaid marble screen seat. screen. At that time, a dealer who collected antiques saw the baby in the home of West Street, his eyes were shining, but the object was too perfect. The hawker did not dare to start, so he bought a buyer from Guangdong.

The Guangdong buyer came to West Street with 30,000 yuan. After entering the door, he used the 30,000 yuan to buy the huanghuali screen. In 1996, at the "Chinese Classical Furniture" auction in Christie's, New York, the Ming Dynasty huanghuali marble screen screen was sold at a price of 1.125 million US dollars (equivalent to more than 10 million yuan at that time), creating the highest Chinese classical furniture at that time. recording. Today, this baby from West Street has become the treasure of the town hall of the Chinese Classical Furniture Museum in California.

Quanzhou people are gradually increasing

More than a decade ago, the consciousness of Quanzhou people's furniture collection investment was relatively weak. “The East Street demolition and remodeling meeting, Putian Xianyou came a lot of furniture.” Mr. Yan said that the old furniture of a truck might cost as many as a few hundred dollars, but in the ruin of a car, it often hides one or two. A piece of valuable furniture that makes those investors happy. “There is still a real story happening in East Street.” Mr. Yan recalled that there was a desk on the abandoned site in the renovation of East Street, and no one wanted it. The furniture dealer fancyed, and only spent 60 yuan of cigarette money to buy the foreman, and took away the huanghuali table. I heard that the case was later auctioned for more than 100,000 yuan. Now the market price is estimated to be on the market. million dollar.

In the past two years, with the rush of collection investment, more and more collectors in Quanzhou have seen the prospect of furniture collection. Most of these collectors do not invest in furniture, generally in the collection of other porcelain or ancient jade while taking care of furniture.

[Investment] The gaudy bed of the vulgar is not popular.

At present, furniture investment collections are generally concentrated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. But for the general public, the common sleeping sheets in the grandmother's home are painted with sleeping beds of characters and flowers, which is probably the "ancient furniture" that many people remember. "This type of modern sleeping bed is not worth the money. The purchase price and the market price are below 1,000 yuan." According to industry insiders, in ancient times, there must be sleeping beds for marriage. Most of the sleeping beds in the Ming Dynasty only had 7 bed walls. The style is simple and generous, but later the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China began to become more and more complicated, especially in the "Republic of China" and even in the decades after the founding of New China, this sleeping bed is still prevalent, but at that time the material, The styles are not as good as before. In particular, some materials are generally available, and there is no such thing as a real sleepy bed. It has both a position and a small collection value.

There was a time when many Taiwanese came to Quanzhou to acquire these large number of sleeping beds with a large number of materials and complex styles. At that time, the value of the sleeping bed was increased. Each ancient sleeping bed could be sold for thousands of yuan, but now there is no such price. The purchase price and the selling price are almost the same, only a few hundred dollars.

Lack of scientific appraisal depends only on eyesight

At present, there is no scientific appraisal institution for ancient furniture in China. It can be said that the current furniture collectors are all familiar with the furniture investment collection from the "Ming Dynasty Furniture Appreciation" written by Wu Shizhen in modern times, because everyone is just getting started, so they practiced. A pair of eye is especially important.

Quanzhou's furniture and folk exchange investment is generally carried out in a small scope, and many citizens will go to the antique shops of the tourist culture street in Tumen Street to buy furniture. Industry insiders reminded that when buying furniture, you can shake it first. If the age is too long, it will not be too strong. If you find that the ancient furniture provided by the seller is too strong, you have to check whether it has been repaired, and the materials used for repairing are good or bad. Will directly affect the value of furniture. "If it is reinforced with glue, then the furniture will be basically abolished." According to industry insiders, there are also some sellers who want to improve the value of furniture, repair and modify some damaged antique furniture, and put the old desktop on a new foot. The original Buddhist table was changed to a desk, etc. These changes are fatal, so it is necessary to compare the color of the entire furniture with the coordination of the furniture.

Ordinary collectors pay attention to practicality

In fact, you must know a few basic common senses when you want to engage in furniture collection. The first is the material. The material is divided into hardwood and firewood. The hardwood includes red sandalwood, huanghuali, chicken wing wood and rosewood. These materials are more precious and have more appreciation space. The wood-wood furniture refers to other wood such as fir, nanmu, etc. Although the material of this kind of material is not good, but as long as the style is perfect, it is also worth collecting for a long time.

Which type of furniture should I choose for collection? The industry believes that from the perspective of ordinary collectors, we must choose the most practical ones, such as a half-table, a flower, a few, etc., just swing to the home, both style and no position. . It is not recommended to collect too many sleeping beds unless there is ample storage space.

The earlier the furniture, the smoother his lines and the simpler and cleaner the style. The modern antique craftsmanship is rigid and lacks aura, so the style is the most difficult to imitate and the most valuable. For the material, huanghuali and red sandalwood have become less and less, and it is difficult for ordinary collectors to come into contact with it. Therefore, some furniture such as nanmu have a collection value as long as the style is good. At present, the acquisition and selling price of the ordinary antique furniture market are almost doubled, but the number of people who actually create antique furniture is less and less, so as long as they can withstand the time, the prospect of furniture collection is good.

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