Wei Han's analysis shows that collectors have never been stingy with contemporary exquisite jade artifacts. The masterpieces carved by masters, especially the award-winning works, were mostly collected and purchased by experienced collectors before being delivered to the auction company. Some collectors will choose their own materials and hire jade carving masters to process them. Currently, most jade carving masters and masters have scheduled their work for three to five years. "Hotan Jade is a Shanghai craftsman". At present, Shanghai style carvers are highly praised by Ningbo jade industry. The age range of 30 to 40 is the golden period for jade carving masters to create. Currently, there are only 20-30 masters of the Shanghai style, let alone the fact that it takes at least two to three months for a master to manually carve a jade carving, which can take up to two to three years. At present, some jade carving works on the market that are engraved with the master's name are not actually personally carved by the master, but often created by his apprentices or his studio team. Weihan revealed that in order to timely obtain representative works customized by the master, some collectors are willing to increase the market price by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan. Works that have been carved into talent will not enter the circulation field in the short term, and collectors are generally reluctant to sell them. They only collect and enjoy them, waiting for appreciation, and will not be put on the auction market. Therefore, it was once difficult to find contemporary jade artifacts in the auction market. This also leads to a phenomenon: in recent years, the price of contemporary jade in the auction cannot match the price of private transactions. Nowadays, contemporary master works, both in terms of materials and craftsmanship, have reached new heights, and their prices have skyrocketed, reaching new benchmarks, with limited supply. The works of prominent masters in Shanghai style jade carving, such as Wu Desheng, often cost millions of yuan per piece and are in short supply. Unpriced Jade Auction, Bringing Public Collectors to Taobao In the past two years, the auction market of contemporary jade has gradually improved, which is related to the successive entry of major auction companies such as Boguan, Xiling, Kuangshi, Rongbaozhai, and Jiade, especially the continuous launch of the no reserve price jade auction. From April to September 2013, Beijing Boguan held three auctions of contemporary jade carving masterpieces with no reserve price, gathering hundreds of pieces of contemporary jade carving masterpieces, including some suitable for wearing, with a 100% transaction rate on site. In the past two years, Xiling Seal Engraving Society Auction Co., Ltd. has specially added dozens of exquisite pieces of contemporary jade carving masterpieces in the special auction of contemporary jade carving masters in China, and started auctioning at an unlimited price, with a high transaction rate. A collector who has participated in the Xiling Unpriced Jade Auction told reporters that this form of low-priced auction has broadened access and allowed more people to enter the collection field, further promoting the popularity of jade carving collection. For buyers who have just entered the auction of jade carving art, this is a low-cost and low-risk training opportunity, an opportunity to accumulate experience and easily buy beloved works. For mature buyers, it expands their range of choices for collecting jade carving artworks, broadens their horizons, and makes it easy to purchase cost-effective and beloved works among numerous auctions. In addition, professional auction companies ensure the quality of the works for collectors, select high-quality works from famous artists, and estimate the appreciation potential of the works for collectors. These increase the possibility of picking up leaks for beginners. Wei Han suggests that collectors may not necessarily choose masterpieces. Spending thousands or tens of thousands of yuan can also provide opportunities to buy high-quality works with good materials, exquisite craftsmanship, and unique shapes. Even if the jade carving author is not very famous, they still have collection value. These talented young and middle-aged newcomers often have stable performance and greater collection potential, with a large collection space. First Class Materials Achieve First Class Works How do gamers choose seed materials? First Class Materials Achieve First Class Works When evaluating contemporary jade carving works, the recognition of their material quality should be considered first, and first-class materials make first-class works. "The best jade is carved naturally". In the trend of heavy materials, Hotan Jade also gave birth to a group of playthings. With the expansion of collectors, the price of Hetian seed materials has also skyrocketed. According to a senior jade collector in Ningbo, the top-notch single seed material with leather is currently priced at over 10000 yuan per gram, and the collectors have a clear reluctance to sell. Data shows that Hotan Jade has hardly fallen in price in the past 30 years. In the past, it rose steadily at an annual rate of 5% to 10%. Since 2005, this pattern of moderate rise has been broken, and its appreciation rate has exceeded 40% annually. Affected by this, the prices of Russian jade and Qinghai jade, the substitutes for Hotan Jade, are also high. "The quality of a piece of Hotan Jade depends on whether it has the following characteristics: warm, oily, rare and hard. In the past, players were too keen on whiteness and did not buy white jade without sheepskin. In fact, sheepskin jade mainly describes the oily nature of Hotan Jade, not that high-grade materials are all plain white." Weihan analyzed that professional collectors pay much attention to the quality of jade and leather when choosing Hotan seed materials. At present, the price of Hotan Jade with jujube red skin, tiger skin, sargent skin and other skin colors and warm texture is still high. If it is a single seed in shape, it will basically sell at a high price.
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