gifted collector

Chapter 493 Collection Principles
Now Sikong Zhe didn't understand even more, and said: "Ah? You don't have a lot of money recently, right? No money? It's impossible. Besides, if you really want it, tell Lu Yao, there is always Is there a way?!"

As soon as Fang Ming heard it, he knew that Si Kongzhe had misunderstood himself, "It's not because of this, but because it's inconvenient for me to take pictures by myself, not only for me to bid, but also for you."

"This one……"

Seeing Sikong Zhe's bewildered look, Fang Ming smiled and explained to him what happened.

"So that's the case? You mean that the two pieces of porcelain are good things, and now they are worried about falling into the hands of the islanders?"

Sikong Zhe finally understood this.

"Yes, as the so-called fat and water don't flow to outsiders' fields, those two pieces of porcelain have to stay in our own hands—at least our people should buy them during the auction, and if they are from other countries, they should at least buy them. Should pay enough price, right?"

Fang Ming has no way to prevent the antiques from falling into the hands of others—even if people from his own country buy them, they may end up selling them to people from other countries. He knows that his hands are not so long and he can't manage so much.However, he still hopes to see people from his own country buy the two pieces of porcelain with holes in them today. If people from other countries buy them, they should also buy them at a price that reflects their true value. They should not be bought at a price far below their true value.

But the current situation is like this, because the appraiser invited by Lu Yao did not appraise the true value of the two pieces of porcelain, the starting price of the auction is very low, and what is even more troublesome is that from the perspective of the people at the scene, the two pieces of porcelain are of interest. There are not many people, and it is very likely that the transaction will be made at a relatively low price in the end.

If Fang Ming didn't see the true value of these two pieces of porcelain, there's nothing to say, but he always saw it. If he didn't take some measures, he wouldn't be able to pass the test. In fact, Fang Ming had already thought about it. , if it really doesn’t work, then I will come forward and take a picture of it. As for the problems it will cause, I will talk about it later.

"Heh, Mr. Fang Ming, why don't I come forward and take pictures of these two pieces of porcelain? There shouldn't be any problem with my identity."

Si Kongzhe slapped himself on the forehead with a "slap", and then said: "Ha! Fang Ming, this is Xu Ming, my old friend for many years, and he came forward to take pictures of the incident you mentioned. Come down, it's the most appropriate."

Fang Ming stretched out his hand to Xu Ming, and said, "Mr. Xu, then I won't be polite. I will treat you to dinner after the matter is over."

Since Si Kongzhe said that he is very familiar with Xu Ming and has been a friend for many years, he is absolutely trustworthy, and Xu Ming will not join the auction company in the future, so there is no problem at all.

"You're welcome. I came here today to take an antique. I brought Sikong Zhe here because he is an expert in this field. I want him to give me a hand. Actually, I want to ask you, It's just too presumptuous to bother you."

Xu Ming's words were not polite, he really wanted to invite Fang Ming, and he knew about the relationship between Sikong Zhe and Fang Ming, but it was not easy to ask Fang Ming to help him, after all, he had never seen him before. They didn't even have a meal together, so it's not appropriate to bother people right away.However, he didn't expect to run into Fang Ming after coming here.

After the matter was settled, Fang Ming felt relieved, sat down at an empty table with Sikong Zhe and Xu Ming, and said, "Mr. Xu, which antique are you looking at?"

"Plum vase with black flowers and tangled branches and peonies on a white ground."

Faced with a large number of appraisals like Fang Ming, Xu Ming was not polite, and directly stated his goal.

The so-called plum vase refers to a porcelain vase with a small mouth, short neck, thick shoulders, thin bottom, and ring feet. It is called this because its mouth is relatively small and can only be used to insert plum branches.

Fang Ming had seen all the antiques here before, so now Xu Ming knew which one it was as soon as he said it.

"This bottle is from the Northern Song Dynasty. It's not bad. The starting price is 150 million. It's the real thing. If you can get it at a good price, it's pretty good."

"Oh?"

Xu Ming heard something strange in Fang Ming's tone, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Mr. Fang Ming, what do you mean? Could it be that this bottle shouldn't be bought?"

Fang Ming said: "Of course it doesn't mean that. It depends on what your purpose of buying this bottle is, giving it away or keeping it for yourself. The two are exactly the same."

"My own collection."

"Then... think about this bottle, but let's not focus on it."

Hearing that Xu Ming said that he bought it for collection, Fang Ming shook his head lightly.Since this Xu Ming is Sikong Zhe's friend, Fang Ming directly expressed his opinion. Of course, it's not that this bottle is not good, but if it's for collection, it's another matter.

"Oh? Isn't it worth buying for collection?"

Fang Ming glanced at Sikong Zhe, then at Xu Ming, and said, "I see...Mr. Xu, you are also a businessman, right? I mean, you're not in the antique business, right? The collection is just yours. interest?"

Fang Ming's judgment is not without any basis.First, Xu Ming came here with Sikong Zhe, probably a friend in the business field; second, if he is a professional collector, it is impossible for him not to know or have heard of it before.

"That's right, it's true."

Xu Ming nodded slightly, but what he was curious about was why Fang Ming suddenly got involved in this aspect.

"If you are in the antique business, you can buy this bottle, and then resell it at a good price in a short period of time. But if you are not in the antique business and only play with antiques for your own interest, then The bottle doesn't mean much anymore."

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

When Fang Ming was talking just now, Si Kongzhe didn't interrupt, but after hearing this, he couldn't help it anymore, because he was also confused, and didn't understand what Fang Ming's purpose of "going around" was to say What.

"One of the characteristics of amateur collectors of antiques is that they rarely or at least not sell them too frequently after they are acquired. This determines that we must be cautious when selecting collectibles, and we cannot see good ones. It’s about having a standard.”

At the beginning, Xu Ming sat leaning against the chair, but now he couldn't help but straighten his body, and his expression became more serious, "Mr. Fang Ming, I don't know what the principle is?"

"The first one is of course that you like it. This principle is the most important. No matter how much an antique is worth, if you don't like it, it doesn't make any sense to buy it back. This is because it's annoying to look at it all day long. After all, antiques are for playing with, which is one of the important pleasures of collecting antiques.”

The second is to collect those antiques that have a relatively large appreciation space.There are so many Sanqi antiques in this world, no matter how rich you are, it is impossible to collect them—you can’t buy one when you see one, right?Collecting those antiques that have a huge appreciation space is the kingly way.This is mainly related to the fact that after the general collection of things is obtained, it is often years or even ten years or even a lifetime that they will not be sold.In this way, what's the point of buying an antique that is worth 100 million and will only be worth 120 million ten years later? "

Both Xu Ming and Sikong Zhe are smart people, they already understood what Fang Ming meant.

"Mr. Fang Ming, do you mean that the bottle in front of you is not an antique with high growth potential?"

Fang Ming nodded lightly, and said: "Yes, of course this bottle is worth 150 million, even if it can be taken down between 200 million and 230 million, there is still room for appreciation, but the problem is, in this way, the appreciation There is not much room for it. The space for the appreciation of antiques is not directly proportional to time-although time is a factor, it is its scarcity that really determines its value. That is to say, if there are ten such Even after 100 years, it won’t appreciate too much, but if there are only two or even one bottle, its value will continue to rise. The longer the time, the more valuable it is. There is no doubt about it of."

"So...there are a lot of plum vases with black flowers on a white ground and tangled branches and tangled branches that I plan to take?"

Xu Ming would be an idiot if he still didn't understand what Fang Ming meant at this time. Of course, he liked this bottle first when he took a fancy to this bottle. As I said, even if it's about 250 million, it's okay, so I'm excited.However, the two experts I invited did not tell me that there is not much room for appreciation of this white-ground black-flowered peony vase with tangled branches.

It is not the first time for him to participate in an auction. He knows that under the circumstances of the auction, it is not too difficult for the price of the white-ground black-flowered peony vase to rise to about 250 million. Even if there are several people At the same time, if you look at it, it is very likely that it will rise to more than 300 million.In this case, after the shooting, there really isn't much room for appreciation as Fang Ming said.

In this way, it is really hard to say whether to bid for this white-ground black-flowered peony vase—it really doesn’t mean much.

Nodding slightly, he said: "It's not that many, but, although this kind of white-ground black-flowered peony vase with tangled branches is from the Northern Song Dynasty, it can't represent the highest level in terms of quality, so this kind of porcelain The value of the collection is not too great."

"If you are running an antique shop, you can buy it when the auction price is right and then resell it. This is a consideration, but if you plan to collect it for yourself, or even pass it on to future generations, then it is really There's not much need for that."

(End of this chapter)