One, being too perfect is a trap.
Friends who have just started playing jade are almost all keen to find a perfect piece of jade, but after stepping on many pits, they find that "perfection" itself is a trap. Who doesn't love good things?The skin is good, the meat is good, everything is good, the only drawback is that it is too expensive. The pursuit of perfection is not necessarily bad, but sometimes, being too perfect can be a trap, more terrible than having a flaw. Just like the two flawless jade bracelets below, not only the color is eye-catching, but also the light has no structure, so perfect that it is almost unreal. 
Yes, both of these are fake, almost perfect feeders. As an old jade friend said:"If you are not afraid of flaws, you are afraid of perfection".Those that are perfect in all aspects of the market, without flaws, ** are cheap, think carefully to know what is going on, and I am afraid that the only thing that can meet these requirements is the feeder. 
Truly natural jade, after millions of years of bumps and wear, will inevitably have some flaws, such as waterlines, cotton, cracks and other flaws. In fact, as long as the early stage of carving is properly handled, it is also acceptable, besides, in the market environment where imitation seed fraud is prevalent, sometimes the existence of some flaws also proves its identity, from another point of view, flaws are not another kind of beauty
Second, look at the works and not look at the masters.
In the early years, the industry was almost full of masters, and you could become a master by carving a piece of jade, and even spending money to buy what "master model", "master certificate" and so onAlthough the popularity of the jade carver is also a factor that needs to be considered in the collection, if you blindly only value the fame and ignore the work itself, it is inevitably biased
The reason why a real master is well-known and popular must have his own merits and be recognized by the market, but the road to the master is not something that can be achieved overnight. It can be said that every master is honed little by little from his apprentice, and it is the so-called hundred refining into gold. Therefore, in different periods, the works of the masters will be more or less uneven, not every piece is the best, but the best is always the next one. 
For collectors, it is still dominated by works, followed by popularity. Moreover, with the development of the times, new jade carving artists have come out in large numbers, and have also brought new vitality, among which there are many powerful factions, perhaps only a little famous today, but many years later, it is also possible to become a famous artist. Therefore, you might as well pay more attention to the work itself, and not be confined to fame, and you may have unexpected gains.
Third, the collection is not cost-effective.
I don't know how you understand the cost performance and what kind of experience you have?In today's Internet age, the theory of cost performance seems to be very popular, but it is also a threshold for the collection industry. **Low does not mean that there is high cost performance,If you only put ** in the first place, many times you will miss the real good things, have been wandering in the low-end market, and it is difficult to get in touch with high-end boutiques, which is undoubtedly fatal for broadening your horizons and improving your aesthetic vision. 
Moreover, there must be a reason for a penny for a penny, which also means that if you only want to be cheap, there is almost no room for future value-added. Under normal circumstances, the cost-effective ones are mostly some tail goods or low-priced goods, and their quality will not be too high, even if they are bought very early, and the value is not too much floating today, which is a very realistic point. 
Senior collectors will not pursue the so-called cost performance, but pay attention to those works that do not seem to have much power, because the real cost performance is within their own ability, and try to choose the highest standard that can be achieved. Most of the high-quality collections in the collection market are tight and scarceFor most collectors, it's also a test, and it may only be the expertise and discerning collectors who can find the true value for money. 
As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Through the accumulation of daily experience and targeted learning and practice, these will subtly improve their Xi aesthetic ability, and will also make the level of collection go further. Even if the purchased collection seems to be free of leakage now, as long as the quality is high, there will definitely be room for appreciation in the future, which is the value-added effect of the collection. In particular, those high-quality works that can not only inherit the classics but also innovate the era will inevitably have a high appreciation potential. Waiting for the time to be ripe, when you look back, how can the ** at that time not be cost-effective?
It's not difficult to play with jade, you can understand its beauty, you can also appreciate its flaws, and understanding it is like someone understanding yourself. Although everyone's way of playing jade and their needs are different, it is certain that playing the road of jade will definitely be rewarding