As the saying goes, "* is valuable, jade is priceless", this sentence reveals a law of economic behavior behind jade investment in simple words, that is, rare and non-renewable jade resources can maintain their value for a long time and are worth investing.
There was a news before that there was a person who lost money in trading, and in desperation, he took out the ancestral "family heirloom jade" in the hope of exchanging the funds for a comeback.
Who the governor backfired, and sent it to the appraisal agency to see, this "family heirloom jade" was actually an ordinary Xiuyu bracelet, which was only worth a few hundred yuan.
So the question is, Xiuyu, one of the "four famous jades" in my country, has suddenly become "worthless"?!
Xiuyu is really "worthless"?
Xiuyu is a cultural treasure that has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is true that it is ranked among the "Four Famous Jades", but why is there so much debate about the value of Xiuyu? Is Xiuyu really not worth collecting and investing?
Xiuyu Xi bracelet. It's not worthless, it's just that the production is large
First of all, Xiuyu is by no means worthless, on the contrary, although high-quality Xiuyu is rare, its ** is often higher than Hetian jade.
The main reason why Xiuyu is mistaken for "worthless" is because of the abundant resources and too large output, which will inevitably cause most of the "defective" to be worthless in the jade investment market.
Xiuyu grape" pendant, the raw material quality is excellent.
There's room for investment, but you have to be picky
Although the output of Xiuyu is large, the probability of "excellent products" is not much, and it can even be said to be very rare, such as the "luminous cup" in ancient times, the "jade seal" of Emperor Qianlong, etc., all of which are carved from Xiuyu.
But on the other hand, there will be all kinds of Xiuyu bracelets with hundreds of dollars in many affordable markets, and there are many jade statues of gods and Buddhas, jade statues of Rui beasts, and so on in the mid-end market.
Qing Qianlong imperial inscription poem Xiuyu town ruler.
In short, Xiuyu has a place in the high, medium and equal markets, especially in the high-end market, which has been bullish in recent years. Treasure fans who focus on investment can pay proper attention.
If you want to buy and want to collect, what do you need to pay attention to?
1 Determine the value Don't believe the story
As mentioned above, many so-called "ancestral Xiuyu" and "Ming and Qing Dynasty jewelry" are not bullish with the flow of time, even if they are old.
At the same time, if it is still carved from ordinary Xiuyu raw materials, even if it is a more ancient collection, it will not be too valuable.
The value of Xiuyu is often determined by the raw material, rather than the carving and age.
Because as mentioned above, the value of jade depends largely on its rarity, in other words, Xiuyu's rich mineral resources have not yet reached the point of "non-renewable" like Hetian jade.
Therefore, even if all kinds of "fantasy stories" are whitewashed, their own ** in the market is very limited.
2 Beware of shoddy routines
The vast majority of Xiuyu is produced in China's Liaodong Peninsula, but some are also produced in the Korean Peninsula.
Compared with the domestic Xiuyu, the "Korean-made" ones will be more general, because the output itself is limited, and the fine products are even rarer.
However, due to the "operation" of some unscrupulous businessmen, many inferior Xiuyu were "processed" into fine products and dumped in China, which made it impossible to prevent it.
A large amount of inferior Xiuyu has been dumped in China.
In response to this situation, on the one hand, it is necessary to accumulate more professional knowledge, on the other hand, it is necessary to find reliable merchants and reliable businesses, and do not believe in the so-called "buy is earn" this kind of trick.
3 Good carving is not necessarily good
Many "** Xiuyu" on the market claim to be "xx famous teachers' works", but in fact, they are often just gimmicks advocated by illegal merchants.
They use relatively poor Xiuyu, even Qinghai jade, Korean jade and other raw materials, and hire some jade carvers to make seemingly exquisite "works", and then use ***
According to rumors, this set of "irregular operation" rules was originally concocted by ** unscrupulous businessmen on the northern border of our country, and treasure fans should keep their eyes open.
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How to distinguish Xiuyu from Hetian jade?
As mentioned above: Ordinary Xiuyu was mistaken for Hetian Qingbai jade, and it was a joke not to tell, and it also wasted the feelings of several generations of ancestors and grandchildren, but in fact, this is not indistinguishable.
1. Compared with the two kinds of jade, there is a clear difference between the oily luster of Hetian jade and the waxy luster of Xiuyu, and the transparency of Xiuyu is more obvious.
2. And the density of these two kinds of jade is different, and if you put the same size on your hand, Hetian jade will obviously be heavier.
3. The internal structure is different, the internal structure of Hetian jade is mostly interwoven with fibers, while the internal structure of Xiuyan jade is mostly cloud-like.
Hetian jade seed material with the child on the ornament (left), Xiuyu bird towards the phoenix mother bead (right).
4. Transparency is different. The transparency of Xiuyan jade is higher than that of Hetian jade, but the luster of Xiuyan jade is not as good as that of Hetian jade, and the grease luster is much duller than that of Hetian jade.
As one of China's "four famous jades", Xiuyu has become a business card of China's National Geographic, although there is controversy and misunderstanding of the value of Xiuyu in the "investment market", but this does not affect its unique colorful colors in the jade family.