One day in 2003, a jade merchant in Guangzhou found a "small stone" with jade texture at a booth in Guangzhou. appear
Out of curiosity, he bought it with 50 yuan money. After going home to have a good maintenance, he found that although the texture of this "small stone" was very hard, its appearance showed the characteristics of Tianhuang seed material, which was yellow and moist. He went back to the stall to inquire, and the boss took out a small box similar to "stone" he had saved. "That's a colorful box. Red, yellow, white, black ... each color has many layers, which is very beautiful. He did not hesitate to take out 200 yuan's money and bought this box of' stones' of about 10 kg. "
The top-grade "Gemstone Light" in "Golden Jade" can be sold for 1 10,000 yuan per gram, while in 2003, the price was only about 1 yuan. Even for an ordinary variety, the price of 1g is 500 yuan, while in 2003, the price of 1g was only 1 yuan.
At the same time, the herdsmen near the "ghost town" in Karamay also collectively got rid of poverty and became rich. Picking stones has become an industry in Xinjiang. Ouyang Zhaoxia, an expert in jewelry appraisal, said that Jin Yu belongs to quartzite jade. In hundreds of millions of years, Jin Yu has been baptized by years in the Gobi Desert, rapidly heating up and suddenly cooling down, and finally grew into a very stable and excellent jade variety. It has a variety of colors, including red, yellow, green, black and white ... The same color will also show different levels, and the appearance is very beautiful; At the same time, its properties are very stable, unlike Huanglongyu's phenomenon of "losing water" and "fading", and its hardness is also very strong, which is very suitable for being carved into various handicrafts. In fact, in recent years, the craftsmanship of Shanghai masters and Lingnan masters has indeed become a pair of "wings" for the soaring price of jade.
The emergence time is "too short", and there is no profound historical and cultural accumulation like Hetian jade and emerald, which is a major defect that "Jinyu" has been criticized by people. However, Ouyang Zhaoxia told reporters that she once saw a gold cup with a tiger handle with a history of 1300 years in the museum. The material is red chalcedony, which should be jade with the same quality as "Jinyu". This shows that the use history of "Jinyu" is very long, but due to the inexplicable disappearance of Loulan ancient country, its use history was suddenly banned. Because the Gobi desert has been inaccessible since ancient times, "golden jade" has long been unknown.
According to investigation and exploration, Junggar basin in Xinjiang is the main producing area of gold and jade. "Jinyu" is mainly distributed in Karamay and other areas. Among them, the Gobi Desert "ghost town" in the west of Karamay is the most famous. Within the range of 100 km around "ghost town" Fiona Fang, the quality is the best and the output is the smallest.
"Before 2003, you went to the quarry beach, and it was no problem for a person to pick up 1000 Jin of' golden jade' a day. There may not even be 1 kg, let alone the advanced' Gemstone Light'. " In recent years, we have often heard fans of Jinyu say such things. "Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the price of the original stone' Jinsiyu' has risen sharply." We can start from the middle and lower grades.
Regarding the market performance of "Jinyu", Ouyang Zhaoxia said that her overall impression of "Jinyu" was very good. Moreover, several collectors admire this kind of stone very much and invite the best sculptors to create it. The products made are really beautiful, and there are some reasonable factors for the skyrocketing price of "Jinyu" in a short time. "However, everything should be done step by step, so that collectors have a process of understanding, have the opportunity to start, and reasonably increase the circulation. This is a healthy process. The example of the' Huang Longyu' skyrocketing and plunging can illustrate this truth from the opposite side. "
Industry insiders suggest that in this high-priced period, ordinary collectors had better avoid higher-end varieties. "Don't want to play' jewel light' from the start. You can try to start with some low-priced and relatively complete' Jinyu' products. As long as you have the heart, you can still find something with good cost performance in the market. "
The price of the top-grade "Gemstone Light" is 1 10,000 yuan, but the price of the middle and low-grade "Jinsiyu" rough stone ranges from several tens to several hundred thousand yuan. For collectors who really want to start, it is also "rich and frugal." Moreover, a piece of "golden jade" worth tens of yuan still has a chance of "a sparrow becomes a phoenix" as long as you find a master who really understands it to carve it.
Investigation on Marketing Status and Prospect of Jinsiyu
"It is normal for the rough stone market to shrink. First of all, some good rough stones have flowed to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Fujian and other places in the past two years. The other part was badly carved by sculptors in the past two years. Some sculptors can carve six pieces a day, but the bad materials haven't been carved yet. /kloc-more than 0/000 sculptors have been carving for more than two years. How much good material can you work out? " A veteran player in the gold and jade industry said that in his office, there is a rare variety of gold and jade-Beitunhong, which is large and small, but it is just for viewing and playing. "Good gold is hard to find now. Now, as long as you see better jade on the market, the asking price is more than 10,000. " "After the Jinyu Boutique Exhibition, there were fewer enthusiastic buyers. After watching the exhibition, everyone became rational and knew what kind of carvings were collectible. A good original jade stone should have good creativity, and a good artistic sculpture is valuable. This is the respect for this godsend jade. The market is also more mature than before. " Insiders of Jinsiyu said that some people in the market were particularly crazy before, and many people bought inferior carvings, which made the market look very hot. "In fact, these inferior carvings are worthless. As a collectible, quality must be guaranteed to have room for appreciation. " There are also those who specialize in selling low-quality gold and jade. Strictly speaking, this is a stone, not a jade. Not every stone in Gobi can be called jade. As early as the beginning of 2005, the first-class rough stones on the market cost only tens of yuan each, and jade collectors in Shanghai and Guangdong soon began to buy in large quantities. The overall price of Jin Yu is rising by 20% to 30% every year. In 20 10 and 20 1 1 year, the varieties of ice stones and precious stones of Jinsiyu rose to several thousand yuan or even ten thousand yuan. Among the precious jade, the most expensive ones are precious stones and frozen stones. Since 20 13, the number of gold jade sellers in wuerhe jade city, the largest trading market in the urban area, has been greatly reduced. "Things are rare, and those transparent and pure treasures are hard to see. Occasionally I see a seller expecting to sell for a good price. The asking price of 80,000 yuan and 654.38+10,000 yuan scared away many mainland buyers. There are very few good materials on the market now, so many foreigners have gone to roadside stalls along Altay or Du Ge to find them. " Master Dong, who has been selling gold and jade from Lin Nan market to Yinhe market, said, "This is normal. You can't find high-quality gold and jade for a month. If the market is poor, the amount of jade actually traded will be reduced. "
The author learned from Guangzhou that there are as many as 40,000 people engaged in the carving industry in a market in Pingzhou, Guangzhou, and this market is dominated by high-grade jade materials such as jade, and ordinary sculptors have almost no way out here. Most of the shops in Karamay are junior apprentices, and basically nothing of artistic value can be made. They can only sell gold and jade to foreign tourists at low prices in some tourist destinations, and foreign tourists get back that level of gold and jade, which invisibly reduces the quality of gold and jade in their minds. Guangzhou carvers are charged according to the real-time market price, and carvers are charged according to the working hours. According to the sculptor's reputation, the daily working hours range from 300 to 2000, and those with senior titles are charged extra.
It is reported that Karamay Golden Jade Culture Promotion Association has contacted jade carving masters and jade carving factories in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Yangzhou, Fujian and other places to conduct in-depth docking on the artistic creation and market circulation of golden jade. High-end gemstones will become international jewelry luxury.
Gemstone, the top variety of gold and jade, has become a new target for collectors. By cooperating with Buchelati, the most famous jewelry brand in Italy, Mr. Wang, a Shanghai collector, has attracted strong attention in the jewelry industry with his pure hand-made, authentic weaving golden carving technology and rich historical atmosphere. In Guangzhou, Ms. C.C. Joy, the chief designer of the French Bottega jewelry brand, said excitedly after seeing the gem light, this is simply God's love for Xinjiang, and Xinjiang can produce such dazzling gems as inlay materials for luxury jewelry, which is unparalleled. On the international jewelry stage, Joy Zhuang is famous for being good at combining artistic elements to perfectly interpret the beauty of jewelry.