As the king of jade, jade is known as "Oriental Jade", which contains the aura of oriental mysterious culture and is a treasure with the value of wearing, playing and collecting. Emerald is a natural resource, with high hardness and strong luster after polishing, which is mainly distributed in Myanmar, the United States, Russia, Mexico and other countries. However, high-grade jadeite comes from Myanmar deposits, and its quality and output far exceed those of other countries. After hundreds of years of exploitation, the jadeite mineral resources in Myanmar have been exhausted, and the high-grade jadeite raw materials are getting less and less.
Generally speaking, the value of a jade without cracks is mainly reflected in four aspects: species, water, color and workmanship. From the species of jadeite, there are glass species, ice species, glutinous species, bean species, oil green species, white background green, flower green and so on. From the head of jadeite, the head of jadeite refers to the transmission range of light in jadeite, which is reflected in the transparency and moist luster of jadeite. So jargon is divided into long head, full head and short head, and head difference. Judging from the color of jadeite, the color of jadeite is colorful, especially green, which can be divided into King Green, Lao Yang Green, Zhengyang Green, Onion Green, Blue-green and so on. The more positive, strong, positive, or even green, the higher the value. Judging from the craft of jadeite, the more exquisite and artistic jadeite is, the higher the collection value is, and it is also a common principle in the industry to do a good job.
With regard to the current domestic jade collection fever, the significance of jade collection lies not entirely in how expensive the price is and how good the water is, but also in the value of its collection theme itself. For example, the jadeite cabbage and hairpins collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei in the late Qing Dynasty are not top-grade stones in color and water color, so they are considered priceless. In addition to these treasures being the treasures of Empress Dowager Cixi, it is more important that the jade carving itself at that time had exquisite carving techniques. Facing the current high price of jadeite, enthusiasts should dynamically grasp the jadeite collection according to their own economic strength. For example, they can pay attention to a series of jade series with a series of themes, such as jade pendants with a certain color, jade carvings with a certain carving theme, and jade ornaments with humanistic background. The jade collection is not only limited to its value, but also has diversified collection characteristics and cultural implications, thus having higher artistic and collection significance.
Evaluation standard of jadeite collection value
The head of jadeite refers to the degree of transparency or moisture. As the saying goes, "experts look at the water head, laymen look at the color", and the water head is a problem that laymen easily ignore when choosing jadeite. It looks crystal clear, watery and delicate. Translucent is ice jadeite, and almost completely transparent is the best * * * commonly known as glass. With average permeability and moist appearance, it is the most common mid-range product on the market. Opaque, dry and dull are all inferior products.
The texture of jadeite can be understood as the combination of structure and transparency of jadeite. The important characteristics of high-quality jadeite are luster, moistening and fineness.
The common colors of jadeite are green, colorless and transparent, white, purple, yellow, blue, red, black, brown and gray. White is the most common and cheap. Whether the color is bright, dull and evenly distributed are the three factors to evaluate the color of jadeite. Bright color, rich, not black is the top grade. Color distribution is usually uniform, wide coverage and good fluency. There are many variegated colors and the distribution is not smooth, which greatly affects the value.
As the saying goes, the processing technology of jadeite can't be done without cutting. Excellent jade processing technology can enhance the value of jade and make it more in line with people's aesthetics. High-grade jadeite is carved by hand, while ordinary low-grade jadeite is mostly carved by machine.
The purity of jadeite can be understood as its appearance with naked eyes, whether there are defects such as black spots, stone flowers, mottled colors, stone lines and cracks. Cracks have the greatest influence on the quality of jadeite. As long as cracks are visible to the naked eye under normal illumination, their value will be greatly reduced.
Pricing method of jadeite collection price
First of all, the price of the most primitive jadeite wool is generally calculated in kilograms, especially in grams of high-quality jadeite. The price calculation in this step is generally not much different. The same batch of jade, with the same color and the same price, can have a general standard pricing. Generally speaking, it depends on the pile and how heavy it is. Later, I will classify them in detail, separate the good from the bad, and divide them into different grades of carving materials. At this time, the price of each stone is different from the original average price.
After rough cutting, the original stone that can be carved is obtained, and then sculptors of different levels creatively carve it to form jade pieces. This level pushes up the same jade price. A small pendant, a good sculptor, usually takes about 300 yuan, and the salary of a sculptor is about 100 yuan. Poor carvers also need 50 yuan, which are basically apprentices. The sculptor's fee here is only the price of ordinary materials. If it is carved with super jade material, the cost of the sculptor will be tens of thousands, so the value cannot be generalized when technology is sublimated to art!
The next step is polishing. There are two methods, one is machine * * * vibration machine * * * polishing, and the other is manual polishing. Vibrating machine polishing is used to polish a large number of small and simple jade articles, such as jade beads. The polishing price is low, usually a few cents, and the construction period is about one week. High-grade jade must be polished by hand because of its complex shape. The price depends on the specific situation of each piece of jade, ranging from ten yuan to several thousand yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan. Jade polishing is more expensive than other jade species because of its high hardness and large tool loss. The construction period is also longer. It needs a worker's hands and a series of tools with different labels to polish it repeatedly, including every detail of carving, until it is finally polished with cloth, which is very hard work for jadeite with high hardness. Sometimes the polishing cost and cycle of a fine jade piece even exceed the price and construction period of the carving itself, and it takes several months. In particular, a slight carelessness in polishing the carved part may cause damage to jade.
After jadeite jade enters the wholesale market, most ordinary jadeite jade pieces are sold by the pile. Jade wholesalers package similar jade pieces and sell them together. How much will it cost? If the single choice is generally not allowed to be one-on-one, unless you are familiar with the boss, then the price will be much higher. For example, if you choose a few pieces with an average price in 300 yuan and don't want the rest, it may be that each piece is in 500 yuan. General retailers will also be divided into two types, one is all-inclusive, regardless of good or bad, and the purchase cost is low, but they can also sell by adopting different publicity methods and price strategies in sales. The other is that the purchase price is higher, and only fine products are selected.
After the retailer buys the goods, the selling price will include its own marketing cost and profit. Among them, the marketing cost of each retailer is different. In a medium-sized jewelry store in a medium-sized city, the monthly rent may be tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, plus staff salaries, advertising expenses, various industrial and commercial tax management expenses ... excluding counter and storefront decoration, plus reasonable industry average profit, the cost of each piece of jade is not low. For example, the purchase price of jade in 500 yuan in the retail mall is 1500 yuan, which may only break even. If it is lower than this price, it will definitely lose money! Under normal circumstances, there is a big difference between the off-season and the peak season, and sometimes it may be closed in a few days. So generally speaking, the price of jade articles in 500 yuan will be more than 3,000 yuan in shopping malls, and sometimes it needs to be tenfold to reach 5,000 to 6,000 yuan to maintain business. Of course, shopping malls will also buy some low-grade goods, such as tens of dollars, for about 300-500 yuan, to cope with a large number of low-grade users and maintain some basic capital flows.
For ordinary jadeite jade consumed by the public, the final selling price of a piece of jade, including materials, carving, polishing, sales expenses and other items, the cost and profit of each retailer are the biggest influencing factors.
For high-grade precious jadeite, jadeite material determines everything. A thick, sunny, positive, green and full water head, old pit glass and dragon stone jade ring surface itself is worth tens of thousands. For ordinary consumers, the price threshold of this jadeite jade is too high, so it is also called "imperial jade", which can be accepted by powerful fever players. As a general jade player, within a limited fund range, choose jade works that win by work, so as to make them break away from the grade limit of raw materials as much as possible, improve the value-added space, purchase goods from the upper-level sales channels as much as possible, and reduce the consumption cost.
If you are lucky, find the unique jade among ordinary jade articles. Even if others have money, it's hard to buy it. They can only stare at the unique carving and beautiful drooling in your hand.
From the perspective of appreciation, jadeite has reached its peak, but at the same time it has lost its colorful personality and become monotonous. Laokeng Glass and Long Shi Quan are green emeralds, similar to a thick piece of green glass. Similarly, hanging a piece of the best seed with skin on your chest is similar to an ordinary pebble in the eyes of ordinary people. In ordinary occasions, it seems a bit incredible, but it is not as good as carving a jade with just the right creative color. Therefore, collecting some jades with pretty colors and unique personality is not expensive, but the visual effect is far stronger than simply comparing jades, which shows the good temperament and personality of the owner. In the long run, today's jade is more expensive, and it is still cheaper than the future, because the future jade will be more expensive than now.