[Edit this paragraph] Classification of collectibles

Shi Gensheng divided the private folk libraries in China into four categories: natural history, art history, humanities history and popular science history. Natural history includes insect specimens, marine life and specimens, rain flower stones, strange stones and wing paintings, that is, all kinds of objects in nature are the main ones; Art history includes cigarette labels, smoking utensils, sparks, micro-sculptures, tea sets, porcelain sculptures, arts and crafts, calligraphy and painting, etc. Humanities and history mainly include books, newspapers, materials, folk customs and other items; The history of popular science includes computing tools, clocks, keys, wine containers and so on. This classification has some merits because of its inclusiveness, but it is limited to private collections rather than collections.

How to scientifically classify collections is an urgent task, because it is very important for the development of collection science. This book classifies collections as follows:

(1) Cultural relics, including historical relics, (ancient human and biological) fossils, physical objects of ancient buildings, calligraphy and painting, rubbings, sculptures, inscriptions, costumes, utensils, folk works of art, stationery, entertainment supplies, theatrical props, arts and crafts, revolutionary cultural relics and foreign cultural relics.

Although modern objects are not cultural relics, they can all be classified into the above categories except those listed separately below. The items listed above all contain many contents, such as gold and silver utensils, tin-lead utensils, lacquerware, funerary wares, utensils, furniture, fabrics, carpets, clocks, hookahs, fans and so on. Crafts include feeder, enamel, purple sand, wood carving, tooth horn, rattan and bamboo ware, silk reeling, Wuhu iron painting, and others.

(2) Jewelry, famous stones and ornamental stones, including jadeite diamonds, various inkstones and Yin Shi, as well as strange stones and ornamental stones, are mainly natural without hand carving.

(3) Coins, including ancient coins of past dynasties and currencies of modern countries in the world.

(4) Stamps, including stamps from all over the world and other collectibles related to stamp collecting.

(five) literature, including books, newspapers, archives, photos, film instructions, posters and other written materials.

(six) tickets, including tax stamps, lottery tickets, tickets, merchandise tickets, transportation tickets, monthly tickets, etc.

(7) Trademarks, including sparks, cigarette labels, wine labels, candy paper, etc.

Badges, including commemorative badges, medals, epaulettes and other badges.

(9) Specimens, including animal specimens, plant specimens and mineral specimens.

(10) Ceramics, including pottery, porcelain and purple sand pottery.

(eleven) jade, including jade ritual vessels, jade weapons, jade utensils and other furnishings.

(12) Painting, including traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, watercolor painting and gouache painting.

This classification is mainly based on the actual collection situation in China and the world. The above collections not only have many fans, but also have been established and can be recognized by more collectors. Of course, this classification is not static, it will be constantly adjusted with the development and changes of the collection to reflect the status of contemporary collections, which has certain stability and plays a guiding and guiding role in folk collections.

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[Edit this paragraph] Collect industry network analysis

Bao Bo. Founded in April 2007, it is a comprehensive information portal in the field of art collection in China. It aims to "collect and collect China art collections from all over the world" and become the most professional art collection appreciation information website in China. With the steady development of portals, more and more investors begin to pay attention to more accurate portals. Under this opportunity, Bao Bo. Com and industry veterans have jointly established a trading platform and forum community focusing on art collection and auction, in order to meet the knowledge acquisition and information exchange of cultural and art lovers, and make the art collection industry gradually tend to be standardized and honest in trading.

At the beginning of Bobao. com's establishment, the company's founders invested a lot of manpower and material resources in database and platform construction. In order to make the structure and content of the platform more perfect, the columns so far include nearly 15 categories such as painting, calligraphy, ceramics, coins, jade, sculpture, lithograph seal cutting, household, gold, silver and bronze wares, handicrafts, entertainment, stamp products, strange stone specimens and jewelry, which are so rich.

With the support of the Internet, Bao Bo. Com is more powerful.

In the process of gradual release and promotion in Bao Bo. It attracts a large number of art dealers and individuals as well as collectors. In just eight months, the daily visits have reached 450,000, and users' suggestions to Bao Bo. Com has gradually increased. Ren Peicheng, CEO of Bobao.com, said that in the Internet age, there is no concept of distance and space, and speed is the only cognition. How to improve the system and improve the access speed has become the focus of his attention.

At this time, the recommendation of friends made the Internet company have the honor to communicate with Bobao.com to discuss the network optimization scheme. Internet companies that have been operating for nearly 10 years are the best in IDC industry, and providing one-stop professional network solutions is its advantage. As a result, the technical directors of the two companies reached a cooperation agreement through two exchanges and communication, and the Internet became an IDC service provider in Bao Bo.

Because of Bao Bo. Com is a trading information platform, and its initial positioning is for domestic users, so Internet companies provide a 3+2 solution. The first stage is divided into three parts: one is to host the server in IDC room with top bandwidth in China to meet the access of basic users in China; The second is to link the maintenance line between the office and IDC computer room to improve the ability of data updating and maintenance; Third, add security devices in the LAN in the hosting area, including hardware devices from firewall to load balancing, to improve the security and load capacity of the system. 2 refers to the two-step process of the second stage. The first step, according to the feedback from users and the expansion of business direction, the Internet can meet the high-speed access of partners in certain areas of Bobo and improve the access quality of overseas users, especially Chinese areas; The second step is to meet Bao Bo's demand for effective security services and means such as network security monitoring, early warning and electronic forensics under the condition of "staying at home", which has become an important data escort for Bao Bo to improve its real-time trading system and ensure the long-term development of its business.

Art collection is a fortune, and Bao Bo. Com protect it.

Since the Internet became the IT service provider in Bobao.com, all elites in Bobao.com once again devoted themselves to the operation and construction of websites. From simple digital display, high utilization rate of traffic and convenient maintenance means, Bobao.com has reduced some expenses from cost to operation, and Internet companies are also willing to establish industry users of art collections. To quote Ren Peicheng, CEO of Bao Bo. Com: "Specializing in art and handing over professional affairs to professional companies is the embodiment of high efficiency." Bao Bo. Com is working towards this goal and making it an excellent art collection information website as soon as possible.

Influencing factors of collectible investment

Collectibles investment and stock investment have different laws, because the factors affecting the supply and demand of collectibles are different from stocks.

Factors affecting supply are:

1. Production or mining capacity. For example, pearls were extremely rare in ancient times and the price was extremely high. Only prominent people can afford it. In modern times, due to the development of pearl culture technology, the output has increased greatly. Now pearls are bought and sold in baskets, and the price has also dropped to the price of land sale.

2. Storage or regeneration rate. Gems are extremely expensive because of their small reserves, while minerals are non-renewable. The supply in the world is very limited, and with the development of economy, the price is still rising. Some renewable collectibles, because of their long growth cycle, are almost equivalent to non-renewable resources, such as rosewood and red coral. If nothing happens, there is no possibility of price reduction in the future 100. The reason why collectibles can preserve and appreciate is because of their scarcity. In the Qing dynasty, there was a saying that "one or two fields of yellow, three or two gold". But the price of some precious stones has risen to an incredible level, so investing in this kind of precious stones is very risky.

In fact, for those who want to preserve and increase the value by investing in collectibles, they don't want the supply of collectibles to increase. Only scarce things have collectible value. The biggest threat comes from highly skilled imitation.

Factors affecting demand are:

1. Economic development. There is a famous saying in ancient Tao Zhugong: Rice is expensive in a barren year, and jade is expensive in a bumper year. What does this mean? That is to say, in famine years, people don't even have enough to eat, so they sell jade, silks and satins and other valuables in exchange for food, which makes rice expensive and jade cheap. Good years, abundant food, people do not worry about life, have the energy to pursue spiritual life. Jade, silk and other fine products are sought after, so the prices of jade and silk have risen sharply. It can be seen that the better the economic situation, the more prosperous the collectible market will be. On the contrary, the opposite is true.

2. Social views and customs. People are social animals, and popular views in society affect people's values and choices. For example, in the Mao Zedong era, people were proud of proletarians, thrifty and extravagant. This view has gone to extremes, and many exquisite collections, antiques and ancient buildings have been destroyed as "four old buildings". There are no gold and jewelry counters in department stores, so people dare not pursue beauty for fear of being criticized as petty bourgeoisie or revisionism. At that time, many jewels and jade antiques were worthless and there was no market. After the reform and opening up, the collectible market gradually recovered. Department stores often have big counters, displaying thousands, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of jadeite, hetian jade, diamonds and other jewelry. Many gem producing areas are facing the exhaustion of resources caused by over-exploitation. The price of precious stones is higher. Wearing diamonds and emeralds has become a symbol of aristocratic status, and even unhealthy comparisons have appeared in society.

3. Processing technology. Exquisite processing technology can greatly improve the exquisiteness and artistic value of gems and stimulate people's desire for collection.

To invest in any kind of collection, you must have a deep understanding of relevant knowledge, otherwise, you will not know the risks and opportunities at all. The network has provided us with an unprecedented convenient channel.