The collection is divided into four categories: natural history, art history, humanities history and popular science history, which are specifically divided into cultural relics, jewels, famous stones and ornamental stones, coins, stamps, documents, coupons, trademarks, badges, specimens, ceramics, jade articles, paintings and calligraphy. It should be said that collection is an art, but also a science. Due to the variety of collections, scientific collection, scientific positioning, scientific preservation and scientific classification are very important. This paper focuses on the classification problem, and other aspects will be elaborated in future special articles. From the point of view, the classification of collectibles has not yet formed a very authoritative definition and statement, which needs further study and discussion by colleagues who are keen on collecting. However, the author discussed with Tibetan friends, experts and scholars, and read relevant materials. From the perspective of China's private collection and history, relatively similar collections can be roughly divided into four categories: natural history, art history, humanities history and popular science history.
Collection purpose: 1, as an investment way to preserve and increase value. With the economic inflation, the money in the hands of ordinary people is worthless, so everyone will want to invest. In addition to the stock market, real estate, industry and so on. The collectible industry is also extremely hot. 2, as a home decoration. Is it a pleasure to leave beautiful and priceless works of art at home? It not only embodies the hero's artistic taste, but also makes visitors feel Su Chang physically and mentally, just like being in a museum. 3. As a gift. On holidays and birthdays, the collection is convenient and valuable.
Collectibles investment and stock investment have different laws, because the factors affecting the supply and demand of collectibles are different from stocks. 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.