Which collection of jade is the hottest in the private collection market?

Huang Longyu, Nanhong Agate, Lapis Stone, and Turquoise—To say what the current private collection market is, which gemstones are the hottest ones, of course, these numbers should be counted. In recent years, the gemstones represented by them have become popular, and the market price has turned several times over a few years ago. However, after experiencing rapid advances in prices, these gemstones gradually began to return to rationality. From the present day and evening of these “stones”, collectors can see some rules from them.

Huang Longyu: From crazy to cool

Huang Longyu, once known as the “crazy stone,” now returns to rationality. The first wave of Huang Longyu was formed by the stone merchants of Yunnan and Guangxi. During this period, Huang Longyu was traded as a yellow wax stone, which was not a big increase. The second wave was renamed Huanglong in 2004. After Jade, jade merchants from all over the country flocked to boost Huang Longyu's raw material prices. The third wave began in the second half of 2009. The hot money in the Pearl River Delta, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang flooded into the Huanglong jade market, making Huang Longyu's price. As wild as the wild horses move forward, until 2010 reached its peak.

Today, market transactions are still booming. As the largest primary trading market of Huanglongyu's origin, Yunnan Longling Huanglongyu Trading Market, there are about a thousand Huanglongyu dealers selling low-end Huanglongyu products and a small amount of rough raw materials every day. Most of the customers came from Guangdong, Fujian, Kunming, and Dehong, and their sought after objects also changed from the original wool to ornaments, hand-played pieces, pedestals, and carved pieces.

At the same time, Longling County also held 24 Huanglong jade fairs successively and sold more than 333 tons of Huanglong jade ore with a transaction volume of 140 million yuan. At present, there are more than 3,000 individual and private enterprises engaged in the processing and sales of gems and jades in Longling County of Baoshan City. In 2013, the production value of Huanglongyu in Longling County was 883 million yuan.

However, Huang Longyu’s market price is no longer “crazy”. In 2008 and 2009, when Huang Longyu began to frenzied, a pound of medium- and low-end wool was frequently worth several tens of thousands of yuan, but now it may cost only tens of thousands of yuan; the previous 10,000 yuan in small pieces was now two or three thousand yuan. Can buy it. Although Huang Longyu’s prices for low-end wool continue to fall, the prices of high-end Huanglongyu, especially carved pieces, are still rising slightly. For example, a slapstick “Vulcan” Huang Longyu carving decoration price will still be about 160,000 yuan.

According to Xu Zhonggen, a stone-review expert, Huang Longyu's madness is entirely due to the doubling of the prices of Hetian jade and jadeite, and the market is looking for alternatives and being hyped up. In fact, from a scientific point of view, Huang Longyu is a stone that contains no or a small amount of jade tremolite components. Because of its beauty, the market can also allow it to increase prices through the circulation of commodities. However, as people's understanding of Huang Longyu gradually increases, everybody knows that it is not jade, but a jade stone, which cannot be compared with Xinjiang Hetian jade. Consumers and markets naturally begin to calm down.

In addition, although Huang Longyu’s dream of replacing Hetian jade and jadeite has not been realized, the market has emerged as a gem replacing it, such as Nanhong agate, lapis and turquoise, and amber beeswax and red corals. The price of Huanglong jade is also It has changed naturally. However, the price of high-end Huanglong jade remains relatively strong.

Therefore, experts suggest that if it is mainly worn, select a mid-range product with a reasonable price/performance ratio, and spend a few thousand yuan on it. Priority should be given to color. However, if it is a collection, semi-finished or raw material stones are given priority, and it is best to pursue high-end and top-level products.

South Red Agate: From soaring to steady

Not long ago, the Yunnan Provincial Standard “South Red Agate” prepared by the Baoshan City Quality and Technology Supervision Integrated Inspection Center in Yunnan Province was approved and issued by the Yunnan Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and was formally implemented on February 10th, 2014.

Nanhong Agate's vision of entering the public collection was after 2000, when the price of a Nanhong Laozhu ranged from a few yuan to a dozen yuan, and in 2005 it rose to tens to hundreds of yuan. The price of South Red Agate from 2007 to 2008 once soared, but it quickly cooled down. In 2011, it rose again to a few hundred thousand dollars, and the best-quality Old South Red Pumpkin Beads even reached over 10,000 yuan. Nan Hong's materials have also risen to a high level, ranging from a few yuan in 2000 to a few tens of yuan per jin, reaching the price of tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram or even higher for today's high-end materials.

However, the real good days of the South Red Agate have only started in the last two or three years. Especially in the past year, the South Red Agate has become more prosperous. This can be seen from the number of dealers operating the South Red Agate from more than 2,000 years ago to today's 10,000 or so, and the annual turnover of each shop has also increased significantly.

At present, the popular South Red market is dominated by persimmon red, pomegranate red, wine red and other products, and the price is higher. For example, in 2012, the price of a string of beads was 1,000 yuan. In 2013, it rose by three to four times. Even the price of carved pieces rose by about three times. A tubular red pearl with medium texture without cracks was 50-70 yuan two years ago, but it is now two or three hundred yuan. The production of Nanhong with Baoshan materials is now basically regarded as a fine product, with a larger-sized carved piece and the price reaching several hundred thousand yuan.

The reason why Nanhong Agate sees a rise is that, first of all, it is based on its texture. Nanhong is the most mellow in all agates. This is in full accord with Chinese literati's demand for jade articles. This is followed by the red of Nanhong Agate, which caters to Chinese people's respect and love for red. Again, the scarcity of resources.

From the experts' point of view, the market development of Nan Hong is completely tainted by the ripe market of Hetian Baiyu. Its current upward momentum can be in line with Hetian Yu, but the market in 2014 will be a relatively stable period of development. For ordinary players, gambling stones that rise in order to be fashionable should be carefully involved. Because the quality of the South Red Rock is not stable, it is said that in the jargon is "gambling" is relatively large. Some of the South Red Rocks are completely intact. After removing the skin, chapped cracks are often found and their value is greatly reduced. However, we can choose the finished products of Nanhong Agate, especially some carved pieces, to enrich their jade collection. Because Nanyang Agate, originally used only as a rosary, is now a part of sculptures, the participation of more masters of sculpting - China's annual "Tiangong Award" and "Hundred Flowers Award" began in the past one or two years. Of the entries, and many of the works have also won gold awards. Nan Hong Agate will embark on this path of artistic and cultural heritage that will make his future brighter.

Lapis Lazuli: From Prosperity to Reason

If there is a wide range of fame and favored people, it seems that Lapis Lazuli has exceeded Hetian Yu and Jade. The most powerful evidence is that with international brands such as Tiffany and Cartier launching jewellery made of lapis lazuli, the collection of lapis lazuli has caused a storm in the world. Therefore, it is also hailed as a potential stock in the jewelry industry. To be precise, the upsurge of lapis lazuli emerged in the last two or three years. However, for two or three years, the price of lapis lazuli has doubled several times. For example, a lapis lazuli bracelet that sold for 100 yuan two years ago can now be sold for 300 yuan; an emperor blue lapis lazuli pearl string with a diameter of 1 cm is originally a few hundred yuan but now it is 2,000 yuan; it was originally sold for 1,000 yuan. The left and right lapis lazuli ornaments have now risen to 10,000 yuan. In particular, the price of raw materials for lapis lazuli has risen faster since 2013, and it has increased by 10% to 20% every two months.

Analysing the reasons for the rising price of lapis, the expansion of collectors can not but be said. Two years ago, the fans of lapis lazuli were mostly male collectors. It was also used as an accessory for beaded rosary beads and so on. Few people treat it as jewelry. Today, jewelry made of lapis lazuli, such as necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, is popular in the jewellery industry, and it has many female fans.

In addition, lapis lazuli is abundant in Afghanistan. China does not have a lapis lazuli deposit, which allows imported lapis lazuli to have different general rareness. Although the lapis lazuli have many veins and high annual production, the good material is very scarce. At least 80% of the lapis lazuli produced each year does not reach the gems level. The inherent cultural advantages of lapis lazuli have also contributed to its rising prices. Therefore, there is still room for rising prices of lapis lazuli in the past two to three years.

However, according to Wang Pengwei, a well-known wenwan expert, the rising price of lapis is also related to market speculation. In fact, strictly speaking, lapis lazuli is not suitable for playing pieces, first of all because lapis lazuli hardness is not easy to scratch; followed by lapis lazuli glittering natural copper, easy to oxidation black. Lapis lazuli is not resistant to acid and alkali.

Nowadays, with the rising popularity of the lapis lazuli market, some businesses have divided the lapis lazuli into different grades according to their own standards in order to better market their products. Such as gem-grade lapis lazuli is often used for jewellery lapis lazuli, according to the color depth and whether it contains pyrite is divided into three levels. In addition, according to the difference in mineral composition, color, and texture contained in lapis, merchants also divided lapis lazuli into four quality classes. However, in the opinion of experts, these grading standards are not authoritative, nor have they been accepted by the market public. Therefore, determining the price of different lapis lazuli using these grading standards is not convincing.

Turquoise is the twin sister of sapphire, and the current price is rising rapidly. Such as the original high porcelain, turquoise little iron beads, more than ten dollars, but now it is 100 to 150 yuan per gram. Now turquoise is worth a thousand dollars. Ordinary turquoise prices rose from 10 to 30 yuan per gram to more than 100 to 300 yuan per gram, fine turquoise sold more than 600 yuan per gram, fine turquoise blue as much as 1,000 yuan per gram. Turquoise market prices have risen more than 10 times than they were four or five years ago, and most of them are more expensive than gold.

What many senior collectors don't understand is that although a certain natural resource is theoretically used less and less, gemstones such as lapis lazuli and turquoise are now also priced in grams, with too much hype. sign. After all, the yields of lapis and turquoise are not small, and new sources of minerals are constantly being discovered.

In the past, a lot of gemstones were sold on the basis of weighed grams, and they were used in the industry because their world-famous amounts were indeed rare, such as the world's top five gemstones. Although lapis lazuli and turquoise are now classified as gemstones, they are not scarce enough to require the gram for sale.

Recalling these gemstones that we have pursued, whether it is over gas or popular varieties, or newly emerging varieties such as Brazil, Madagascar agate, and Golden Field Yellow, is a special kind of stone in foreign countries, but in China it is Being hyped as gemstone. Indeed, some businesses use the rising enthusiasm of the people for collecting, the information asymmetry factors such as raw material price difference at home and abroad, and the cultural differences between domestic and foreign collectors’ hobbies to speculate on them. Therefore, there must be more rationality in dealing with the current gemstone collection, and avoid blindly following the trend.