The middle class enters the antique market and causes price increases

Not long ago, a well-known male actor said on a television program: “Now, there are no old things on the hand, and it’s embarrassing to go out.”

In the entertainment industry, there are not a few artists who love to collect. On the one hand, they are engaged in artistic work and pay more attention to artworks. On the other hand, they are due to social needs. One of the author’s actor friends said: “Everybody talks about antique collections. You don’t understand anything at all. It’s not easy to talk.”

In recent years, astronomical auctions have become frequent, and it has been suggested that the antique market is overheated and prices are high. In fact, a large number of ordinary collectors have nothing to do with auctions. Astronomical collections are only the result of bids from a few investment institutions and giants, and ordinary people are still concentrated in the antique markets.

The transfer fees for the shops in Beijing Panjiayuan flea market and Beijing Antique City have increased dramatically in the past two years. Even the antique stalls in the Baoguo Temple on Thursdays often have traders unable to find vacant stalls. This is the number of antique enthusiasts soaring. the result of. The price of antiques is naturally rising, and even the relatively low-key Taiwanese and Taiwan, in the past two years, prices have also been doubling, not to mention popular categories such as porcelain and jade.

Behind this fiery antique collectible market atmosphere, a group of middle-class people stood. They have a certain degree of economic strength and social status, and generally have higher levels of education. Learning from antiques is also faster than the older generation of collectors. There are a large number of these middle class people. They are the backbone of the society and will be the main force of the antique market. In Europe and the United States, there are large and small auctions and antique shops. Buyers are mostly middle-class collectors, rather than investment-oriented businessmen. After the middle class has become the main collection, the market price of the collection will gradually stabilize and the space for speculation will shrink.

At the same time, in the wave of traditional cultural renaissance in recent years, the middle class has played the role of the main force. They are physically learning and spreading traditional culture. For example, more and more middle-class people can write beautiful brushstrokes, or they can Play an elegant guqin. In addition, antiques and counterfeiting have been exposed by the media. There are more and more antique books, and middle-class people can use this to participate in antique collection more rationally and lastingly.

The author knew several middle-class people who liked to collect. They did not spend more money because they were collecting antiques. Instead, they spent their luxury goods, such as costumes and watches, on spending on antiques. This also shows that after the middle class enters the antique market, it will take a slice of the huge high-end consumer goods market. Although this cup has a small proportion, it will also be a feast for the antique industry.

It is worth mentioning that it was not easy for collectors in the past to find homosexuality. With the development of new media such as Weibo, it is easy for people to find “organizations” on the Internet and quickly form a group of ancient Tibetan friends and groups. Experience sharing and collection flow, which will be conducive to the further prosperity of the antique market.

In short, only after a large number of middle class people really fell in love with antique collections, the foundation of the antique collection market is more solid and can be developed in a healthy manner. It is not difficult to foresee that, after entering the market, a large number of middle class will inevitably lead to further increase in the prices of ordinary antiques, and those astronomical collections will continue their astronomical journey. This has nothing to do with ordinary collectors.