Main Antique Market Information in China
Beijing
Beijing Curio City
No.21Southeast Third Ring Road (west of Warwick Bridge)
Beijing Antique City Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Capital Tourism Group, is currently the largest antique art trading center in Asia, mainly engaged in the operation of antique art market, providing quality services and operating platforms for settled businesses.
Beijing Antique City has a total construction area of 26,400 ㎡, and the market rental area is close to 1 1 1,000 ㎡. The building is simple and elegant, and the decoration is magnificent. At present, there are more than 600 private antique dealers in the store, mainly dealing in thousands of varieties in ten categories, such as miscellaneous antiques, classical furniture, antique clocks and watches, antique carpets, antique ceramics, celebrity calligraphy and painting, and white jade tooth carving. And white jade, crystal ornaments, Shoushan stone carvings, snuff bottles, antique carpets, bronze Buddha statues, antique clocks and watches, antique ceramics, Tibetan cultural relics, ethnic embroidery costumes and other ten categories of commodities.
Beijing Antique City market follows the management policy of high-quality service, standardized management, law-abiding operation and honest operation. It has been awarded the title of "Beijing Civilized Market" for four consecutive years and has established a good reputation at home and abroad.
Beijing Antique City's annual "Beijing China Antique Art Fair" has been held for nine times. Because of its elaborate organization, novel form, high-quality products and strong demand, previous exhibitions have shown a scene of gathering merchants and flourishing purchase and sale. It is the largest and most influential professional exhibition of antique art in China.
Beijing Antique City is a corner of Chinese civilization, which combines modern facilities and advanced management concepts. It is a paradise for Chinese and foreign collectors and antique lovers, and an art hall for Chinese and foreign tourists to appreciate Chinese civilization.
Shanghai
Shanghai Yunzhou antique city
No.88 Damuqiao Road, Shanghai (Zhaojiabang Road)
Shanghai Yunzhou Antique City, formerly known as Shanghai Taiyuan Road Postal Coin Antique Market, moved to Yunzhou Commercial Building in the 1990s. It is an antique market with a long history of 25 years and enjoys a high reputation in the collection field. The Antique City is located at the intersection of Damuqiao, Zhaojiabang Road in the central city of Shanghai, close to the bustling Xujiahui business district and Huaihai Road commercial street, where merchants gather, the transportation is convenient and the geographical position is superior. There are more than 1000 merchants in the antique city, with nine floors and a business area of 20,000 square meters. Elegant and comfortable environment, first-class hardware facilities. The antique exhibition center on the eighth floor is close to 1000 square meters, which is an ideal place for collection and exhibition. It is also equipped with central air conditioning, sightseeing elevators, escalators, cafes, food cities, websites and other supporting facilities. It is the largest comprehensive antique collection market in Shanghai at present.
A complete range of products is a major feature of Yunzhou Antique City, which is a collection of porcelain, jade, bronze, wood carving, calligraphy and painting, bronze medals, Ming and Qing furniture, philatelic products, ancient and modern coins, bonds, stocks, lottery tickets and other collectibles, with strong Shanghai collection characteristics. The open-air collectibles held on weekends are very popular in the market, and the transactions are enthusiastic. As a good place for Taobao to pick up shells, it enjoys an excellent reputation.
Holding colorful exhibitions is another major feature of Yunzhou. Yunzhou Antique City has held hundreds of exhibitions, auctions, appraisals, salons and lectures since its opening. In 2006, the first folk treasure exhibition of CCTV set the Shanghai constituency in Yunzhou.
Yunzhou is the vice president of the Antique Chamber of Commerce of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the vice president of the Shanghai Antique Merchants Branch. Shanghai Collection Association awarded the title of "Shanghai Collection Activity Base" and Shanghai Tourism Industry Association awarded the title of "Recommended Unit of Shanghai Reception Tourism Team". Many powerful collectors at home and abroad have settled in, which can be described as a gathering of talents, elegant guests, strong popularity and active transactions.
"Gathering the treasures of the world, the mainland unites collectors from all over the world". Shanghai Yunzhou Antique City warmly welcomes friends from all walks of life.
Yunzhou Antique City cooperates with Shanghai Collection Association to hold various collection appreciation trading activities for domestic and foreign antique collectors regularly or irregularly.
Hold a "Let's Fight for Treasures" folk collection fair once a month.
Antique appraisal experts of Shanghai Collection Association hold "Free Antique Appraisal Consultation Meeting" every month.
Various lectures are held irregularly every month: "Antique Appreciation Series Lecture", "Ceramic Collection Skills Series Lecture" and "Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal and Appreciation Series Lecture". , and invited Shanghai famous antique appreciation experts to teach.
The China Coin Appraisal Meeting is not held every weekend by the Shanghai Coin Society.
"Shanghai Zodiac Philatelic Research Association" and "Shanghai Extreme Philatelic Salon" are held every month.
The professional committee of ceramics, clocks, bronze medals and stocks of Shanghai Collectors Association regularly holds activities such as antique ceramics, clocks, bronze medals, stock salons and needle and thread collectors.
On weekends and holidays, there is also an open-air antique collection trading market with more than 300 booths.
Tianjin
Antiques in Tianjin market
Haihelou Business District, Guwenhua Street, Nankai District, Tianjin
Tianjin Antique City is located in the center of the tourist business district of Guwen Street, with the World Supermarket in the north, Tianhou Palace in the south, Madong Road in the west and the northern section of Guwen Street in the east. Antique City consists of six relatively independent single buildings, with an area of 1.0 1.000 square meters and a total construction area of 30,500 square meters (including underground garage). It is the largest professional antique market in North China.
The first floor of the antique city is a large underground parking lot; There are five floors above the ground, which are commercial shops and storage rooms. There are more than 300 shops on the first and second floors, dealing in antiques, with strong professionalism and excellent shopping environment. The third floor is used to hold various exhibitions, auctions and evaluation activities. Equipped with a comprehensive boutique exhibition hall and a multi-functional appreciation auction hall. Advanced equipment and complete facilities can completely reach the level of international auction. It provides a first-class trading environment for collectors and antique experts, and is a highlight of Tianjin Antique City. The fourth and fifth floors are exclusive storage spaces. As a perfect supporting project, they can go directly to the underground parking lot, and the delivery is convenient and fast, which is closely in line with the international advanced design and embodies the "people-oriented" design concept of antique city.
The architecture of Tianjin Antique City continues the original road texture and architectural style on both sides of the ancient cultural street, with uneven appearance and ups and downs. In graphic design, there are twists and turns and smooth vision. The overall layout adopts the plane layout of repeated units, and the landscape effect is formed through the staggered arrangement of six similar building units.
Co-existence of storefront management and booth management —— A major feature of Tianjin Antique City
The stall is a "geomantic treasure house" for collectors. The stall mentioned earlier refers to a stall that specializes in selling old handicrafts and old paintings and calligraphy. The form of stalls has existed since ancient times. The stalls in the Qing Dynasty generally reached a climax at dawn, and at dawn, the stalls had dispersed, so people used to call them ghost markets. This is all in the past. In the past, most of them were fallen princes and nobles, shoplifters, unscrupulous children who spent money to buy a few things from home, and some of them even made fakes to deceive people.
Now the stalls have become all-day transactions, but they are still the busiest in the morning, especially on weekends.
The antique market in Tianjin Antique City has formed a stall trading group, which operates in the form of "stall cloth" every Thursday and Sunday morning; In order to maintain the business environment of the antique market and facilitate merchants' transactions, the Antique City Management Center provides 1.2 square meters of colored flannel for each booth, which is numbered and arranged. The unique booth management mode not only inherits the old Tianjin Wei's original antique trading mode, but also integrates the modern and standardized market management mode, which is full of Tianjin flavor and ancient meaning and creates a new field of Tianjin's hometown of human feelings.
The stalls in the antique market of Tianjin Antique City are basically antique secondhand goods, with a wide variety, including rare ancient books, jade articles and antiques. There are celebrity calligraphy and painting, jewelry, antique porcelain, old jewelry boxes, old clocks and watches, old records and so on. The business environment here is relaxed, the business is casual and peaceful, and the trading atmosphere is harmonious. Orderly shopping environment and neat antique display make buyers and sellers achieve a win-win situation.
Macao
Dasanba antique street
Near St. Paul's arch
Macau is one of the important channels for Chinese mainland's cultural relics export. Because of this, many cultural relics have accumulated here, and the antique dealers here are also one of the earliest groups to contact the mainland antique industry since the reform and opening up, and they have considerable skills in antique identification and appreciation. If you are familiar with the surrounding roads, you can still find very good antiques here. These shops are concentrated in Dasanba Street, Caodui Street and Huawangtang Street from the pavilion to Dasanba. There are more than 20 antique shops on both sides of the street, some selling tourist crafts, some selling painted pottery, Han Qing glaze, Tang Sancai, Song Qing porcelain and other antique ceramics, some selling Ming and Qing porcelain, and some selling all kinds of antique furniture. Many antique furniture came from China, and then they were carefully renovated to repair the damaged places and update the metal fittings. In addition, there are antique new furniture made of high-quality wood. Many shops have catalogues of furniture, which can be customized according to the style in the photos, whether it is popular or classical. In addition to furniture, there are wooden lacquer boxes, bronzes, ancient coins, wood carvings of different sizes, various family heirlooms, ancient China calligraphy and painting and other antiques.
The recent upsurge of domestic folk collection has prevented the loss of national treasures and cultural relics to a certain extent and should be encouraged.
Hong Kong
Hollywood antique market
Hollywood road, Hong Kong Island
Hollywood road is located on the wall of hollywood road in Sheung Wan. Built in 1844, it is the first street since the opening of Hong Kong. 184 1 year, the British navy landed on Shuikengkou Street at the west end of Hollywood Road for the first time, and hung the British flag there. At the same time, because there is Wuwen Temple here, it is also called Wuwen Temple Straight Street, which is the "first brother" of all streets in Hong Kong. At the beginning of the port opening, it was a Chinese community. Because holly trees were planted along the streets in the early years, it was named Hollywood Road.
Although hollywood road has experienced numerous changes on Taiping Mountain, we can still see many historical footprints of Hong Kong since its opening to the outside world as long as we observe it carefully. Hong Kong is a world-famous antique distribution center and trading center, with all kinds of antiques. The annual antique auction in Hong Kong attracts many tourists from home and abroad to bid. It is one of the three antique streets in Hong Kong and one of the top ten shopping streets in the world, which shows its status. Here, antiques, sour branch furniture, Wan Wen, furnishings and so on are all available, and people who like to collect will certainly gain a lot here.
Hollywood road has a long bend, extending from Central to Sheung Wan and West Ring. There are more than 100 antique shops of all sizes, and there are many excellent China antiques, including ceramics, jade, stone carvings, tooth carvings, bronzes, silverware, lacquerware, furniture, screens, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, and even rare unearthed cultural relics and ancient wedding dresses in China. In addition, there are ancient electric fans and phonographs from the west ... as well as jewelry, silverware and antiques from Japan, Thailand and Southeast Asia. Among them, ceramics, sculpture and furniture are the most. No wonder it has become a must-see place for antique collectors and lovers all over the world to search for their favorite antiques. The escalator connecting Mid-Levels and Central is 880 meters long and is the longest outdoor escalator in the world. The whole elevator connects the old building with the new senior residence. Here, a huge statue or stone lion of Wu stands in front of the store, almost blocking the entrance, which is one of the characteristics of Hollywood Road.
It is also an antique shop, but the decoration methods are different, Chinese style, garden style, western museum style, department store style and grocery store style. There is always one that can attract your attention. There is a shop in the form of a grocery store, which is full of porcelain. The whole shop is full of vases and porcelain statues of the great Buddha, but it may actually be just the tip of the iceberg. As long as you say what you are looking for, the clerk will try his best to help you find it. There happened to be a beautiful blonde next to her that day, saying that she was looking for "China Calendar". I'm a little unknown so. After careful inquiry by the clerk, I realized that it was Luo Geng who looked at Feng Shui. Chairman Mao's portrait and badge are also favored by many foreigners.
Some reputable shops will list the type, origin, year, restoration records and expert appraisal of antiques on each exhibit to ensure that customers can buy real antiques. Wooden furniture, such as rosewood chairs or wood carvings, is also sold in many stores. Tourists often ask the clerk to deliver them after they have selected them. Among them, some shops mainly sell antique wooden tools, and there are many wooden signs in ancient shops.
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The art antique market has been occupied by three major sectors and three levels. That is, auction companies, cultural relics shops and antique markets constitute three parts of the world. Antique market, also called Antique City, is a mass market with a wide range of commodities and regular opening. Its supply is mostly new products, old products are few, taste is very low, and the characteristics of mixed truth and falsehood are the mainstream. It is a place for beginners to practice their eyesight. It doesn't cost much to get an artistic sense of collecting life. So this kind of market can be seen everywhere in China, which is very common.
The second floor is the cultural relics store. Cultural relics shops have a long history from ancient times to the present, but their development is still very slow. Beijing Liulichang is a typical group of cultural relics shops, some of which are state-owned and more private, belonging to the middle and low grades. Twenty years ago, before the establishment of auction companies and antique cities, cultural relics shops played a leading role in the art market. Some specialize in porcelain, some specialize in calligraphy and painting, and some specialize in antique furniture, with different division of labor and their own strengths. Cultural relics shops are also based on honesty, which is really true. Imitation is responsible for customers, and basically does not deceive people, Xian Yi, young and old. However, due to its weak strength and low cost, it is difficult to prevent the risk of a large amount of funds backlog. Due to the vagaries of the market, it is common for the collection to be unsold for many years. With the rise of auction industry and the establishment of antique market, it is a great impact on cultural relics shops, and business depression is bound to come. Cultural relics shops must improve the present situation, improve their taste, reach the middle and high-grade level and enhance their strength. In addition to buying and selling, they can also engage in consignment and buying on behalf of others to expand their trading scope. As long as they adhere to the principle of honesty and fair trade and try their best to be genuine, Xian Yi, old and young, will have a prosperous business and a wide range of financial resources. The art and antique market is promising and the trend of the times. We should seize this great opportunity to develop ourselves.
The third floor is the auction company. Auction companies are top art trading places. Its abundant supply, high quality, high level, high and medium-grade products as the mainstream, the price ranks first in the market, selling genuine products, not selling fakes, and its high integrity should be a treasure trove to attract investors and collectors. Its trading volume is so considerable that other peer markets can't catch up, especially in the past few years, when only a few companies monopolized the China market, it has a strong domineering and arrogant attitude. However, the good times did not last long. In the situation of rapid development, the number of auction companies has soared to hundreds in the past two years. In the fierce competition, there have been some irregular behaviors, which have messed up their own foundation.
Nowadays, there is a "dark horse" in the market-art brokerage company and art investment consulting company, which is an art management institution inevitably bred by the rapid development of market economy and market needs. Its nature is very important between auction companies and cultural relics shops, and it has both intermediary and distribution functions. Not limited by time, place and variety, it is a very flexible market. Unlike auction companies that only shoot two or three times a year, they can make a deal every day. It can find investors for sellers and sources for buyers. Unlike auction websites, which fall down in a few seconds, millions and tens of millions of investments have to be paid before thinking. Maybe you bought a treasure, maybe you bought a handful of grass? How much courage does it take to hold a brand in such a cruel reality? How much risk do you have to take to meet this opportunity? The average person lacks such courage. The brokerage firm's transactions are stable and safe, which can make you understand and think enough, not for three to five days, but also for seven or eight days. If you can't see clearly, you can find someone to play an edge ball, think clearly before making a transaction, so that you can rest assured that there is no risk, and the seller doesn't have to pay this fee, so that you worry that you will not lose money if you catch the chicken, and there is nothing to lose if you don't make a transaction. So all three parties are willing to talk on the table.