Will jade be priced but out of demand? !

The price of jade has been rising at an astonishing rate in recent years, but one can always hear many jade lovers complaining that the jade market is now in chaos and that although it looks good on the surface, in fact there is almost no demand for jade. Even though the jadeite in your hands may seem expensive, in reality it is sold nowhere.

Is this really the case?

Let me first tell you the latest news. Just last year, Poly Xiamen 2018 Spring Auction sold another set of jadeite at a sky-high price. This set of full green jadeite egg-shaped set was sold for 10,465,000 yuan.

• 1287 Natural Full Green Jade “Egg-shaped” with Diamond Necklace

• Earrings and ring sets

• 18K white gold inlay, the necklace is inlaid with 10 full green jade egg-shaped faces

There are 13 egg-shaped diamonds in the set, each of which is pure and flawless, full green, plump and lustrous. The transaction price of each egg-shaped diamond is 805,000 yuan.

An egg-shaped egg the size of a fingernail can be sold for more than 800,000 yuan.

Can you say that jade is priced but not sold?

In fact, compared with diamonds and gold, jade not only has a high transaction price, but also has a stable price and is not easily affected by the economic environment:

Emerald vs Diamond

In recent years' auctions at home and abroad, a phenomenon has attracted the attention of investors: the jade trade has not been affected by the economic crisis at all, but has been sold at high prices one after another. Among them, jadeite auctions were the most active, breaking transaction records many times. In today's sluggish economic environment, collecting jade has become the investment of choice for many citizens.

In the past decade, the price of high-end jade has increased four to five hundred times, and the price of mid-range high-end jade has increased dozens of times, which is even greater than the price increase of diamonds. In addition, jade is also attractive to specific consumer groups such as collectors and high-end people.

Jade vs Gold

In 2007, the price of gold was about 158 ​​yuan per gram. Ten years later, the gold price in 2017 is around 278 yuan per gram. Although there have been some changes with the fluctuations of the market, the magnitude is not large. In ten years, the price of gold has only increased by about 120 yuan, and at its peak it only doubled.

Although gold is also a rare commodity, its output is much higher than that of jade. Currently, almost every country in the world has gold mineral resources, producing about 2,600 tons of gold each year. However, the total storage capacity of Hetian jade, a popular type of jade, does not exceed 10,000 tons. In addition, due to the disadvantages of the terrain and the difficulty of mining, the quality varies, so the output of complete jade is extremely low. Scarcity makes things valuable, this is actually the truth.

Since jade is more scarce and expensive than diamonds and gold

Why do some people say that jadeite collection is priceless?

Actually, you don’t know the business!

Some jade friends would say, I clearly have an ice jade bracelet hidden at home, which is said to be worth 50,000 yuan and the current market price is very considerable, but why can’t I sell it? They suspect that jade collection is just a "trap" with a price but no market.

Understand the true value

There are many issues here that newbies need to pay attention to. Take this jade bracelet for example. If the market price is 50,000, and you bid 70,000, but it cannot be sold in the end, would you say that this is a case of having a high price but no demand? Just because you don’t know anything doesn’t mean that other people don’t know anything either. It’s just that you overestimated your jade, so it’s unsalable.

You must first understand the true value of the jade in your hand before you can sell it. No one is stupid if you ask for a sky-high price. In the jade circle, "a one-point difference in color will result in a ten-fold difference in price." This requires professional knowledge, such as what grade of type, water content, and color of the bracelet in your hand is, and secondly, what is the market price of bracelets of similar grade in the market.

Jade is an explosive growth area in the collector’s market, and jade transaction volumes of tens of millions of yuan are the norm! We must first understand our collection. If it is indeed A-grade jadeite and top-quality jadeite, it can be easily traded out by finding a formal method!

Distinguishing between ask and bid prices

Not only do you need to understand the market value of jadeite, but you also need to distinguish between the buying price and the selling price. A bracelet is worth 30,000 yuan, which is generally the selling price. If you sell it to a jade merchant, it is impossible to follow the selling price. They have their own purchasing price, which may be 25,000 yuan, or maybe even lower. After all, jade merchants make a profit from the difference.

How to take action? Three directions

Direction 1: Ice-type, glass-type and other bright green jadeite. In the past decade, glass-type bright green jadeite has been the dream of both experts and laymen.

Ice and glass types are both the best varieties of jade. This type of jade is very rare in the world, with superior quality and bright green color. It can be said that it has both quality, water and color. Its value can be doubled, and its collection value is considerable.

Direction two: The color is rich and uniform, the quality is transparent, the shape is full and round, the workmanship is exquisite, the water quality is good, the color is bright, the shape is full and regular, the workmanship is simple and exquisite. It is also one of the jades that has risen most in value in recent years.

As for the jadeite for these two collections, the market prices of most of them start from 100,000 yuan or even reach hundreds of millions, which excludes ordinary collectors.

Direction three: Specialty pieces: The raw materials do not have to be very good or large, the key is that the craftsmanship must be exquisite and distinctive, and the raw materials and craftsmanship must be well combined!

Summary: It can be seen that the jade collection industry is not really out of market, but most people just don’t understand the industry. I have never seen people with many years of collecting experience saying that there is no demand for their items. Instead, newbies who have just joined the collection complain every day. Therefore, learning collection knowledge and getting started is the most important thing.