In a handicraft shop in Luyuan Antique Market, a red coral-made Guanyin image with a height of 5 cm and a width of 1 cm is worth 260,000 yuan. A few years ago, the price of this craft was only three or five thousand yuan.
"Now the market has a faster rise in jewellery. Besides the well-known jade and diamonds, it is a coral." Ms. Zhao, who is engaged in jewelry sales, told reporters that in recent years, corals have become more and more familiar with this. The relatively unpopular categories of the past have also become a major force in the collection industry.
“Especially red coral, the collection value is higher.†Ms. Zhao introduced that nowadays, if the bracelet is inlaid with several red corals with a diameter of about 1 cm, the price will be nearly 10,000 yuan. A few years ago, such a bracelet was only a thousand or eight hundred yuan, and the price has been turned several times in a few years, and it is not the price of the top coral bracelet.
Obviously, corals are not only red corals, but red corals are very expensive and have always been favored. Then, the red coral is so noble, and where is its collection value? In this regard, the reporter interviewed Zhang Wenzhao, an industry expert who has studied coral.
Millennium Spirit: The coral skeleton is precipitated
Zhang Wenzhao said that the name of the coral originated from "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", Shi Chong and Wang Yu fighting the rich, using iron to break the two-footed coral tree that Emperor Wu of the Emperor Wu sent to the king of the king, and then called the men People took out all the coral trees in the house. They are three feet high and four feet high. The trunks and branches are unparalleled in the world and there are six or seven trees.
So, where does this expensive coral come from? The data shows that the main component of coral is carbonate, the main mineral is calcite or aragonite, and the hardness is 3 to 3.9 degrees. Because corals grow deep in the sea between 200 and 2000 meters, mining is extremely difficult.
Even though the shape of the coral is like a branch, it is an uncompromising animal. Zhang Wenzhao explained that coral is a kind of bone called coral polyp. It can grow one inch every 20 years and only one kilogram in 300 years. Therefore, it is regarded as a treasure in the sea and the best in Tibet.
A deeper understanding of corals reveals a wide variety of white corals, light pink or dark corals, pink corals, and black corals in Hawaii. Among them, red coral, blue coral and black coral are more precious.
In today's market, blue corals and black corals are rare, but red corals have always been favored by collectors. It is understood that the current harvest of red coral in the world is between 100 tons and 400 tons per year, and its price is several times to several dozen times that of gold.
Popular: the auspicious things in the court
In the West, corals and pearls and amber are listed as three organic gemstones; in the east, corals are listed as one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. They have been regarded as rich and auspicious objects since ancient times and have been used to make precious handicrafts. For example, the top of the cap and the pearls worn by the officials of the Qing Dynasty are made of precious red coral. When the Empress Dowager and the Queen wear the kimono on a very grand occasion, they must wear three strings of beads, the two strings of which are corals; and the royal princes, the crown princes, the princes, and the pipa, except for the central ones, which are amber and the queen’s east pearl. In addition to the difference, the other two strings are also made of coral.
It is worth mentioning that the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and the Queen of Zhuang Xian were particularly fond of red coral. In the Palace Museum in Beijing, there are still huge red corals in the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the dragon case of Emperor Guangxu, the red coral on the bed where the Queen Mother of the Summer Palace was sleeping was also placed in a white jade bottle, which was extraordinarily expensive and elegant.
Nowadays, the importance of coral has been gradually recognized by people, and natural red coral jewelry is sought after by people. Many women wearing red coral ornaments will be surprised to find that the red color of the red coral is alive and alive. It will be different with the weather, the dryness and humidity of the season, the light and shade of the light, and the physical condition of the wearer. Delivers subtle color changes.
Double the value: scarcity is the biggest selling point
Why are red corals so popular? Experts believe that scarcity is the biggest selling point for red corals. According to the data, as early as 1988, China has listed red coral as a national key protected animal and endangered wild flora and fauna species. In other words, red coral has been wearing a “tightening spell†during the raw material mining stage.
Not only is the amount of mining subject to constraints, but even mining qualifications are strictly controlled. The reporter learned that in the sales process, China has strict requirements for red corals, not only to meet the qualifications of import and export trade, but also to be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Fisheries for approval, which is more helpful. There are prices for coral products.
According to industry insiders, since 2012, the prices of mid-to-high-end red corals have started to increase significantly, and prices have doubled in three years. For example, the red coral necklace with a maximum diameter of 1.4 cm and a minimum diameter of 0.7 cm has at least doubled in three years.
The reporter learned that the current red coral millet bracelet of 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm has a market price of about 400 yuan; a single red coral with a diameter of 1.2 cm can cost more than 10,000 yuan; a slightly styling ornament sells for 30,000 yuan. Yuan to 120,000 yuan.
Can also appreciate: the price rises gradually become rational
In the current auction market, the size of corals is often one of the most important factors in determining their prices. At the spring auction of Christie's in Hong Kong in 2000, a large-scale Qing Dynasty coral carving phoenix ornaments, the transaction price exceeded 370,000 yuan, and a small coral pendant, the auction price is only about one or two thousand.
Although the size of the coral is an important factor in determining the price, the engraving of the coral has a greater impact on its value. Among them, the coral figure statue is the top grade in coral products. Such a large-scale Qing Dynasty coral sculpture figure sold in the previous auction, with a high price of 572,000 yuan, set the highest transaction price of coral products in the art market in recent years.
“Although many people in the market believe that the price of red coral has reached a certain high level, I believe there is room for improvement in the future.†Ms. Zhao, who is engaged in jewelry sales, believes that because of its high value, the red coral itself is extremely rare. As the cultural value and medicinal value of red corals become more widespread, there will be a new round of price increases. However, this price increase will tend to be rational.
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