Zhongqi’s collection of suspected yellow pears: Crafts posing as collectibles

After two consecutive mornings in which the Morning Post reported that there were obvious quality problems in the collections issued by the Zhongqi Collection, the collection enthusiasts constantly called the morning paper hotline to question the collections issued by the “Zhongqi Collection”. “I feel that the collectibles introduced by this collection company are actually ordinary arts and crafts. Taking their newly introduced 'Guanyin Blessing Jinyu' as an example, they claimed that the base was made of yellow rosewood, but not even the aroma of yellow rosewood. "The citizen Mr. Hu raised his own questions.

The public questioned whether Huang Huali is fragrant. Mr. Hu likes to collect rosary beads and wooden ornaments of various materials. He especially likes handicrafts made of rosewood materials. After he saw the "Guanyin Blessing Golden Fortune" based on yellow rosewood introduced by the "Zhongqi Collection", he felt that the golden eagle on the promotional material was in good shape and went to the point of sale to consult. However, after reaching the point of sale, he questioned Jin Hao, who was in a prominent position. “I didn’t feel right at first sight. The color of the base of the golden cymbal is lighter than the color of the yellow rosewood. There is no beautiful texture of the yellow rosewood, but I think the biggest problem is the odor. There is no yellow at all. The natural aroma of rosewood," said Mr. Hu.

Mr. Hu introduced that the woody name of Huanghuali is Dalbergia sinensis, and it is the main material for Ming and Qing dynasty hardwood furniture. In addition to the characteristics of luster, fine material, and soft texture, a key feature is the fragrance of humans. Mr. Hu has a string of The rosary of Huang Hualimu can smell the aroma on a table just a meter away, but this Huanghuali wood base is just before it can't smell the special odor. Mr. Hu told reporters that because of the scarcity of raw materials, since February of this year, the crazy yellow rosewood staged an amazing leap from "wood gold" to "wood diamond." In the past, the average quality of Vietnamese pear was about 2 million yuan per ton. It now rises to about 4 million yuan per ton. Based on this estimate, the cost of the single timber and handwork of Jinchan is about 15,000 yuan. The merchant’s promotion also uses gold and jade. Natural gemstones and other embellishments, if used with raw materials, cost more than 20,000 yuan. "However, its price is only 18,800 yuan, I think businesses will not lose money to sell collectibles, there are too many doubts about the production of raw materials for Jin Hao." Mr. Hu spoke his own views.

Reporter unannounced visits to sales staff and said "reiki"

The reporter came to the point of sale of “Goddess of Mercy and Blessing” and found that the product did not have any aroma as Mr. Hu introduced. After the reporter expressed interest, the sales staff began to enthusiastically promote sales, saying that the product was covered with “Aura”, and these “reiki” were mainly from the words on the gold coin. “This “Golden Heart Sutra” from the Imperial Palace was taken from the National Palace Museum of the Forbidden City, the National Treasure of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It was created by Emperor Qianlong for the birthday of his mother, Xiao Shengxian, the empress wife, Emperor Xianying, at the age of 77. He is the Emperor Qianlong's calligraphy. "Kanyin Heart Sutra", brushstrokes are mellow, and can be called the Emperor Qianlong Emperor calligraphy ... ..." The salesman said, but she did not take the initiative to explain the material.

When a reporter asked about the material of the golden pheasant, the salesperson said that the pedestal was huanghuali, but it was not described as "great quality" as in the promotional material. In addition, sales staff said that in the yellow rosewood is also inlaid with precious stones, the reporter discovered that there are indeed some dark grainy objects in the yellow rosewood slightly larger than the sesame seeds, but can not see the material. The so-called emeralds are all gray and opaque. (Reporter's photo report)

The industry view “Qianlong paintings and calligraphy” imitation is worthless. For the “reiki” Qianlong calligraphy that salespeople focus on selling, the industry insider, Mr. Su, who has come to the point of sale with the reporter, does not agree. He told reporters that if Qianlong paintings and paintings are truly authentic, they would be more precious, but if they were imitations, they would not be a selling point for collections. “You can find this word on the web and you can easily download and create various handicrafts. Can such a simple process be a selling point? Any collection, such as Jingdezhen’s porcelain, must have its own unique place that cannot be imitated. This kind of so-called collection does not have its own unique selling point, and the material has many doubts, so I think it is not worth collecting.” Mr. Su introduced the reporter.