Looking back on 2014, the year became warmer and adjust keywords in the art market. Despite the industry's comments sound a high-profile, but investors become more rational, and reduction of human speculation bubble phenomenon, basically become the
market consensus.
Since 2012 art auction market turn downward adjustment since been extended to the first six auction season. Although the market there was a certain degree of rebound in 2013, but in 2014 the stock market is not as active as the market was expecting. Data show that as of December 18, 2014, the volume of domestic art auction market last year compared with the same period the previous year fell 18.26%, turnover fell by 17.37%, shows the current domestic art auction market is still in an adjustment of the quagmire and the cold of winter in. The industry generally believe that 2015, the art auction market, or will enter a rational era.
During the National Day last year, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Poly Hong Kong, the first in Hong Kong Guardian opened a big screen in 2014 autumn auction, but the auction house three autumn auction performance is not so good as expected, overall there has been a substantial decline. Which Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn auction harvest HK $ 2.904 billion, lower than the 2013 autumn auction results HK $ 4.196 billion, significantly lower than last year's Spring Auction Auction results HK $ 3.418 billion; the Poly autumn auction in Hong Kong HK $ 825 million gain, lower than 2013 Autumn Auctions turnover of HK $ 989 million; 343 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong acquired Guardian, lower than the fall of 2013 to HK $ 510 million auction results. In the next autumn auction, the auction results in almost all of the mainland has shown a significant decline.
In the autumn auction results marked decline, while the number of auction high turnover also decreased. Among them, the Chinese Jia Deqiu shot in turnover of over ten million yuan has 18 works of art, and Spring Auction is 23; Beijing Poly autumn auction price of ten million dollars works 19, and Spring Auction is 24; Beijing autumn auction will be sold 11 lots of ten million dollars, essentially flat with the spring auction.
Cultural Industry Research Institute of Peking University, pointed out Chen Shaofeng, painting market after frenzied growth will return to reason, artists give their works pricing phenomenon will no longer exist, academic and strength of the works: home decor wall art have a market.
Industry experts believe that, in 2015, the entire art market back to normal and rational needs a longer time course, while painting market has two features worthy of attention: First, fine paintings in very scarce resources, the number of Auction start mining, development of new hot spot, features special attention in the last year; the second is the sudden emergence of contemporary Chinese ink painting, young artists highly sought after.
Cool look astronomical phenomenon
In 2014, although the overall art auction market at a low ebb, but the high price of art is still frequent, the people to leave the only remaining talk and the best in the market expectations.
Last spring, Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Auctions sold for the highest price in the history of porcelain - Chenghua bucket color cylinder cup chicken, with the high price of HK $ 2.8124 million won by Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian.
November 4, 2014 (US time), Chinese film and television industry predators, Huayi Brothers boss Wang Jun at Sotheby's "Impressionist and Modern Art" evening auction, ho throw 377 million yuan, bought the Vatican High still life painting "Daisies and Poppies", Andy Warhol Prints concern. November 26 the same year, Liu Yiqian in Christie's Hong Kong autumn auction in 2014, "Yongle Emperor Yama enemy red embroidery thangka" special, again ho throw to RMB 280 million yuan, bought a piece of Ming Dynasty Thangka, setting a Chinese cultural relics Artwork in all international auction house has always been the highest world record. And this auction starting price is 50 million Hong Kong dollars, can be seen at the scene of fierce bidding, Liu Yiqian opinion therefore called "wayward brother."
Insiders pointed out that, should calmly look at art astronomical phenomenon. Some media reports, more institutions and individuals to take funds, trusts, private equity and other ways involved in the art market, manufacture and use of certain astronomical auction has become an important means of financing them. This mode of operation is: high art auction - auction issue mortgage trust - trust funds to pay the purchase price. "The flow of funds financing the trust type of art is an investment adviser's discretion, some people by seeking financing after 'fake shot' or 'shot fake' pushed up the price of the artwork." Insiders such a construction.
