Are bronzes valuable? How to judge the treasure value of bronzes? .docx

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Collection of Luoyang Museum: Staggered Gold and Silver Bronze Tripod (Warring States Period) & Ancient bronzes mostly refer to bronzes in our country and are a major item in antique collections. The manufacture and use of bronze ware can be said to be a symbol of Chinese culture and has a unique position in world history. Bronze is an alloy of copper, lead, tin and other metal elements. Compared with pure copper, it has the advantages of lower melting point, easy casting, high hardness and strong corrosion resistance. In addition, because the production of bronze wares is very complex, the cost is high, the existence is small, and the age is very long, etc., their market value is very high. The value of ancient bronzes such as the famous Simuwu Dafang Ding and Shang Siyang Fangzun, which are national treasures, can no longer be measured by the market. As an important symbol of ancient Chinese civilization, ancient Chinese bronzes have always been recognized by the art world and collectors at home and abroad
. Many large foreign museums have set up Chinese bronze galleries, which contain many rare treasures. In the international auction market
, ancient Chinese bronzes have also repeatedly achieved high auction prices. At the Christie's art auction in New York, USA, a Shang Dynasty bronze vessel, Pan Tianquan, with a square Lei body, was sold for a sky-high price of 10,000 US dollars.
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Luoyang Museum Collection: Bronze Tripod with Pan Chi Pattern (Warring States Period)
Ancient bronzes can not only be seen in museums, but also occupy a large proportion in private collections. In the past, because bronzes were precious national cultural relics, their collection and circulation were inevitably restricted by national cultural relics policies. However, the new "Cultural Relics Protection Law" clearly stipulates that handed down cultural relics can be bought and sold through legal channels as long as their origins are clear. The current return auction of a large number of overseas bronzes has also opened the way for bronzes to enter the auction market, which in turn has made the trading of bronzes increasingly active. At the Chongyuan spring large-scale art auction in Shanghai in 2016, only three bronzes were sold at prices much higher than their estimated prices. Among them, a Shang Dynasty bronze "Wei Fu Yao" with a height of . Ten thousand yuan
, and was finally sold for ten thousand yuan, % higher than the estimated price.
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Collection of Luoyang Museum: Detailed view of the bronze tripod with panchi patterns (Warring States)
The ancient bronzes currently circulating in the domestic market are generally handed down, most of which are tripods and tripods from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Gui, pots, etc. are also very expensive. Generally, the private transaction price of tripods with flat chi patterns or simple decorations ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Therefore, bronzes can really be called "rich people's collections" in the antique market.