The world's highest quality jewellery is often at the auction.
That was in 2014, a madness caused by a sky-high jade bead chain spread the entire jewelry circle, auction circle, fashion circle, from the legendary socialite Barbara Hutton's old collection - natural jade bead necklace, this time The focus of the auction.
This necklace first appeared in the auction house in 1988 and sold for $2 million.
Six years later, the necklace was shot again in Hong Kong and the transaction price soared to $4.2 million.
On the afternoon of April 7, 2014, the lot was won by a telephone bidder after 7 bidders had a fierce bid for more than 40 bids in 20 minutes.
The necklace was finally sold for HK$214 million, setting a new world record for the Jade Jewelry auction.
This high-priced auction has made the jade bead chain a focus of attention. The direct reason for its high price is not only the star halo of Barbara Hutton, but also the jade bead chain itself.
The appearance of the jade bead chain on the auction site undoubtedly means high prices. Why can small beads repeatedly create high prices? Why is the jade bead chain so expensive? Xiaobian today will give you an analysis of the reasons for the high price of the jade bead chain.
The requirements for rough stones are almost harsh
It is not difficult to make a kind of pearl with good water color, but to build a bunch of uniform and uniform beads, the difficulty is imaginable. In addition to having enough raw materials, all the beads must be from the same A piece of rough stone.
It is worth mentioning that even if the original stone is large enough, it may not be used. Generally, the raw materials with good water color only occupy a small piece of the whole raw material, so the jade bead chain made of the same good jade material is especially rare.
Production process difficulty table
Although the production of the jade bead chain does not seem complicated, its early design takes a long time. How to cut and cut the most material is a matter that needs careful consideration.
Moreover, these beads have been polished by the craftsmen. It is very difficult to polish all the beads in the same round and big, and now there are fewer and fewer craftsmen who have polished the beads.
The most expensive approach, no one
The bead chain is definitely the most expensive jade jewelry. No one will grind a small square piece into a bead, which will waste a lot of valuable raw materials. If it is to be a string of beads, it will cut more than its own. More than three times more beads to choose from.
The most important thing is that the bead chain must choose the best color in the raw materials. After the jade bead chain has used all the good colors, the other materials of the original stone will be greatly reduced.
High cost to scary
The jade bead chain is so expensive, and the funds it needs to occupy are very high. For the jade dealer, this is obviously a very uneconomical sale.
Only the well-funded and courageous merchants will choose to make the jade bead chain, and with the less and less raw materials, the price of the jade bead chain will be self-evident.
The most unobtrusive jade jewelry is the jade bead chain. The beads of the bead chain are round and shiny, without too much carved decoration. Just wearing it together, it looks graceful and luxurious. At the same time, the price of the bead chain is very high, and Cuiyou must be cautious when selecting, especially the following points should be observed.
1, with integrity
A good jade bead chain can see its integrity at a glance, that is, the color, seed, and bead size of the bead chain are evenly arranged. The closer the color, the species and the size are, the more harmonious the bead chain is. . The relatively poor color of the germplasm does not seem to be a coordinated bead chain, and the value is relatively much lower or even unqualified.
2, the diameter of the ball is large
A good bead chain is also important for the size of the beads. Large beads have higher requirements for their raw materials. It is very difficult to find enough beads with large diameter and uniformity of water, color and color to make a chain of beads. To find enough diameters, it is relatively simple to grow water and color. A little bit.
The better the quality of the beads, the larger the diameter, and the higher the value of the collection.
3, color and germplasm are good
The choice of bead chain is the same as the purchase of other jade jewelry. Color and water are also very important, and the better the water and color, the higher the value of jade, whether it is used for wearing or investment collection is very good. select!
4, no cracks
Like other jade jewelry, the impact on the jade bead chain is also very large. The splitting will affect the aesthetics and safety of the jade bead chain. The cleaved jade bead chain will break during long-term wearing. The phenomenon has greatly affected the value of jade. Therefore, we must carefully select the bead chain without any defects in the actual purchase of the collection investment. Such a bead chain has a collection value.
In general, the purchase of jade requires buyers to compare and distinguish in the actual collection process, and master the knowledge of jade appreciation collection as much as possible, so as to maximize the benefits and avoid accidents. Of course, jade jewelry is natural. The product cannot be too perfect for perfection. In addition, whether you can buy a desirable jade or not depends on the fate.
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