Calendar has no collection value

In recent years, in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha and other places in the old book market, the old calendar with the same books in the book market sales, but also appeared to specialize in the management of the old calendar stalls. Some collectors believe that although the calendar is not a book, but its rich connotation, as a large encyclopedia, plays the same role as books. In a sense, the calendar as an evolution of the book, more and more favored by collectors.

The calendar publishing industry originated in the seventies of the last century, when the calendar is still a luxury item, the ordinary people's homes are not common. The varieties were mainly based on the theme of sacred places of the revolution, landscapes and Chinese paintings and calligraphy. The materials used in the production of wall calendars were only common paper. In the 1980s, the calendar publishing industry boomed, especially in the mid-to-late 1980s, not only popularized the whole city, but also everywhere in the countryside, and the supply of calendars once exceeded the demand. The subject matter of the calendars is also very diversified, including people, animals, plants, famous cars, photography, fashion, paper-cutting, seal cutting, oil painting, sculpture, stamps, coins, curiosities, etc. The calendars are made of copper-plate paper, special spice paper and other materials. Copper plate paper, special spice paper, plastic paper became the main material of the calendar. In the eighties, calendars initially attracted the attention of collectors. The nineties, is a brilliant era in the history of calendar publishing, mainly reflected in the high-grade production level of the calendar. At the beginning of the nineties, the appearance of Xuan paper simulation calendar was once popular all over the country, and then appeared the whole Xuan paper simulation calendar, which puts the works of Chinese ancient and modern painters and calligraphers, through the means of simulation, vividly printed on the calendar with Xuan paper, as if it were the masters' real works, which is y loved by the people. At the end of the nineties, with the birth of gold foil calendar and silver foil calendar, broke the calendar completely paper production. Under the role of high-tech, metal into the production of the calendar ranks, the calendar once became the first choice of people's New Year's gift, collection prospects by the day.

Calendar as a commodity use time is generally only one year (the nineties there are a small number of can be used for two years), it is constantly updated, circulation is widespread, into the collection of the market, it is rich in artistic value, determines the value of the collection of calendars. In terms of Chinese calligraphy and painting wall calendar, it puts the Chinese dynasties and generations of masterpieces of painting and calligraphy almost included. From the Palace Museum in Beijing, the collection of provincial and municipal museums and scattered folk gems and lost overseas treasures, old calendars are almost all printed, if the collection of such a group of calendars, you have a simulation of Chinese painting and calligraphy treasures museum. At least you can say that you have a Chinese calligraphy and painting masterpieces of the book, its collection value is very considerable. For painting and calligraphy enthusiasts and researchers, to witness the national level of the famous paintings of the past dynasties, is not an easy task, to take home to study is simply a mirage, if there is a calendar, it is simple, fast and affordable. The old calendar on the lines of painting and calligraphy, brushwork, inscription, seal and painting length, width, clarity and comprehensiveness of the content, is generally a narrow picture of the books can not be comparable to the copying of imitation and identification of great help.

In addition, like the architectural calendar, which includes the famous ancient and modern architecture, such as houses, pagodas, temples, palaces, walls, monuments and so on, if the calendar collection to appreciate, but also a very high artistic enjoyment. Such as other types of calendars, have its own characteristics and artistic value, it is all-encompassing, is a collection of a never-fading pearl.

Throughout the old calendar market, the seventies of the old calendar has not seen much. The eighties of the old calendar is also gradually decreasing, relative to other collectibles, the old calendar price is still low, it is the collection of the golden period, there are a lot of collectors are seizing the opportunity to travel around the country to buy, mail order and exchange. The collection of old calendars will have a better tomorrow.