Investigation And Future Exploration Of Antique City In Art Market

This paper aims to study at the antique center of the art market. As a specific study object, this paper make an scientific analysis about the operating situation of the antique center, and make a reasonable prediction of the future of it.Antique market has a long history in china. Owning to the limites from the politics and market environment after the foundation of PRC, the antique center fails to obtain its legal positon. Although there is a rise in recent years, still constrained by laws, policies and market environment, it fails to make a breakthrough. This paper study the reasons that the year of2012is called as "the Adjustment Year" and the changes took place of the structure of antique market. The paper makes an investigation of some large antique center in Shanghai by interviewing with the administrators and dealers of the antique center. Therefore, this paper makes a summary of the operating situation of the Shanghai antique center, strategies that the dealers take to go through the adjustment period and the advantages that current dealers have. Finally, the paper makes a suggestion for the development of the antique center and antique dealers based on the influence the auction houses’new strategies impact on them.The paper’ attempts to embed the study of antique center into the background of antique market instead of making an isolated study. By making comparison and interaction with other market subjects, the paper makes its utmost endeavor to make scientific suggestions and predictions.