Does the calendar have any collection value?

In recent years, in the second-hand book markets in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha and other places, old calendars are sold in the book markets like books, and there are also booths specializing in selling old calendars. Some collectors believe that although the calendar is not a book, its rich connotation, like an encyclopedia, plays the same role as a book. In a sense, the calendar, like an evolved book, is increasingly favored by collectors.

The publishing industry of calendars originated in the 1970s, when calendars were still a luxury, which was rare in ordinary people's homes. The varieties are mainly revolutionary holy places, landscapes and China paintings and calligraphy. The material for making calendars is just ordinary paper. In the 1980s, the calendar publishing industry flourished, especially in the middle and late 1980s, which not only popularized the whole city, but also appeared everywhere in rural areas. At one time, the market for calendars exceeded demand. Calendar themes are also very diverse, including people, animals, plants, famous cars, photography, fashion, paper cutting, seal cutting, oil painting, sculpture, stamp collecting, coins, antiques and so on. Coated paper, special perfume paper and plastic paper become the main materials of calendars. Calendars in the 1980s initially attracted the attention of collectors. The 1990s is moderns in the history of calendar publishing, which is mainly reflected in the high-grade production level of calendars. In the early 1990s, the appearance of simulated calendars on rice paper once swept the country, and then the simulated calendars on all rice paper appeared. It vividly prints the works of China ancient and modern painters and calligraphers on the calendar with Xuan paper in a simulated way, which seems to be the original works of the master and is deeply loved by people. At the end of 1990s, with the birth of gold foil calendar and silver foil calendar, the complete paper production of calendars was broken. Under the influence of high technology, metal has entered the production ranks of calendars, once becoming the first choice for people to give gifts in the New Year, and the collection prospect will be seen again.

As a commodity, calendars are generally only used for one year (a few of them can be used for two years in the 1990s). They are constantly updated and widely circulated. After entering the collection market, their rich artistic value determines the collection value of calendars. As far as China's calligraphy and painting calendar is concerned, it almost includes the famous paintings of China's famous artists. From the collections of the Palace Museum and museums in various provinces and cities, to the folk fine products scattered around the country and the treasures lost overseas, almost all of them are printed on the old calendar. If you collect such calendars, you have a simulated China Museum of Paintings and Calligraphy. At least, you have a complete collection of China fine paintings and calligraphy, and the collection value is very considerable. For painting and calligraphy lovers and researchers, it is not easy to witness the famous national paintings of past dynasties. It is impossible to take them home to study. If you have a calendar, it will be simple, fast and economical. The lines, brushwork, title, seal, frame length, width, clarity and comprehensiveness of calligraphy and painting on the old calendar are incomparable with the narrow width of ordinary books, which is of great help to copying and identification.

In addition, like the architectural calendar, it includes famous buildings at home and abroad, such as houses, ancient pagodas, temples, palaces, city walls and historical sites. If you collect this kind of calendars and appreciate them, it will be a very high artistic enjoyment. For example, other kinds of calendars have their own characteristics and artistic value. They are all-encompassing and indelible pearls in the collection.

Looking at the old calendar market, the old calendars in the 1970s are rare. The old calendars in the 1980s gradually decreased. Compared with other collections, the price of old calendars is still very low. Now is the golden age of collection, and many collectors are seizing the opportunity to buy, mail order and exchange from all over the country. The collection of old calendars will have a bright future.