艺术品收藏 不该是企业的盲目行为

近来,中国企业家的身影越来越多的出现在海内外的各类艺术品拍卖会上,逐渐成为收藏的主力.实际上,早在2013年就有报告指出,中国国内的企业收藏资金增幅较大,涉及的领域也很丰富,当代艺术的收藏比例也明显增加.数据显示,企业藏家购买力占整个艺术品市场的60%以上,而活跃在北京、上海各大拍卖场上的买家,70%以上都是企业家.根据2016年拍卖现场的调查,当年秋季嘉德、保利、匡时等一线拍卖中,掐尖的高端拍品几乎都被企业包揽.     

宣纸凭什么一纸千金

近几年来,宣纸收藏越来越火热。这一具有上千年历史的书画纸似乎被唤醒了,成为收藏界黑马,拍卖价格一刀比一刀贵,坊间更流传“藏金不如藏纸”之说。     

会收不会藏 收藏变百忙

时下，收藏已成为一种社会主流活动，越来越多的人加入到了收藏爱好者的队伍中来。盛世收藏，这本是件好事，但有很多人却只注重“收”，而忽视了“藏”，结果在收藏过程中出现了很多让人心疼的场景，给收藏活动蒙上了一层阴影。     

冷门

妻子下岗一年多，陈南山心烦了一年多。他在博物馆专攻明清建筑的构件——“牛腿”，被人戏称为“牛腿专家”。虽然他每天仍然坚持练习书法，但因心神不宁，结果是有笔无墨，有墨无神。算了，面对现实，生计为上。     

张学良夫妇晚年拍卖珍藏远走美国

我有一次到菲律宾做旅游采访时，遇到台湾典藏杂志熊总编辑也随团旅游，才得知大伯父所有的收藏都拍卖了。这些收藏是大伯父非常喜爱的，我们以前想看都无法看到，可见有多珍爱，现今全卖了一定有原因，我们没看到大伯父的儿子回来处理，这又是为什么？只有卖的人最清楚了。从新加坡的报纸上看到了这样的报道：     

国内企业艺术品收藏优缺及未来走向

近几年，国内越来越多的企业和机构开始介入艺术品收藏和投资领域，机构收藏对国内艺术品市场甚至艺术生态的影响已经显现，不少业内人士均表示，由“散户市”走向“机构市”是国内艺术品市场未来的趋势，也是市场正规化、专业化的表现。     

“天下收藏”背后的故事

如果有人问我，演戏、主持和收藏哪个重要？对这个问题，我可以肯定地回答：当然是收藏最重要。我已很多年不接主持的活儿，除非是收藏节目——需要说明的是，我办收藏节目也是极偶然的。“接活儿”，我有雷打不动的原则，前提是喜欢。2001年秋，江苏卫视一个新开办的收藏栏目请我去主持。当时，恰好该省某市有场拍卖，     

老年人，投资收藏小心“触雷”

随着人们生活水平的不断提高,以及近几年国家金融政策的适当调整,收藏已成为很多老年朋友生活中不可或缺的一部分,越来越多的老年人将多余的资金投向收藏领域,收藏的内容也越来越丰富。但要提醒广大老年收藏爱好者,在进行投资收藏时切莫因为自己的一己爱好、一时喜爱而触犯法律。     

亿元时代的书画收藏

书画收藏，已有几千年的历史，近几年，随着我国民间收藏文化的逐步升温，中国的“收藏经济”也日益显示出其旺盛的生命力。随着拍卖会上的一声声槌响，中国书画艺术品的成交价格一涨再涨，如今，千万元乃至上亿的书画作品屡见不鲜，一些高价值的作品甚至己进入了十亿元时代。     

亮出自己的底牌

有位朋友跟我讲了这样一则故事。 由于丢弃和收缴起来的自行车无人认领，警察决定将它们拍卖。 第一辆自行车开始竞卖了，站在最前面的一位十来岁的小男孩说：“５块钱。”叫价持续下去．柏卖员回头看了一下前面的那个男孩，他没还价。跟着几辆也出售了，那小男孩每次总是出价５元，从不多加价。不过５块钱实在太少了，因为每辆自行车最后的成交价几乎都是三四十元。 渐渐地，人们都感到奇怪。休息时，拍卖员问男孩为什么不再加价，小男孩告诉他说：“我只有５块钱。” 最后，现场只剩下最后一辆非常漂亮的单车，拍卖员问：“有谁出价吗？”…     

THE STATE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY

This paper tests systematic responses of the Federal budget to forecasts of inflation and unemployment. Estimated coefficients from fiscal policy reaction functions are examined to determine whether there are such systematic responses. Additionally, the coefficients of these estimated fiscal policy reaction functions are used to test several hypotheses concerning fiscal policy which have been advanced in the political business cycle and public choice literatures.     

FRAMING THE SHOOTER: THE GLOBE AND THE STREETS

This article concerns the extensive news coverage by the leading Boston newspaper, the Boston Globe, given a double homicide of two African-American boys. These two boys were killed, ostensibly following a dispute with a juvenile street gang, in April 1991. By examining the shifting focus of this coverage over time, the article examines how the local understanding of street violence was framed by the Massachusetts debate over juvenile justice, in particular newly amended state legislation which tipped the scales towards treating juvenile offenders as adults. Considered here are the Globe's attempt to both orchestrate and stand for ‘civic debate’ by entertaining and absorbing rival voices in its representational protocols.     

THE POLITICS OF THE DOORSTEP

This paper considers the legacy of continuing activism of women in the North East of England who organized in support of the 1984–85 miners’ strike. It refers to the traditional responsibility of women in mining localities for the maintenance of neighbourhood and kin relations and using the example of a key activist in one ex-mining village, it argues that the values associated with ‘mining community’ remain relevant as a reference point for a self-conscious, politicized reshaping of local relationships in post-industrial conditions. The material basis for this self-conscious approach has shifted from the masculine sphere of mining work and its associated community institutions to the feminized sphere of location and neighbourhood.     

DISARMING THE OPPOSITION: THE PRESIDENT, THE PUBLIC, AND THE INF TREATY

Data from a nationwide opinion survey are used to test the propositionthat President Reagan's sponsorship of the INF treaty effectivelydisarmed the opposition that hard-liners would normally haveregistered against the treaty. The data are consistent withthis interpretation. That is, the president's endorsement ofthe treaty had only a modest impact on those who perceived theSoviets as relatively nonthreatening, but it had a much morepronounced impact on those who viewed the Soviets as threatening.These results shed new light on the extent to which and theconditions under which Americans are willing to set aside theirown policy predilections and follow along behind presidentialinitiatives in the international arena.     

THE INFORMATIZATION OF THE WORLDVIEW

The development of information and communication technology in the second half of the twentieth century in crucial respects resembles the development of mechanics in the sixteenth and seventeenth century as it has been described by Dijksterhuis in his study The Mechanization of the World Picture (first published in 1950). In both cases specific technological developments not only lead to important changes in the natural and human sciences, but also profoundly affect culture as a whole and eventually result in a fundamental change in worldview. In this article the author attempts to elucidate the present informatization of the worldview in a twofold way. First, against the background of Dijksterhuis' analysis of the concept of mechane, a clarification is given of the concept of information, which has become central to many sciences in the last decades. It is argued that much of the confusion and misuse that surrounds the application of this concept can be reduced by making a careful distinction between the pragmatic, semantic and syntactic dimensions of information. Second, on basis of this clarification, the author discusses the transformation from a mechanistic to an informationistic worldview. While the mechanistic worldview is characterized by the postulates of analysability, lawfulness and controllability, the informationistic worldview is characterized by the postulates of synthetizability, programmability and manipulability. It is argued that although the informationistic worldview in some respects (for instance in its mathematical orientation) is clearly a continuation of the mechanistic worldview, in other respects it fundamentally alters human experience and the evaluation of, and association with, reality.     

THE PROBLEM OF THE SIBLING AS THE REFERRING PERSON*

This paper is the first concerning observations gathered at our Center during studies of the treatment of families with a chronically psychotic member.' It draws the attention of family therapists to a danger not uncommon in such cases, one that arises when the person referring his family of origin is a sibling of the index patient and, in many ways, the most “competent” and prestigious family member. The theoretical part of the paper and the clinical example that follows are intended to demonstrate how this pitfall can be turned into a springboard for therapeutic success.     

THE HARDER THE TASK,THE HIGHER THE SCORE: FINDINGS OF A DIFFICULTY BIAS

Studies have found that going first or last in a sequential order contest leads to a biased outcome, commonly called order bias (or primacy and recency). Studies have also found that judges have a tendency to reward contestants they recognize with additional points, called reference bias. Controlling for known biases, we test for a new type of bias we refer to as “difficulty bias,” which reveals that athletes attempting more difficult routines receive higher execution scores, even when difficulty and execution are judged separately. Despite some identification challenges, we add to the literature by finding strong evidence of a difficulty bias in gymnastics. We also provide generalizations beyond athletics. (JEL L10, L83, D81, J70, Z1)     

THE SUCCESS OF THE FED AND THE DEATH OF MONETARISM

We propose an explanation for the demise of monetarism in the United States. We show that optimal monetary policy would lead to zero correlation between monetary aggregates and inflation if the effect of monetary aggregates on inflation is known precisely and to negative correlations if there is coefficient uncertainty. From 1960 to 1982 the correlation of the monetary base and inflation was positive and so the variance in the growth rate of monetary base in the United States was clearly too large monetary base growth destabilized inflation. However, from 1983 to 2003 variations in monetary base growth were clearly stabilizing and could have been just right. ( JEL E52, E31, E32)