In any event, this piece is a vase and was probably made during the late 1930s or perhaps 1940s, and no, it is not an antique — yet. It is a good size, and has nice “Art Moderne” decoration.

IMAGINE, just for second, wanting to offload an old vase only to find out it it’s a real antique worth more than $1 million. Anyone who has ever watched Antiques Roadshow has no doubt had ...