A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000 (around $1,470-$1,960) at auction has sold for more than €9 million ($8.8 million) after a bidding war between collectors.

A Chinese vase expected to go for less than $2,000 at a French auction on Saturday instead fetched a record-breaking $8.8 million. Originally thought to be worth $1,470 to $1,960, the vase shot up ...

Chinese Vase That Was Deemed 'Quite Ordinary' by Expert Sells for Nearly $9 Million at Auction "The view of an expert can't outweigh that of 300 people," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, president of the ...

A Chinese vase that had an estimate of $2,000 went for an eye-popping $9 million at an auction in France. The Osenat auction house apparently low-balled the ‘Tianqiuping’ style because it wasn ...

The "exceedingly rare" Chinese Clair-de-Lune Glazed Porcelain Bottle Vase was previously owned by members of the Fleischmann family. Rare Chinese vase found in Indian Hill home sells for $444,500 ...

In an unusual, and absolutely surprising, turn of events, a Chinese vase that was valued at less than $2,000 ended up being sold for nearly $9 million. The blue and white Tianqiuping vase fetched ...

Two rare Chinese antiques that had been in an East Sussex home for more than 100 years could fetch up to £36,000 at auction. The vase and wine pitcher were from the reign of the Kangxi Emperor ...

According to The Guardian, the story has cost one of the auctioneer’s experts his job, after a Chinese vase he declared an ordinary decorative piece worth €2,000 (£1,750) at most sold for ...

In May 2022, a British surgeon sold a Chinese vase he had bought for a few hundred pounds for $1.9 million, more than 10 times its estimate of $185,000.

A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000 (around $1,470-$1,960) at auction has sold for more than €9 million ($8.8 million) after a bidding war between collectors.