So, when a bargain hunter in Hertfordshire, England, listed a small vase purchased at a local thrift shop on eBay, they couldn’t possibly have expected their £1 investment to turn into £80,000.

A long-forgotten Chinese vase, once auctioned for just $56, has sold for over $9 million after being found “surrounded by cats and dogs” in an elderly woman’s country home.

AN EAGLE-eyed car booter who bought an old vase for £10 has sold it at auction for more than £60,000. The bargain-hunter, who does not want to be identified, snapped up the rare five-inch tall ...

The anonymous seller said they bought the five inch tall vase because it looked interesting - but then discovered the real worth when they put it on eBay - and bids raced to £10,000.

A Chinese vase has sold for thousands at The Cotswold Auction Company's April sale, shattering its estimate. The celadon vase was expected to sell for around £200 to £300, but instead went for ...

A giant Chinese vase bought for a few hundred pounds is set to sell for £150,000 after it emerged that it belonged to an 18th century Emperor.

A vase passed down through three generations has been sold for £1million, 100 times its estimated value. The 18th Century bottle necked ornament was bought by an unnamed telephone bidder from China.

An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for 16.2 million euros ($19 million) at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday - more than 30 times the estimate.

A 18th Century Chinese vase that was discovered by chance in and attic in France has fetched a record-breaking 16.2m euros (£14.2m) at auction.

An 18th century Chinese vase left in a shoebox in an attic has sold for €16.2m (£14.3m) at an auction in Paris. The vase, which was stored for decades along with other items inherited by the ...

A small Chinese vase that was valued at between £10,000 and £15,000 has been sold at an auction in North Yorkshire for almost £1m.

The £51m sale of a Chinese vase discovered in Pinner sparked headlines around the world. But nearly 16 months on the seller has yet to receive a penny.