Experts said the vase could have been worth much more had it not been damaged A rare Chinese vase found under ... was thought to be worth up to £700,000 in good condition but was cracked.

An 18th Century Chinese vase, left for decades in a shoebox in France, has sold for 16.2m euros (£14.2m). The vase was auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday and sold for more than 20 times ...