LONDON – It was just an old Chinese vase that had been tucked away unnoticed ... pre-sale estimate and a record for a Chinese work of art – an outcome Bainbridge called “a fairy tale ...

An art expert in France has been fired after valuing a Chinese vase 4,000 times less ... "We don't know whether it [the vase] is old or not or why it sold for such a price. Perhaps we will never ...

Despite the global recession, Chinese antiques have been selling for record amounts in recent years. In the market for an antique vase or scroll? Be prepared to spend millions. Here are a few ...

An old Chinese vase which was used as a doorstop and almost ended up at a car boot sale, sold at auction on Friday for £650,000. The weighty 26 inch tall blue and white porcelain vase survived 36 ...

A 700-year-old Chinese vase from the Southern Song Dynasty is expected ... and International Specialist at Chinese Works of Art Department, Julian King, said its octagonal shape, inspired by ...

The vase eventually was sold to an unidentified Chinese buyer for the grand total of 9.121 million euros ($9.02 million), including fees. “Our expert still thinks it’s not old,” states Laborde.

A Chinese vase that ... Europe by Amsterdam-based art consultant Johan Bosch van Rosenthal. The owner, who is in her eighties, is believed to have inherited the vase, which was sold for just ...

A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500 ... The grandmother was a keen art collector and had owned the vase for 30 years, he said, adding that there were early signs of huge interest in the ...

"The view of an expert can't outweigh that of 300 people," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, president of the Osenat auction house This Chinese ... Parisian art collector and had owned the vase for 30 ...

An art expert was fired from a prestigious auction house in France after a Chinese vase he valued at $1,950 sold for $8 million. The listing describes the vase as a "Large TIANQIUPING porcelain ...