chinese vase

THIS DEAL TV antiques David Dickinson would be proud of. Chinese porcelain vase, which was estimated to bring up to € 1,4 million at auction for a brother and sister who found it when they cleared the house of his dead uncle actually sold for € 50 (£ 43m sterling).
Brothers and sisters have found a highly-decorative blue and yellow vase among the possessions of their late uncle, when they inherited his bungalow after his death. They "did not know what they are," Helen Porter of Bainbridges auction house in Middlesex, England, told BBC News.
Vase 16 inches with perforated complex patterns and Handpainted fish motif. Ivor Macquisten, editor of Antiques Trade Gazette, said that it was made for Emperor Qianlong in the mid-to late 18 th century and that there was "a queue of dealers and collectors, to see a vase. The winning bid came from a private buyer, believed to be from China.
Mr. Macquisten added:

    He was an emperor in China, when China was at its zenith, effectively creating an empire you see today. And this is one of the great work done for one of his palaces. Record (the auction price for Chinese vase) was actually broken for about two weeks ago by Sothebys in Hong Kong when another vase sold for £ 18.2m (€ 21.3m). The discussion was this vase could make up to £ 20 million (€ 23.4m), but many people do not even believe.
The vase was found in a bungalow in Pinner, north-west London, so while he was not technically the case of "Cash in the Attic", the brother of the owners were really shocked by the price of his ears. Auctioneer Helen Porter added:

    They had hoped, but they did not dare to believe in the hammer went down. When it happened, my sister leave the room and get some fresh air.