Affairs at the Jupiter hotel » sister http://affair-jupiterhotel.com Just another WordPress site Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:50:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Chinese Vase http://affair-jupiterhotel.com/chinese-vase/ http://affair-jupiterhotel.com/chinese-vase/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:09:32 +0000 admin The sale far surpassed the expectations of the auctioneer, Bainbridge's, and the vase's owners, a brother and sister who had inherited it and arranged the house clearance on the death of their parents.

Chinese Vase

Chinese Vase
Chinese Vase

by Neil MacGregor £18.00

A 18th-century Chinese vase sells for record-breaking $85M : High …

A 18th-century Chinese vase discovered during a routine clear-out of a bungalow in northwest London has sold at auction for a record £53m (85 million dollars)…

Chinese vase sells for $83 million | MNN – Mother Nature Network

A woman clearing out her late sister's house sold the vase, which had been valued at 1.2 million pounds, but a Chinese bidder paid much more.

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"A British mother and son who found a rare Chinese vase while clearing out the attic of a dead relative hit the jackpot when it sold for $86 million. "The small, family-owned auction house that underestimated its value by 40 times is …

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