20 March 2013

Buy cheap, sell expensive.

Would you believe that this bowl is worth $2.2m? Well neither did the person who sold it for just $3 in a garage sale just a few years ago. Nevertheless that's what it sold for at auction at Sotheby's yesterday. Apparently it is unbelievably old and rare. Although Song dynasty, it was certainly bought for a song, however did not go for a song.

I think I am going to have a look in our attic. You never know what you can find there. It's going to be a dead cat most likely with my luck :-D
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  1. UnknownMarch 25, 2013 at 9:25 AM

    Personally, I wouldn't pay even those 3 bucks for it, but I guess the value is in the age. It's certainly interesting how such objects can end up in the hands of total commoners :-)

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