DELAWARE, OH- An impressive early 20th century Chinese carved ivory vase was the top lot of Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers’ auction of Asian, Continental, & American Furniture, Decorative Arts, & Fine Art on January 29, 2011. On display t…
Pot o’ Gold: Family’s Old Vase Fetches $83 Million at Small Suburban London Auction House
LONDON (AP).- It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban London auction house, it sold for…
Pot o’ Gold: Family’s Old Vase Fetches $83 Million
LONDON (AP).- It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban London auction house, it sold for…
Qing Dynasty Vase Smashes World Record in Glowing China Art Sales at Sotheby’s
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- A Chinese Qing dynasty vase sold for HK$253 million (20.2 million pounds) in a Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong on Thursday, a world record at auction for any Chinese porcelain. “This is definitely a milestone,” Nicolas Chow, the Deput…
Qing Dynasty Vase Smashes World Record in Glowing China Art Sales at Sotheby’s
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- A Chinese Qing dynasty vase sold for HK$253 million (20.2 million pounds) in a Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong on Thursday, a world record at auction for any Chinese porcelain. “This is definitely a milestone,” Nicolas Chow, the Deput…
Qing Vase Smashes World Record in Glowing China Art Aales
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- A Chinese Qing dynasty vase sold for HK$253 million (20.2 million pounds) in a Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong on Thursday, a world record at auction for any Chinese porcelain. “This is definitely a milestone,” Nicolas Chow, the Deput…