A cracked vase which was kept in a loft and valued at £100 has sold for a staggering £130,000 after it was identified as a rare Ming dynasty treasure. The blue and white 10ins vase was thought by the ...

My parents collected beautiful, delicate pottery from Southeast Asia. Since these pieces were arranged around the house just out of reach of running children and frisky dogs, it was not until I was a ...

LONDON – A CRACKED vase discovered in an elderly couple’s spare bedroom fetched £750,000 at auction yesterday after experts found… LONDON – A CRACKED vase discovered in an elderly couple’s spare ...

A cracked vase found in a Gravesend home broke all records at an auction after fetching £64,000. The Chinese blue and white porcelain vase went under the hammer in Canterbury and became the highest ...

It seems to have been a case of: 'What do you want first? The good news or the bad news?' when an antiques expert visited a house in Leicestershire. The expert had visited the property to value a few ...

A Chinese vase that was dismissed as "worthless" because it had a crack in it has sold for over £55,000. The blue and white antique was spotted by auctioneer Charles Hanson during a visit to the owner ...

A damaged Chinese vase dismissed as being worthless sold for more than £55,000 at auction - after it turned out to be a 200-year-old antique. Its 89-year-old owner had kept the porcelain ornament on ...

A CRACKED vase discovered in an elderly couple's spare bedroom fetched £750,000 at auction yesterday after experts found it was an 18th century Chinese masterpiece. The owners, from Purbeck, Dorset.

A cracked vase which was kept in a loft and valued at £100 has sold for a staggering £130,000 after it was identified as a rare Ming dynasty treasure. The blue and white 10ins vase was thought by the ...

A damaged Chinese vase dismissed as being worthless sold for more than £55,000 at auction - after it turned out to be a 200-year-old antique. Its 89-year-old owner had kept the porcelain ornament on ...