Thursday, January 28, 2010

Treasure Blog: 270-Year-Old Chinese Vase

It was being used as an umbrella stand and could be worth up to $800,000.

It has some slight damage, which hurts its value; undamaged, it could have brought more than double the estimated value.

It's a pretty thing:



It was made for the Emperor Qianlong and at one time was owned by the family of Florence Nightingale.

The old folks should have a more comfortable retirement, now.

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