RARE MING DYNASTY VASE USED AS DOORSTOP...

MING DYNASTY VASE USED AS DOORSTOP IN NEW YORK HOME SELLS FOR $1.3 MILLION

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A rare Ming Dynasty vase that had been used as a doorstop in a New York home has sold for $1.3 million at auction.

 

The blue and white moon flask was auctioned Wednesday at Sotheby's sale of Chinese works of art. Its presale estimate was $600,000 to $900,000.

The piece had been in the same family collection for decades. The auction house said the family decided to sell it after seeing a similar piece in a Sotheby's advertisement.














Say it isn't so!  Why can't we ever find anything rare and worthwhile in the heap of junk we got at home?  Craziness!