Nešto slično dogodilo se jednoj porodici iz Njujorka. U jednoj sekundi, pomislili su da su kupili sasvim običnu činiju za samo 3 dolara, ali ubrzo zatim shvatili su da su dobili nešto mnogo vrednije.
Someone picked up this rare Chinese bowl for $3, and it just sold for more than $2 million. What's the best you've ever done at a yard sale? http://on.cnn.com/XZD97U
Posted by CNN on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Kada su ugledali belu činiju s prelepim detaljima, odmah je kupili za 3 dolara, a ubrzo se ispostavilo da je to bila najveća investicija u njihovim životima.
Otkrili da je činija stara hiljadu godina i da potiče iz kineske Song dinastije. Ona spada u kategoriju uobičajene vrste keramičke umetnosti poznate kao "Ding ware". Ova činija, na kraju, prodata je na aukciji za 2.225.000 dolara.
On March 21st a Chinese Ding bowl, bought for $3 at a yard sale and sold at auction in New York for $2.2 million, is the latest result in a string of successes for "undiscovered" Chinese porcelain at auction. It began in earnest in the 1970s and reached a climax on November 13, 2010, when a porcelain vase from the reign of 18th-century emperor Qianlong took a staggering 53 million pounds from a Chinese bidder in a tiny suburban London salesroom, the kind where bidders sit on sofas and chairs that are part of the estate auction. How to hunt for your own $2.2 million Ding bowl ... SH
Posted by Shipwreckhunter on Friday, April 19, 2013
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