A Chinese vase that sat, little-noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling art market shows no signs of cooling down.

This Chinese vase ended up selling for way more than expected. The vase, which was described as "quite ordinary" by the Osenat auction house in France, was expected to sell for about €2,000 (around $1 ...

PARIS — An 18th-century Chinese vase found in a shoebox in an attic in France sold for $19 million at auction in Paris on Tuesday. The price was more than 20 times the estimate of $590,000 to $825,000 ...

Despite what Marie Kondo might argue, sometimes it’s your clutter that sparks joy. A Chinese vase that sat about collecting dust for half a century just sold for a staggering $9 million on Saturday at ...

The find of a lifetime has turned into an even bigger pot of gold than expected. Initially expected to sell for approximately $100,000, a rare Chinese vase that was made for the 18th-century Qianlong ...

A British brother and sister cleaned out their late parents’ dusty suburban attic and stumbled onto a fortune — an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase that sold at auction last night for a whopping ...

Talk about the find of a lifetime. A vase that was purchased for 1 British pound ($1.21) could be worth nearly $100,000 (80,000 British pounds) after it was revealed that the vase was made for the ...

A long-forgotten Chinese vase, once sold at auction for just £44 ($56), went under the hammer for over 70 million Hong Kong dollars ($9 million) on Saturday after being discovered in an elderly ...

LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An 18th-century Chinese vase found in a London house after its owners' death was sold for a record price by a "very typical local auction house" Thursday. The buyer agreed to ...

A small Chinese vase that was valued at £10,000 to £15,000 has today sold at auction - for almost £1 million. The extremely rare 18th Century ornament, made for a Chinese emperor, was brought to ...

"The view of an expert can't outweigh that of 300 people," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, president of the Osenat auction house This Chinese vase ended up selling for way more than expected. The vase, which ...