She sells her grandfather's old dishes at auction: the broken plates bring her... 230,000 euros!
She "didn't expect" such a result. A British woman recovered from her attic some broken crockery that belonged to her grandfather, for an auction. While she hoped to get the equivalent of a few hundred euros for it, the seller recovered nearly 200,000 pounds sterling, or a little less than 235,000 euros.
She sells her grandfather's old dishes at auction: the broken plates bring her... 230,000 euros!
Garage sales, flea markets and other auctions are not mostly for financial gain. They are generally an opportunity to do a big sort out and declutter your home. This resident of Lincolnshire , a county in the east of England , responded to this logic after getting her hands on some Chinese crockery in a pitiful state, reports the Daily Mail .
It was during the Christmas period, while she was up in the attic to look for decorations, that this British woman stumbled upon these lots, collected between 1899 and 1901 by her grandfather during the Boxer Revolution in China. Lots that had been languishing upstairs since 2002.
The expert imagined a 4-digit sum
Having doubts about their real value, she decides to have the "broken china" appraised despite modest expectations. According to the auctioneer, due to the condition of the dishes, the seller can hope to recover around 1,000 pounds sterling, almost 1,200 euros. The expert is way off the mark...
At the end of June, the pieces were finally offered to several dealers in an operation organized by John Taylor Auction, a prestigious establishment founded in the middle of the 19th century. And the seller was able to watch, amazed, the bidding soared for the 13 lots. In total, the various collectors acquired the Chinese porcelain tableware for 196,992 pounds sterling - fees included - or 232,000 euros.
"I didn't expect such a result"
Among the highlights was a set of four tea bowls with matching saucers, each bearing a mark that their manufacture dates from the reign of Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850). The seller obtained over 30,000 euros for these four bowls.
Speaking to the BBC , the former owner of the lots shared her joy, coupled with surprise: "Chinese porcelain is a minefield. Over the week leading up to the sale, it became clear that there was a lot of interest in it, but even a few hours before the sale, I did not expect this result . "
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