Old vase found in London home sells for $69m

[dazimo]

This vase in now copied by Chinese porcelain ateliers in Beijing and can be purchased in 5 qualities (from identical to a rough look-a-like). For a few hundred to 6 dollars.

[dazimo]

In 2009, Christie’s sold a pair of 18th-century bronze animal heads sold for more than $50 million to a Chinese bidder. The bidder never paid and the sale was canceled.

[dazimo]

The Mail on Sunday says the buyer is a Chinese billionaire who is a member of the Communist Party. His close ties to the government, which has been seeking to return what it calls “stolen treasures” of China, has led some to believe the government used the buyer as a front to sabotage the auction and prevent it from being sold. Items that fail to sell at auction or that become the focus of controversy can sometimes lose their value at future sales. The vase remains in storage until payment.

[wcrx2000]

I am pretty sure that this vase was never purchased from the original owner, it was a stolen treasure from the East, as of many treasure in the museum all over the west and in UK, they were not purchased, they was stolen from China, a bunch of thieves,

[Ultranothing]

@wcrx2000 Yeah man, everybody's an asshole except for you.

[dazimo]

THE CHINESE BIDDER NEVER SHOWED UP TO COLLECT THE VASE!! HE NEVER PAID IT. The whole discussion is about air. It is complete nonsense. The transaction was never made.

[eisenherz188]

@dazimo Are you serious the deal never made? I always thought the bids are compulsory! Where is the vase today?

[themightyjoseph]

I saw a lot of these vases on ebay that look similar to this that only cost like 100 pounds. Im thinking of investing in them.

[Satonamill]

"Coming from asia" I hate how some "westerners" see the world so simply. Asia, Europe and the Americas. Asian to Americans means Chinese, Japanese or Korean whereas Brits mean Pakistani or Indian. Asia also includes Persians, some Arabs, South-East Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and Malaysia to name but a few. All of which are VERY different from one another culturally, socially and religiously- even physically. Imagine grouping Germans, Scotts, French and Spaniars and Brits.

[JoandCharlieXo]

@Satonamill SHUT UP. no one gives a shit.

[Flashtoorev]

@Satonamill He used that term, simply because it was the most expensive vase which ever came from Asia. Your critique was uncalled for. Also, "grouping Germans, Scotts, French, Spaniars and Brits" (with some other countries added) would make for Europe. You would also say that, if a Swiss knife sold for a few million, being more expensive than any other knife in Europe, it is the most expensive knife coming from Europe, wouldn't you?

[lndac02]

@humbrolenamel imagine for a moment a person who spends all day posting/pasting the same comment on different channels about the same subject, a chinese vase! how sad could that be? well if you want to know ask Humbrolenamel a little man on a mission to kiss chinese arsehole big time whilst making litlle plastic airfix planes

[YentaY0]

stolen vase. Nobody should profit from this

[SEAhris]

@YentaY0 Unless you had exclusive rights to it ;)

[YentaY0]

@SEAhris

If you had exclusive rights to it, then you knew its value beforehand and researched how it could be sold without strings attached, maintaining a careful facade. That would be dishonest. God sees these things. Nobody should profit from this.

[SEAhris]

@YentaY0 oh you believe in god n/m

[johnnyf1ve]

cdltpx it is not full of holes. the media did not tell you there is another vase inside.

[EdyPegasus]

Chinese got the money to get their stuff back xD

[ThisisPeterHudson]

No comment

[megawutt]

Probably looted during the Boxer uprising.

[cdltpx]

You can't even serve wine in that thing it is full of holes?

[myRincon]

@cdltpx lol!

[korencek]

@cdltpx maybe it was used to wash something in it.

[KlingonSpider]

that is much more than what the Loch Ness monster asked for it. Three Fitty! can you believe that Loch Ness monster, he's crazy!!?