$3 bowl for $2.22 million
March 20, 2013 by staff
$3 bowl for $2.22 million, A $3 bowl for $2.22 million? That’s exactly what took place in New York City. A rare Chinese bowl, purchased for $3 at a tag sale, was reportedly sold at auction for the astonishingly high price of slightly more than $2.22 million. According to a report on Tuesday (March 19) from The Associated Press, the auction estimate comes from Sotheby’s, where the bowl was sold recently.
The bowl itself was said to have been purchased back in 2007 by a buyer who then put in on display in their home. It seems like the buyer wasn’t quickly aware of the value of the bowl, though, having purchased it for only $3 at a tag sale. It turns out that the bowl itself is at least 1,000 years old and dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty. Nicknamed a “Ding” bowl, it was put on displays part of a fine Chinese ceramics and works of art auction on Tuesday.
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