The Economic Times

In 2010, a family clearing an ordinary London-area home found an 18th-century Chinese vase in the attic; it later stunned the auction world at 53 million

In 2010, a family clearing an ordinary London-area home found an 18th-century Chinese vase in the attic; it later stunned the auction world at 53 million. The Qianlong-era porcelain had once been dismissed as a reproduction. It remained in the family for decades before experts identified it as an imperial Chinese artwork. Its auction created a bidding war and later led to a private sale.