Keep lookin n' wishin, .... it just might happen to you.

[cogar]

Bowl bought for $3 sells for more than $2 million at NY auction

A New York family scored a huge payday when a small bowl, which they bought at a garage sale for $3, turned out to be a 1,000-year old Chinese piece that sold for $2.2 million at Sotheby’s yesterday.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/20/bowl-bought-for-3-sells-for-more-than-2-million-at-ny-auction/?test=latestnews

[Ipcress]

Tomorrows headline

" New York family man cries himself to death "

Exterior looks quite plain but it should be detailed within the well

[ghopper1924]

Amazing!

[KC]

Wow~~~  I would have probably eaten out of it! LOL

[mart]

I would like to know what its made of !!  Does not look like pottery,, looks more like alabaster !!

[bigwull]

Wow~~~  I would have probably eaten out of it! LOL

Is that not what you do with bowls....unless of course you use something entirely different...

[fancypants]

That was quite some buy ... requires a tip of the whole hat-rack !

Gotta root for the amateurs !

Young Thiago Olsen in Oakland Township , Michigan , has been classified as the 18th amateur to create nuclear fusion in his 'backyard' (18th !!!) .

Cool post , cogar !

[KC]

Bigwull, this one is beautifully ornate on the inside!  Definitely for show!  However, these were usually for royalty back in the time this was made!

A little information on the background of the maker
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/p/porcelain_ding_ware_bowl.aspx

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/chinese-works-of-art-n08974/lot.94.pricehl.html

[bigwull]

well it does,nt ring my bell, nor Avril,s for that matter,..she,s more enthralled with a Pitcher & Bowl, with matching porcelain candlesticks that she got in a charity shop..for £4...i,ll post pic tomorrow....

[KC]

I agree.  I love my treasures that I find in roadsides, garage sales, estate sales, thrift and second hands!  The hunt is much of the value!!