The First Of Two 'Good Luck' Stories We Like So Much,

this time featuring a vase,

the owner did not have any idea of its value, in fact it had been knocked over by the family cat and survived games of football played around it, but in a routine house contents valuation a sharp eyed expert form Tennants, realised it was a 18th century 40cm high bottle-shaped vase bearing the mark of Emperor Yongzheng, it was conservatively estimated at £20,000-£30,000,

now if that was not lucky enough there is better to come, word quickly spread around the antiques world and collectors and dealers from China were prominent in the crowded saleroom as the bidding quickly soared, now what is better than having to collectors bidding for the same item in an auction? having 8 of them bidding against each other! the upshot was that the bidding went on till it reached an amazing £2.6 million, which with buyer’s premium pushed the final price to just over £3 million, lucky or what!