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French family finds rare Chinese vase in attic, takes it to Sotheby’s in shoebox; sells for €16.18m

Times of india World·9 Oct 2026
French family finds rare Chinese vase in attic, takes it to Sotheby’s in shoebox; sells for €16.18m

An 18th-century Chinese porcelain vase, forgotten in a French family's attic, sold for €16.18 million at Sotheby’s Paris in 2018. The family brought it to the auction house in a shoebox, unaware of…

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