An old Chinese teapot found on the kitchen shelf of a semi-detached house in the English province, despite a damaged cover, was sold for a staggering price of over £ 1 million.
How an ordinary household item has become a great value
The owner of the teapot, who did not know anything about its value, decided to show this piece of kitchen utensil to a specialist - Chinese antiquities expert Li Yang, whom he invited to his modest home in Dorset to appreciate some of the decorations he had at his disposal. Mr. Young, who is a full-time expert at the auction in Dorchester, defined the stigma at the bottom of the teapot as the seal of the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who ruled in the 18th century.
The lid was crowned with a peach, which in imperial China was a symbol of unity and immortality. Peach trees in the Chinese tradition are considered "trees of life." During the wedding ceremony, Chinese brides carried their flowers in their hands.
Auction sale
The kettle was previously valued at several thousand pounds and put up for auction. But just before the auction, interest from potential buyers increased. This led to an intense struggle for him between 10 buyers from different countries, and in the end one of them said over the phone that he was ready to give him a gigantic sum - 800 thousand pounds. Together with the auction commission rate, the total price for the kettle amounted to 1 million 400 thousand pounds. This is about 1.2 million US dollars.
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The “Battle for the Kettle" lasted 10 minutes. The participants in the battle raised the price by 20 thousand in one step, and once it jumped immediately to 100 thousand, when one of the bidders wanted to scare off competitors. He was even ready to ignore the crack on the lid due to the “exceptional” nature of the kettle. The trading room was crowded, and when the auctioneer's hammer knocked down on the table, general spontaneous applause sounded. The owner of the kettle could not believe his happiness until Lee Young convinced him that this was reality.
The seller who does not want to reveal his name is a middle-aged businessman. A green glazed teapot stood in his kitchen as a decoration or an element of the interior, because a crack in the lid prevented it from being used for its intended purpose. He was passed down from generation to generation, and to determine how he got to the current owner is completely impossible.
