‘A crazy story’: why a Chinese vase valued at €2,000 sold for €8m
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#64FPH)
French auction house tells of build-up to bidding war that led to an expert losing his job and a seller being left traumatised'
In the 41 years of wielding the gavel at his auction house a stone's throw from the royal chateau at Fontainebleau, Jean-Pierre Osenat has never seen anything like it.
This is a crazy story," he said. Quite extraordinary."
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