The estimated 100 pounds of pot sold for 3 million
 

Pitcher XI century, previously erroneously dated and valued at 100-200 pounds, was sold Tuesday at Christie's auction for 3.18 million pounds, reports the AP.
Crystal vessel with carved images of mythical animals, flowers and vegetables was in January 2008 put up for auction by British auction house Lawrences. Rarity was identified in the catalog as the claret jug, created in France in the XIX century and valued at 100-200 pounds (175-350 dollars). However, the bidders have shown an increased interest in pitcher, and, ultimately, he was sold for 220 thousand pounds (383.6 thousand U.S. dollars).

The new owner of the jug has expertise in which it was found that the vessel was made in Egypt during the Fatimid dynasty (XI century). Such rarities are in museum collections around the world recites no more than five, never previously exhibited at the auctions.

Before bidding, it was reported that the price of a pitcher can reach five million pounds. However, Christie's, exposing this lot for sale, did not indicate the estimate - a price for which it expects to sell.

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Meister, you're right luck, the power of knowledge .. but just a pitcher, and the price.

There is, in my opinion, the French proverb "Prize-connoisseurs." I wonder how often such stories, such findings? In life, next? Somewhere out there - this we occasionally read. And someone has their similar stories of happy discoveries? :)
Hopefully, they still occur.

Yes, it was such a case. But not somal, but with me.
I went to a collector ten years ago. And when I was brought to him now that he did not restrain himself, with me the same and began to unpack. It was Falk, still-life 30-ies. I asked how much it costs. He replied - 18 000 $ (imagine). Porassmatrivali face, and then turned on the turnover and there was another picture, too, Falk Green pitcher on the table ", and Collector I gasped with the words" Is it really the year 1910-1915, began to study. It was. He bought a "person" for 18 000 $ and "trafficking" on the run was estimated at 80 000 $. Now the truth is not serious sounds, now it is thousands of $ 700 000 already.

Thank you, great, .. that is, your collector bought only "person"? For inside-out did not ask?

Here prescriptive years, I have something rusty, a collector, I also read this forum and corrected me.
Falk, 30-ies was sold on the "antique cabin, waving it around the cabin, saw him a lot of people, and the backdrop was glossed over and through it barely stood out something else. Anybody and never dreamed that this could be an early painting. And when she arrived (it is already with me), my friend and climbed a closer look there, and did it a bold assumption, and then when the paint washed off - and all found.

Reread written previously

This I repeated twice the same, and the second supplemented the first, specifically to correct did not. First post this as I remember, and the second as it really is.

Konstantin, Every art dealer a couple of stories on this topic is always ..