A New York couple had no idea of the worth of the small glass bowl they bought at a garage sale for $3. It sat there on the mantle where the cat could have knocked it off to land in pieces on the hearth below.
It turns out to be an extremely rare (only other known one is in the British Museum) Chinese ding bowl from the Song Dynasty, more than 1000 years old. Sold at Sotheby's aution for $2,220,000.
Forget
the ugly vase that Aunt Susie Belle bought in a store to give you as a
wedding present. But if there's a strange looking piece that's been in
the family for generations, or that someone picked up at a flea market
or garage sale . . . . might be worth checking out.
That's why Antiques Road Show is such a popular tv show.
Ralph
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