When a blue and white plate came in to Walker’s Auctions in Ottawa it seemed like any other nice antique Chinese plate, however it would soon become obvious that the initial estimate of $700-$900 was a little low, and boy were they right.
While experts are saying there has been a slight dip in the remarkably
buoyant Chinese art and antique market, it was barely noticeable the night this
plate hit the auction block, as the bidding ended at just over $1,000,000 million dollars.
Originating from a Belleville, Ontario estate it had been
willed to the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art who in turn sent it to auction to
raise funds. And that it did.
The foreign buyer who had flown in to specifically bid on
the plate wished to remain anonymous.
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