Collector purchases a simple teapot that turns out to be a valuable antique

What looked like a simple teapot turned out to be a valuable antique.

An English collector had purchased a teapot that was broken and had a missing piece for the price of £15 (about 17 euros), thinking it was ordinary porcelain. After taking it to an expert, he had realized that he had purchased an antique.

The precious teapot was auctioned off and was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum in New York for the record sum of 575 thousand pounds, or about 650 thousand euros.

The object, which features blue designs on a white background, was made in America by potter John Bartlam.

The British collector said he was “extremely pleased not only with the result achieved, but also because then the teapot will return to where it was created, in America, to be admired.”

Source: huffingtonpost

Collector purchases a simple teapot that turns out to be a valuable antique

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