Shocking but smashing price
A CHINESE vase going at 10-times estimate is hardly a rarity but in the case of the battered piece right, offered at Charterhouse’s (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Sherborne on December 16, the £300-400 estimate did not appear unduly undercooked.
“It was brought in on one of our valuation days,” said auctioneer George Holtby. “It was in a shocki…