The Original Price

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It had been a couple of months since the owners kept the vase in the custody of Sotheby’s. After extensively investigating, they finally decided that it was time to put the Yangcai up for auction. So what was its original price? Well, it was about $588,000 and $823,000. It would have been impressive to get to see a vase for even a fraction of its price tag. But wait, the actual amount this vase went to was a front-page newsworthy amount…