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A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as merely a 'clever reproduction' went on to sell for £53million after sitting in a loft for four decades. The fate of the Qianlong ...

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A vase that was once rejected by experts on an early version of Antiques Roadshow has sold for a staggering £53 million after being rediscovered in an attic. The 16-inch porcelain vase ...

A vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert ended up selling for an astonishing £53million after being stored in an attic for 40 years. In the 1970s, the BBC introduced its antiques game show Going ...

An unassuming vase, deemed a mere imitation by an antiques expert and neglected in an attic for 40 years, has astonishingly sold for £53million at auction. The BBC's nostalgia-tinged '70s show ...

A vase initially dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as a "very clever reproduction" fetched an eye-watering £53million after languishing in an attic for four decades. Back in the 1970s ...

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