Just the other month we saw a Chines vase sell at Brunk's auction in Ashville, NC for $1.2 million against an estimate of $400-$800 dollars (click HERE to read the AW post). Just recently in Raleigh, NC the Antiques Roadshow evaluated four pieces of Chinese jade as high as $1.07 million. The jade was from the Chien Lung, dating between 1736 and 1795. The report is short, so I will cut and paste the full article.The UPI reports RALEIGH, N.C., June 28 (UPI) -- "Antiques Roadshow" appraisers valued a jade set as high as $1.07 million, the highest appraisal since the show started traversing the United States.
The collection -- jade pieces from China's Chien Lung reign from 1736-1795 -- belong to an unidentified woman who arrived early at the Saturday taping in Raleigh, N.C., of the popular PBS show, The News & Observer in Raleigh reported Sunday.
The woman told the appraiser the pieces belonged to her father, a military liaison to China in the 1930s and '40s, show officials said.
Asian art appraiser James Callahan, who examined the four pieces, said the dealer steered her father to quality items. The popular PBS series travels cross-country, helping folks assess the value of collectibles and heirlooms.
"The dealer selected very fine pieces," he said. "I've never seen anything like it."
Callahan says the value of the pieces depends on the market for them in China and that the Chinese government often wants to get such pieces back.
"Roadshow" workers said the woman's initial reaction was silence, followed by, "Damn!"
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