Hallmarks and manufacturer’s stamps are some of the first things appraisers look at when attempting to date an antique. Such is the case with a 19-inch Chinese porcelain vase painted with birds and ...

From gifts and family heirlooms to estate sale finds, our collectors have given us a wonderfully varied group of treasures to review this month, ranging in value up from a pressed glass oil lamp and ...

"Chinese vase sells for record price. " Heard it before? Well, here we go again. Last Saturday, a bidding war lasting seven minutes unexpectedly erupted during Sheppard's auction of Chinese Ceramics, ...

A Dutch art dealer realized the vase's significance after appraising an elderly European woman's collection. Courtesy of Sotheby's Porcelain vases and roaming pets can be a precarious combination.

An extremely rare 18th-century Chinese vase sold for 1,449,000 pounds ($2,569,000) in England after spending the last few years in a kitchen. Dreweatts auction house said the vase was an ...