Wealthy Chinese have been snapping up the world’s most expensive sheep, top wines, red Tibetan mastiff and some the world’s most expensive cars. Now they’re adding pigeons to their must-have list. Hu Zhen Yu, a Chinese shipping magnate, paid a record-breaking €250,400 ($328,000) for a Dutch fancy pigeon of the Dolce Vita (Special Blue) breed. Though the trend [...]
12 November 2010 
Suburban Family’s Old Chinese Vase Fetches $83 Million
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A Chinese vase discovered during a routine clear-out of a bungalow in northwest London has sold at auction for a record £51 million ($83 million), leaving the sellers flabbergasted. A vase that sat, little-noticed, in a modest suburban home has become one of the most expensive Asian artworks ever sold, and underlined the rapid rise [...]
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