Two badly damaged vases kept in a box for 30 years because the owners were too embarrassed to show them off have sold for more than £180,000. One was cracked and crudely repaired with glue. The ...

A Chinese vase that Suffolk auctioneers thought might make just under £1000 went for £200,000 ... It was in good condition apart from a small hairline to the neck and a firing crack on the ...