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<p>[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 4314744, member: 9259"]Nice imperial yellow piece (imperial because yellow/gold was reserved for the emperor.)</p><p>The inscription 大清雍正年制 / Da Qing Yong Zheng Nian Zhi / Made in the year of Yong Zheng of the Qing Dinasty looks good, yet, for an auction house to estimate that it would sell that low is a bit weird; auction houses' experts usually can tell what something is worth... Under estimated hammer value to attract bidders? Never know, but I've seen other pieces go for thousands of dollars when the estimate was quite low.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JayBee, post: 4314744, member: 9259"]Nice imperial yellow piece (imperial because yellow/gold was reserved for the emperor.) The inscription 大清雍正年制 / Da Qing Yong Zheng Nian Zhi / Made in the year of Yong Zheng of the Qing Dinasty looks good, yet, for an auction house to estimate that it would sell that low is a bit weird; auction houses' experts usually can tell what something is worth... Under estimated hammer value to attract bidders? Never know, but I've seen other pieces go for thousands of dollars when the estimate was quite low.[/QUOTE]
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