In the United States: he bought a flea market five euros, it is worth thousands

Published
In the United StatesHe buys a flea market for five euros, it is worth thousands of it
A lucky ones acquired for 4.80 euros a Chinese dish dating from 1755 in a second -hand shop, in Chicago. It could benefit around 5,000 euros.
The price of this Chinese porcelain dish from the 18th century is estimated between 3,500 and 5,500 francs.
DRJohn Carcerano runs a carpet cleaning company. Besides his work, he has a hobby: the flea market. Every day, this American who lives in Chicago goes to the second -hand shop of a charitable work, Goodwill, Evanston, city of the agglomeration. And last October, the lucky ones bought a dish measuring 35 centimeters in length for 4.99 dollars (around 4.80 euros).
“I almost missed it because he was in a battery, hidden under a modern plate,” he told the magazine Newsweek, which published an article on its site on February 2. The find is a Chinese porcelain, made around 1755, during the reign of the Emperor Qianlong (Qing dynasty). Its value is estimated between 3,700 and 5,800 euros.
The tips of a wise hunter
“I have a warned eye, so I spotted the dish in a cart in which the new articles are brought,” says John Carcerano. Sometimes I spend long moments waiting for the carts to go out because when they arrive near the shelves, good things have already disappeared. ”
Thanks to the Google Lens application, the informed hunter has checked the value of the object: “In two minutes, I saw that a similar dish had recently been sold for 4,400 dollars (around 4,200 euros)”. And to add: “Only two copies have been sold at auction in the past 50 years. Most people are not interested in Asian art or porcelain. They don’t even look at these objects ”.
John Carcerano had antiquity authenticate by experts from three auction houses. He will give it up at Sotheby’s in New York next June. It feels that there is a good chance that the auction price exceeds the estimate. The man, who says he has recently undergone several surgical operations and chemotherapy, does not specify if he will make a donation to the charitable work which allowed him to win several thousand dollars.
Are you already on WhatsApp?
Subscribe to our chain, activate the little one and you will receive a news recap every day in start of the evening.