UK collector paid $15 for broken teapot; it later sold for $575,00
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A broken teapot bought for £15 at a 2016 auction was identified as a rare piece made by John Bartlam in South Carolina in the 1760s. It later sold for £460,000 at auction, reaching £575,000 with the buyer’s premium, and was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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