A small bowl bought for $35 at a home in Connecticut turned out to be a rare piece of ancient Chinese art. The bowl is worth between $300,000 and $500,000. It will soon go up for sale at an auction, an event at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most. The white bowl has blue paintings of flowers and other designs. It is about 16 centimeters across. The company holding the auction, Sotheby's, says the object was found at a yard sale in the New Haven area last year. A yard sale is a sale of used objects held at the seller's home. A collector of old objects, or antiques, saw the bowl at the sale and thought it could be something special.
Title: A Rare Find of Ancient Chinese History
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things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most.</span> <span data-start-time='30896' data-end-time='37021'>The white bowl has blue paintings of flowers and other designs.</span> <span data-start-time='37021' data-end-time='41042'>It is about 16 centimeters across.</span> <span data-start-time='41042' data-end-time='53333'>The company holding the auction, Sotheby's, says the object was found at a yard sale in the New Haven area last year.</span> <span data-start-time='53333' data-end-time='60396'>A yard sale is a sale of used objects held at the seller's home.</span> <span data-start-time='60396' data-end-time='71708'>A collector of old objects, or antiques, saw the bowl at the sale and thought it could be something special.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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