The auction was hosted by Kerry Taylor Auctions in London.
There are auctions happening, or about to happen, in other countries with a similar car boot sale-style load of tat.
The industry has had a great year, with bids from offshore wind for capacity auctions in the UK and elsewhere at record low levels.
Only four other single vases of a similar type have been sold at auctions to date.
Local governments were initially reluctant to act, as auctions of land are an important part of their revenue base.
Some banks have planned yachting classes or even mock art auctions to teach newly-rich how to bid on expensive paintings.
He finds material at auctions, antique shops and flea markets.
Australia is selling A$16m (US$11m) in confiscated bitcoins in the first of such auctions held outside the US, as demand for the cryptocurrency surges to its highest level in almost two years.
Seventy-two-year-old artist Cui Ruzhuo once again topped the list of the Best-Selling Living Chinese Artists with sales at public auctions last year reaching 120 million dollars.
In the past, they would buy at these auctions to stock up for the Maastricht European Fine Art Fair in March in the Netherlands.
5 per cent of lots sold, it was one of the stronger sales in the past week, in which few auctions have made it to their estimates amid concern that stretched prices and the summer's financial market volatility might weigh on the global art market.
Sotheby's sale, which kicked off the spring auctions, saw 69 lots go under the gavel.
" The juxtaposition of Western and Asian artists at the fair makes for a fresh cultural dialogue for collectors who are accustomed to viewing one or two artists at a time here in galleries or at auctions, said Pearl Lam, a Hong Kong dealer "It's a very different way of looking at art," said Ms.
Although authorities placed 63m tonnes of corn through auctions to try to reduce its stockpile, only 25m tonnes were purchased, says the USDA.
Dow collection brought top bids totaling $803,889, doubling expectations, said Eric Bradley, spokesman for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
Geely and other indigenous producers, like BYD, of inexpensive, often utilitarian cars have lost market share as buyers have chosen costlier models from multinationals when they are able to obtain scarce license plates through auctions or lotteries.
There is no end of websites that cater to collectors, offering information, specialist books and magazines, valuations, search engines for wanted items, auctions, framing, shipping and insurance services, and much else besides.
The Dutch auction is named for its best known example, the Dutch tulip auctions.
In his models, auctions that let buyers and sellers bid at any time like most of today's financial exchanges were less efficient than ones that required relatively more bids from either buyers or sellers.
When you shop online auctions or buy used products at sites like Windows Live Expo, you're doing your part to help minimize waste by maximizing use.
