Summary Sotheby's estimated it would sell for $200,000 to $300,000.
(Reuters) - A 1,000-year-old Chinese bowl that was bought for a few dollars at a garage sale in New York state sold for more than $2.2 million at auction on Tuesday.
An unnamed New York family bought the "Ding" bowl, which is from the Northern Song Dynasty, for no more than $3 in 2007 and displayed it on a mantelpiece with no idea as to its real worth, Sotheby s said.
After consulting with experts, the owners consigned the bowl for auction. Sotheby s estimated it would sell for $200,000 to $300,000. London dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi paid $2,225,000 including commission for the bowl, which measures just over five inches in diameter, at the auction in New York City.
Sotheby s said the only known bowl of the same form, size and almost identical decoration has been in the collection of the British Museum in London for more than 60 years.
