John Carserano, a carpet cleaner from Illinois at a well-known thrift store in the US, bought a minor-looking plate that was priced at $ 4.99, or about 415 rupees. But, his mind was shaken when he came to know that this plate was actually a wonderful Chinese artwork of the 18th century, which has a real price of 3.66 lakh rupees.
New York Post According to a report by, John was looking at the stuff in a charity shop and then he looked at a plate which was covered with a modern plate. Using Google lens, the person recognized its real price. One such plate was recently sold for $ 4400, so he immediately bought this plate that was going on for $ 4 without thinking anything.
Talking to Newsweek, John told that within 5 minutes I came to know that I had a precious cheat. He told that in the history of auction in the last 50 years, only two such plates have been neemali. John has experience of buying and selling ancient things. And he was looking at Cart with three more people. But when they left, they got an eye on the plate lying in the corner.
İkinci el mağazasından aldığı tabağın geerçek değerini ğRenince şaşırdı: değari 4400 dolara kadar çıkıyor!
Illinois’te yaşayan john carcerano, ikinki el mağazasından aldığı tabağın geerçek değerini keşfetti. 18. Yüzyıla Ait çin Arması ihraç Tabağı, 4400… https://t.co/2xpplhcnxp pic.twitter.com/lclt7Cialf
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To find out its truth, he went to many auctioners. Finally, Southi of New York admitted that it is a Chinese export Armorial Chamfard plate. It is around 1775. In Chicago, Bonhas and Leslie Hindman also said after watching the plate that it is priced between $ 4,000 and $ 6,000 (Rs 3.33 lakh to Rs 5 lakh).
John later spoke in a group of ancient porcelain in China where he got the real information about it. John says that the specialty of this plate is that it has not been used till date. Nor does it have any scratch in it. This is an ancient times plate. Due to his knowledge and experience, John got such a precious thing that he had never imagined.
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