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Wed 03 Mar 2010Four-minute frenzy as deep-pocketed bidders push Chinese vase to €110,000
An unlikely bidding war erupted when two collectors went after a small Chinese vase in the salesroom, writes MICHAEL PARSONSin Durrow, Co Laois
“PEOPLE COLLECT everything – the weirdest stuff, thank God,” said Philip Sheppard ahead of a sale yesterday of antiques and collectibles at his family-run business in Co Laois.
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