Vase valued at $2,000 sells for $7,500,000 (That’s Million!)

Everyone makes a mistake once in a while, but have you ever made a seven million dollar mistake? This is crazy! An employee of a French auction house is out of a job after undervaluing a blue and white Chinese dragon vase.

According to The Guardian, they thought the vase was a copy and valued it at around nineteen hundred bucks. Turns out, buyers thought it was the real deal and the vase sold for a whopping seven and a half million dollars.

The white vase, which has blue dragon and cloud illustrations all over it, might not be a 20^th century copy as the employee believed. Instead, the market determined it was a true Qing dynasty vase stamped by the dynasty's fifth emperor, Qianlong, who reigned from 1735 to 1799. Jean-Pierre Osenat, who has gaveled at auctions for 41 years, told the outlet, "This is a crazy story. Quite extraordinary."

As for the employee who lost their job for mislabeling the vase, Osenat said, "The expert made a mistake. One person alone against 300 interested Chinese buyers cannot be right…he was working for us. He no longer works for us. It was, after all, a serious mistake." The vase came into the auction house's possession via an anonymous seller who found it while going through their late mother's estate. Once the vase was listed, Osenat said interest sparked almost immediately. "They came with lamps and magnifying glasses to look at it. Obviously, they saw something," he said, adding that bidding for the vase was "frantic."

As for the seller, Osenat said, "She’s completely unsettled. If it had sold for a hundred and fifty thousand that would have been something, but [seven and a half million] is something else. She’s terrified of being in the press and quite traumatized by it."

The buyer will remain anonymous. The employee still believes the vase is a copy.

Last week there was some pretty shocking news from our United Kingdom friends as a painting by Vincent Van Gogh was vandalized by activists protesting climate change. The sunflower painting held in the National Gallery in England has been there for nearly 100 years and is worth nearly 85 million USD.

Well, two protestors from the group JustStopOil took it upon themselves to hold a surprise public demonstration within the art museum, they did so by giving Van Gogh's work an update by throwing Soup at the photo and then gluing themselves to the wall.

After they were removed and taken into custody the painting was taken down and inspected for damages as a protective glass was thankfully blocking the art. Officials have since confirmed that the art itself is fine, the only thing damaged beside the wall was the frame, and only slightly.

The pair pled not guilty when they appeared in court this past weekend to vandalism, however, they were not the only protestors from the group to make headlines as media attention quickly criticized the group's methods on Twitter, here are some of the reactions we were able to find.

I understand why they did it to the Van Gogh painting, because it would generate attention and a reaction, though I don't think the term all attention is good attention applies here. To the group they are quoted as saying "What's more important art or food and housing?"

When I first saw this I didn't have time to look up any of the details, I just knew okay they threw soup at his painting. So I asked myself like many others I'm sure, did Van Gogh do something terrible? Cause when you normally see something like this happening it sometimes is because historical figures are being cancelled. But no it had nothing to do with him or his art.

Of course the internet did not sleep on a chance to make memes about the issue, with all types of videos and pictures being compared to the incident. But after watching the official incident I would say this is one of my favorite. It's a classic meme and one that is almost universal.

Yeah, if this is some kind of dooms day prophecy it's one I won't be participating in. Because as much as I like a good meme I don't feel like oweing over 80 million dollars. I mean this is similar to when the Mona Lisa had cake smudged on it's protective case. Could you imagine if those weren't there?

I'm not saying this is something I or you should ever do...But if I were gonna throw soup at expensive art I would spice it up a bit. I mean Tomato soup is a classic, but there are so many better choices, like clam chowder would be a nightmare to clean. Maybe that'll be the next post what soup is the best throwing soup?

As a kid I watched the nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award always wanting to be slimed at least once. But now that I'm older no thank you. I do not want to know the experience of trying to get that out of your hair. At that point leave me in the slime. But I can see why the didn't want to leave the painting covered in soup.

Just when I think I'm at the bottom of the barrel to my shock there's more! This isn't surprising seeing at the crypto market has become so popular in our current culture. Just a shame it's not stable whatsoever and currently crashing according to some reports. But while some appreciate what the group is trying to achieve they disapprove of their destructive methods.

I would love to see someone either clip that scene over the video it, or better yet just recreate that scene with the soup over his paintings. I haven't brushed up on my editing in a bit, but I might have a new passion project.

The term turning over in the grave is probably an understatement. My man Vincent is probably doing 360 tricks in his grave. Kidding of course, but it is crazy when you think, what would he think about seeing someone throw food at his art? I know I would be pretty upsettispaggeti.

Like I said thankfully no damage was done to the painting itself, but if it were lets say a replica and got ruined. I wouldn't even throw it away I would keep it as a memory of "Remember when they threw soup at this. Yeahhhhh wild times." Though I'm not sure what movie this was from, maybe before my time.

This is my second favorite post about the issue, if somebody actual starts throwing sunflowers at pictures of soup cans you have won the internet. That's it no more memes or anything shut it all down. Or better yet throw sunflowers at cans in the store. I advise you don't do this, but it is a funny thought.

Yeah, some people are saying this kind of action will only drive people away from the good cause you're trying to promote and I can see why. But I still wouldn't do donuts on the beach or ever own an SUV. I'll stick with my little Honda thank you.

This was the other incident that took place where they shot paint at a sign in New Scotland Yard. This activist was also arrested for their actions so it's a bit crazy to see all of this happening. The group that day also blocked traffic and caused major disturbances throughout the day.

As someone who used to work in the food industry, I can say when we knew something someone was gonna be a tough customer and we sometimes it was tough to hold our frustration in. It's apart of the job of course, but you still gotta feel bad for the people who have to clean up the aftermath.