Overview
- Expert Serhat Ahmet issued an auction estimate of £1,500 to £2,500 for the Chinese tea set during Sunday’s broadcast.
- The red teaware retains factory wrapping from Nanking Road, Shanghai, with an accompanying 1947 newspaper corroborating its purchase.
- Sgraffito craftsmanship with Ching dragon motifs was cited as evidence of superior quality for the period.
- The family piece had been stored unused for decades and was intercepted en route to a charity shop.
- Filmed at Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum for BBC One, the segment captured the owner’s shocked reaction, with no sale reported to date.