Chinese dog made 600 years ago was bought for £1 but could fetch £10k

A man buys Chinese jade dog for £1 at UK car boot sale, finds it in a box, later discovers 600-year-old Ming dynasty treasure that could fetch £10,000 at auction

A man, who bought a Chinese jade dog for just £1 at a UK car boot sale, has discovered an extraordinary treasure. Found in a box, the 600-year-old Ming dynasty carving is now heading to auction, where the rare black-and-green jade dog, the 8.5cm-long carved animal, is expected to fetch up to £10,000.

Antique bought for £1 at car boot turns out to be 600-year-old relic worth £10k

A RARE Chinese jade dog which is more than 600 years old could fetch up to £10,000 after it was bought for £1 at a car boot sale. The animal,...

Rare jade dog bought for £1 at car boot sale could sell for thousands

Auctioneer Charles Hanson said the dog has a ‘magical history’

Car booter who bought 'unassuming' item for £1 could be about to make thousands

The item is estimated to have been made approximately between 1380 and 1420

Chinese dog made 600 years ago was bought for £1 but could fetch £10k

The tiny figurine is made of mottled black and green stone and is estimated to be from the early years of the Ming dynasty - made approximately between 1380 and 1420.