The £21,000 Chinese censer sold at John Nicholson’s.
A WOMAN from the village of Hindhead in Surrey made a spectacular return on a £2 charity shop purchase when her small Chinese censer was knocked down at auction for £21,000.
Offered at John Nicholson’s in Haslemere on December 16 with a £5000-8000 estimate, the 4½in (11cm) wide cloisonné tripod censer carried a four-character Qianlong mark and was considered of the period.