Going cheap: The £250,000 vase NOW only worth £20,000 after owners turned it into table lamp By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 19:01 EDT, 10 July 2008 ...

Old table lamp turns out to be £550,000 Ming vase An old vase that had been crudely turned into a lamp sold for £550,000 because it was a rare 15th century Chinese object from the Ming dynasty.