{
  "id": 11874987,
  "title": "UK collector paid $15 for broken teapot; it later sold for $575,00",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/uk-collector-paid-15-for-broken-teapot-it-later-sold-for-575-00",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T07:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-uk-collector-paid-15-for-a-broken-lidless-teapot-at-a-2016-auction-experts-identified-it-as-one-of-only-seven-known-john-bartlam-pieces-and-it-sold-for-575000-to-the-met-in-new-york/articleshow/134670524.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2016, a UK collector purchased a broken, lidless teapot at an auction for £15. Little did they know that the piece would later be identified as one of the rarest early American porcelain teapots. The teapot was eventually sold for £575,000 after it was discovered to be a piece made by John Bartlam, a Staffordshire potter who established a pottery business in South Carolina in the 1760s.",
  "summary": "A broken teapot bought for £15 at a 2016 auction was identified as a rare piece made by John Bartlam in South Carolina in the 1760s. It later sold for £460,000 at auction, reaching £575,000 with the buyer’s premium, and was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}