A tempest in a teapot

Cleanliness is next to godliness and it can pay off, big time, when you are cleaning out a cluttered garage, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Take the guy in the U.K. who was doing just that when he came across an old teapot that belonged to his mom. He was going to donate it to a local thrift shop but decided at the last moment to get it appraised. It turned out that it wasn’t a teapot after all; it was a small Chinese wine ewer dating back to the 18th century and it had quite a history. He put it up for auction sparking a global bidding war and fetching nearly half a million dollars. His grandfather had brought it back with him when he returned from the Far East, having served there during World War II.