(2) David Ng, Chinese Bowl Bought for Just $3 Sells for $2.2 Million at Auction. Los Angeles Times, Mar 20, 2013 http://www.latimes.com/entertain ... wl-auction-20130320,0,5660164.story
("The sellers were a New York family * * * The BBC News said that the buyer was London dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi. The name of the New York family that sold the item hasn't been publicized")
My comment:
(a) Though BBC is cited, there is no print report from BBC. Presumably the report from BBC is broadcast. Indeed the LA Ties report is about the only published report on this news.
(b) Ding ware from 定窑 http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E7%AA%91