Rare Russian vases sell for $2.7M in private sale

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Rare Russian vases sell for $2.7M in private sale

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rare-russian-vases-sell-2-7m-private-sale-194455746.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wD62sZY54uEqAjsgCHGy_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f510e24e351ec40c2e0f6a70670008b8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo made Thursday, April 4, 2013, Jerry Holley, executive vice president of Dallas Auction Gallery, rotates a rare Russian vases made in 1833 by Russia's Imperial Porcelain Factory and on display at the gallery in Dallas. The rare 4 1/2-foot tall vases, which had been packs away for around a decade, were sold Thursday, April 11, 2013, for $2.7 million in a private sale about a week before they were to be auctioned. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" align="left" title="In this photo made Thursday, April 4, 2013, Jerry Holley, executive vice president of Dallas Auction Gallery, rotates a rare Russian vases made in 1833 by Russia's Imperial Porcelain Factory and on display at the gallery in Dallas. The rare 4 1/2-foot tall vases, which had been packs away for around a decade, were sold Thursday, April 11, 2013, for $2.7 million in a private sale about a week before they were to be auctioned. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>DALLAS (AP) â€" Randy Buttram never gave much thought to the two 4½-foot tall ornate vases that graced the elegant main entrance of his grandparents' Oklahoma City mansion and later were displayed around a fireplace facade at his parents' home.</p><br clear="all"/>

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