Keep your hair on...this broken wig stand has sold for a whopping £444,000 after it turned out to be an ancient Chinese relic. The 11 inch tall item had previously been split in two and crudely ...

A wig stand that belonged to a Chinese emperor but was used as a reading lamp with a shade for 50 years has sold for nearly £100,000. The porcelain stand made during the 19th Century was ...

The porcelain stand went for more than 100 times the £800 estimate after auctioneers realised it was made in imperial China for an emperor of the Qing dynasty.