1,000-year-old silk shirt expected to fetch £500,000 at auction
Golden garment made by Sogdian people decorated with images of ducks wearing scarves
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Pensioner stunned as old vase kept in a shoebox fetches £381,000
Unnamed UK buyer pays record sum for Hans Coper piece – bought for £250 in the 1970s – suggesting a boom in ceramics market