A bowl bought for $3 six years ago at a yard sale in New York sold at auction this week for $2.2 million. The buyers didn't know until recently that they had a 1,000-year-old Chinese treasure on their hands. CNN.com

A two-day sale of pre-Columbian articats went ahead as scheduled at Sotheby's in Paris despite four Latin American nations' claims that a numer of the 300-plus items were illegally exported. New York Times

Deborah Bardo, the wife of the new president of Wichita State University, is an avid collector of Depression-era Fiesta ware. She sometimes uses a piece or two at place setings for parties, but mostly her colorful ceramic finds are kept on display. Wichita Eagle