The Vase Of Mistaken Identity: How A High School Art Project Got Valued At $50K

She made it in class in the '70s. "Antiques Roadshow" mistook it for a work much, much older. Now that vase is cheaper, though, the owner feels so much better about putting it out on his table.

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