NEW YORK : A 1,000-year-old Chinese bowl that was bought for a few dollars at a garage sale in New York state sold for more than $ 2.2 million at auction on Tuesday.

An unnamed New York family bought the “Ding” bowl, which is from the Northern Song Dynasty, for no more than $ 3 in 2007 and displayed it on a mantelpiece with no idea as to its real worth, Sotheby’s said.