The Associated Press
A perfume bottle that was originally purchased for $50 US has been auctioned off for $216,000.

An elderly woman who wanted to remain anonymous received the bottle of Tresor de la Mer from her husband in 1939. He had bought it at Saks Fifth Avenue store.

The perfume is now long gone. The woman, who is now in her 90s, held onto the empty bottle #&8212; designed by Renee Lalique #&8212; and the box it came in for years, before deciding to auction it at the Rago Arts and Auction Center on Nov. 17.

Ken Leach, a perfume bottle expert at the auction, told The Times of Trenton that only 50 of the Lalique bottles were made, and he only knows of one other still in existence.