First Chinese imperial firearm at auction sells for 2.5 million USD in London

LONDON, Nov. 10 : (Xinhua) -- The first Chinese firearm with an imperial reign mark ever to be offered at auction sold for 1.985 million pounds (2.5 million U.S. dollars), the auction house Sotheby's London announced in a statement on Wednesday. The gun -- a brilliantly designed and exquisitely crafted musket, produced in imperial workshops…