Very old and precious jade teapot

I am  pretty sure that this is an ancient  (or  very old) white  jade teapot.  It is probably worth  untold millions.  I have seen that there have been a few jade teapots on the Christie's  auction website that have sold for  something like $1,695,000 And it would be really great if this teapot was worth that, or something anywhere near that :-). Once I showed it to a close relative, who shall remain unnamed,  and she thought it was ugly. It isn't exactly graceful and delicate, not really a finely carved, complicated piece. But I find it to be  beautiful. I bought it at a thrift store for $2.99. It was covered with tape. It was kind of like a grab bag. One could not make out exactly what it was, but I knew it was stone and I knew it was a little teapot, so I splurged.  I took it into a local antique store and the owner was kind of  busy with other customers, who were there actually interested in purchasing her wares. But she kindly had a look at  it and said that she thought it was really jade. (Another time I showed her a necklace that I thought was jade and she sweetly let me know that it was a very nice soapstone necklace.) But  when I showed her this teapot, she looked carefully at it and said that she thought it was jade.  She seemed kind of uncomfortable and almost afraid and said she thought it might be very valuable. (Maybe she was trying to get rid of me)...But she gave me the phone number of a man who deals in Chinese antiques and his email. I emailed him and he responded to the query, telling me he was on his way to China and would return soon and to contact him again and we would arrange a meeting. Then I became excited. I had sent him photos and he wanted to meet. But then I began to think. I wondered if he  just wanted to lure me into his dark shop, so that he could take my  precious teapot. Or worse, he would charge me a fee to tell me it was a fake.  I convinced myself that I shouldn't meet him, after all. That it could be  dangerous or embarrassing. And the truth is,  I really like the teapot. I  don't want to sell it. I don't want to know if it's a fake. The teapot feels like it has been through time. It is mysterious.  I wonder who carved it,  who might have held it in his or her hands and if they ever had tea. Would it have been stained if it had been used for tea? Maybe jade is impervious to stain? I kind of love this tea pot, as much as you can "love" a thing. Maybe I only love it because of its mystery. If I found that it was not worth a great deal of money,  I could go ahead and have a cup of tea and then I might love it even more :-) Unless there is some disturbing chemical like lead in the polish. Hmmm. Perhaps, I had better just use it for pondering.  Or, I can hold it and imagine  that if all else is lost, I can sell it to some very very very rich collector who will place it in a real museum where school children can learn about the history of everything, jade, carving, tea growing and preparation, the whole shebang...how tea makes everything good.  YEAH, even though I have no pension, I do have my fortune in the form of a tea pot. Oh wow  :-)