The Boston Globe, October 14th, 2007
Antiques & Collectibles It was a tale of two cities' tea tables at New York's Americana auctions this month with the Philadelphia table winning out over the Boston one when it sold for $6,761,000 at Christie's on Oct. 3, setting an auction record for Philadelphia furniture. The estimate was $2 million to $3 million. Both tables had survived from the 18th century in original condition, but it was provenance, design, and attribution that made the circa 1760 Fisher-Fox Family Chippendale carved piecrust mahogany tea table the winner. Described in William MacPherson Hornor Jr.'s "Blue Book Philade...
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