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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

A Pietra Dura Table Top

Today we turn briefly to furniture seen in a Chicago auction. A fine pietra dura table top, probably of Italian origin, is paired with an ornate, claw-footed, tripod base.

Here's looking at you, kid:

The presale estimate of $5,000-$10,000 seems high. True, it does include the base, but that can't be to everyone's taste. See, for example, the last photo.

Pietra Dura Table
Chicago Estate Advisors listing accessed eleven hours prior to the sale

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/203705534_pietra-dura-stone-inlaid-table

Pietra Dura Table
Chicago Estate Advisors item details

No sale!

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #89

"This week’s cartoon of two people reading books comes from Jeremy Nguyen." Thank you, Cartoon Collections, for that succinct and helpful explanation of this cartoon. Meanwhile the image file bears an intriguing name, or rather string of words: softcover, books, furniture, apartment, misnomer, hardcover, chair. What do you suppose the misnomer could be? I have no idea. My three misnomer-free entries are shown here.