Sale 2185
New York
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30 June - 1 July 2009
PROPERTY FROM A MID ATLANTIC PRIVATE COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 188
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A MINIATURE OAK AND MAHOGANY SLANT-FRONT DESK, together with a brass-mounted ebonized chest-of-drawers The desk 9½in. (24cm.) high; the chest 6½in. (16.5cm.) high (2)
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