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Sat, Jan 12, 2013 09:00AM EST
Lot 209

The Hussey family Massachusetts Chippendale bookcase

Estimate: $25,000 - $45,000
Sold for
$37,920
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000
$500,000 $50,000
The Hussey family Massachusetts Chippendale carved and figured mahogany desk and bookcase, ca. 1770, probably Newburyport, retaining its original finial and cast brass hardware, 92" h., 40" w., 22 1/2" d. Provenance: Silvanus Hussey Jr. Nantucket, MA; descended through the Hussey family until sold; private collection, Richmond, VA; Skinner's Inc., Bolton, MA, January 12, 1991; Robert E. Crawford; Sotheby's, New York, The Robert E Crawford Collection, October 13, 2001, sale no. 7731; The Collection of Foster & Muriel McCarl, Beaver Falls, PA.

Condition

Parts: keys, pieces of molding. Couple of valances replaced. Original brasses. Pieces of mid molding broken and detached. Repaired break to foot facing. Provenance: The Collection of Foster & Muriel McCarl, Beaver Falls, PA.

See printed catalog.