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This may well be true, but if so, one wonders why they were valued at just $1000-1500, as was another lot from this collection, a painting table of similar age which went on to sell for $38,000 (£20,540).
HIGH spot of the Asian works of art section of Skinners’ July 17 sale in Boston was an $85,000 (£49,945) bid on a pair of 16th/17th century, cane-seated hardwood ‘Official’s Hat’ chairs from the collection of Professor James Hightower. In a post-sale announcement, Skinners Asian specialist described them as “quintessential examples... and undoubtedly the finest pair of hat chairs to have come on the market in decades”.
This may well be true, but if so, one wonders why they were valued at just $1000-1500, as was another lot from this collection, a painting table of similar age which went on to sell for $38,000 (£20,540).