Getty cabinet one of most expensive pieces of English furniture ever sold

A George III mahogany china cabinet became one of the most expensive pieces of English furniture ever sold when it took $2.2m (£2m) during the opening salvos of Christie’s New York sale of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection.

An undisputed ‘ace’ of English furniture, this ‘glasscase’ was supplied by the St Martin’s Lane ca…

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