The best seat in the house sold for $47,200 at a North Carolina auction. Repaired but extremely rare, this 18th-century Chinese Chippendale armchair is attributed to a topnotch Charleston, S.C., cabinetmaker. Don’t sit down until you see other 200-year-old chairs that sold for a lot less.
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