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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 277970, member: 5066&quot;]Thanks! I plan to, hopefully i haven&#039;t shot myself in the foot by making inquiries &amp; requesting more photo&#039;s or posting here.</p><p>I have messed up before in this regard, several years ago at a small country auction house in Asheville NC they had this pilgrim chest that they had mis-attributed to mason- messenger shop in boston.</p><p>As soon as i saw a photo of this chest, i knew immediately the front panels were carved by Thomas Dennis, america&#039;s most celebrated &amp; researched 17th century joiner. I shared this info with a dealer who handled early american furniture &amp; the dealer was not convinced it was a Dennis chest because of this, that &amp; the other thing.</p><p>The dealer had raised doubts in my mind so back to the research materials i went and, at 5 a.m. the next morning i fired off an email to a leading authority on Dennis who confirmed that yes indeed, this was in fact a Thomas Dennis chest.</p><p>At 5:30 a.m. this guy posts in his blog that a reader had found a &quot;new&quot; Dennis chest! complete with photo&#039;s i had sent &amp; the whole 9 yards of research i had done.</p><p>Thus i had in effect alerted every antiquarian in the nation that a new Dennis chest was up for grabs. The condition of this chest was poor, the lid was replaced, the feet were totally gone but, the front panels carved by Dennis were intact.</p><p>Long story short? This chest that was incorrectly attributed in very poor condition with a sale estimate of 2-3k was hammered down for 23k.</p><p>THANKS JAMES! YOU IDIOT! you just cost yourself a chance to own a Dennis chest![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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