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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 339892, member: 5066&quot;]Pilgrim Chamber Table Fiasco <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This table had fooled A LOT of furniture historians, collectors, dealers, museums and high end auction houses (christies) over the years. I got a call from the dealer while she was driving home with her prize early Sat afternoon, i could hear the elation in her voice. The dealer sent me to the auction house web site to look at pic&#039;s and promised to send additional pic&#039;s when she got it home. As soon as i looked at the piece, i had reservations from the start, it looked good, TO DAMN GOOD! i thought to be a 350 year old example. By early Sunday morning after looking at more detailed pic&#039;s she sent sat evening and some very lucky research, i was convinced it was a copy &amp; not a period piece. I told the dealer my findings, she became angry with me as i was killing her BUZZ at her life long dream to own this form ( there are about 2 dozen of these known to exist). By early monday morning after getting documentation on this table from MESDA which was OVERWHELMING in my view (pdf link below), i convinced her to cancel the CC transaction &amp; call the auction house to make arrangements to return it. It was returned, i sent some flowers &amp; box of chocolates to soften the 2 days of trauma.</p><p>Bottom line? yesterdays fake is still a fake tomorrow</p><p><br /></p><p>HMMMMM, it won&#039;t let me down load MESDA file, to big, i&#039;ll try another way[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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