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Article: [pounds sterling]19million; Antique cabinet beats its own auction record.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2004
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AN 18th century chest became the world's most expensive piece of furniture yesterday when it sold at auction for [pounds sterling]19million.
The Badminton Cabinet broke its own record - it had previously fetched [pounds sterling]8.5million in 1990.
Made from ebony and precious stones including lapis lazuli, agate and Sicilian jasper, the 121/ 2fthigh masterpiece is considered the finest Florentine work of art of its day.
Henry Somerset, the third Duke of Beaufort, commissioned the cabinet, ...