It is not enough to say, as everyone will, that the Badminton Cabinet auctioned in London this week for $36.7 million is the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold. The 18th-century Florentine ...
LONDON - An 18th-century jewel-inlaid cabinet broke its own record as the most expensive piece of furniture sold at an auction, fetching more than $36 million at sale Thursday. The piece, known as the ...