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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 11356744, member: 5170&quot;]In order to promote Merry Christmases and Happy Holidays around Casa Ghopper, I happily acquired a mahogany plant stand this past weekend, on Black Friday as a matter of fact. I attribute it to New York furniture maker R. J. Horner, about 1885. I don&#039;t have an issue with this attribution, because 1) Horner rarely signed anything, so a (confident) attribution is usually as good as it gets, 2) The robustness of the piece and quality of the carving point to Horner, and 3) its got 4 of Horner’s trademark 4-toed paw feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is about 25 pounds (U.S.) of mahogany. In the last pic you&#039;ll see it supporting our bronze eagle, the source of which remains obscure. I can find only one stand attributed to Horner on the net at the moment, and it is very much simplified; I believe they&#039;re asking $1300 for it. I&#039;m not even sure that it&#039;s Horner. Anyway, I think $2-$3K U.S. would be a realistic resale price for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I&#039;m going to, ha ha.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]541708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]541709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]541710[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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