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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 495258, member: 5066"]Well, the thing is, the population of USA in 1690 was only 200,000 people, in 1776, 2.5 million so there were A LOT less people and furniture objects all the way round the corner than say Europe at that time.</p><p>Given that our population is 330 million now, outstanding examples from that earlier time are naturally going to sell for big bucks. Lesser examples obviously sell more reasonably. Ruth's box for example sold for $8000. USD, but it had condition issues, bottom was replaced, lock was missing, lid was cracked, paint was not original, etc. Looking back, Ruth was fairly priced at 8k.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 495258, member: 5066"]Well, the thing is, the population of USA in 1690 was only 200,000 people, in 1776, 2.5 million so there were A LOT less people and furniture objects all the way round the corner than say Europe at that time. Given that our population is 330 million now, outstanding examples from that earlier time are naturally going to sell for big bucks. Lesser examples obviously sell more reasonably. Ruth's box for example sold for $8000. USD, but it had condition issues, bottom was replaced, lock was missing, lid was cracked, paint was not original, etc. Looking back, Ruth was fairly priced at 8k.[/QUOTE]
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