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EU on and -- furniture -- foot.
You walk into someone's home -- -- the homeowner the homeowner surprised you come across a million dollar piece of furniture.
Joining the company John Hayes deputy chairman of -- no less and it happened to him.
Good morning -- you good morning John says Europe in New York -- wanna put put this on capitol it just -- a look at this.
-- -- you'll be going to a private home and you see this let's say this in this on the camera Karen that's -- up like Africa.
A bat is worth a million dollars and you just seven dip -- found it.
Well it'd been inherited by the family and they had it lost its recognition over generations.
That -- a old magazines and television lamp on it and know that get a hold an old television on it and the land it had lost it's it's identity.
It's an eighteen century chance -- in Newport, Rhode Island one of the great furniture making senators in the colonial America.
And Newport is loved by American furniture collectors because of the shells and if you -- over the surface yet hugs him you know one of eight known.
Bureaus that survives from the eighteenth century.
And it's signed by the maker John Townsend under the door and said -- suddenly you just find this thing will we do shocked to find it.
It's it's every.
Furniture.
Hunters search the dream to discover a blocking -- Chester drawers and the shells are so magnificent.
And it's it's loved by collectors of early Americana about and I know you're an expert industry -- you carried away -- is how about the -- did they register shock and all -- what they -- they were very -- -- they were very.
Precise -- and the thoughtful in.
And our approach and they didn't believe it another way they they didn't faint I think I was doing the fainting at.
And that after a little continued -- and I'm mark bring up a little bit I realize that this was.
One of the undiscovered masterpiece is how much how much well we've we've estimated seven to 900000 dollars.
And on the 25.
This month which is Friday next Friday a week from today.
It will be at Christie's and we'll see what the market decides 700 to 900000 dollars for peace affection seven differences -- discovered by you.
In -- New York how's it.
It is asking our Christie's -- is this just on pins and -- -- just antiques -- writ large -- -- that's under your -- should I do appear on that show and but this is one of the greatest discoveries in the field today made today than it -- do -- -- -- decade didn't -- it's a big deal all right so this thing is gonna be auctioned.
Auctioned off this thing I'm sort of put some I -- soft -- that's not.
Global network of -- that I look at August welcome bought discovered by you do -- next Friday -- is -- I haven't got time -- of this bring -- back again.
Okay chest how much how much quick it's it's trying to 30000 dollar Mariner's.
Chance -- -- It was said it discovered and -- house and Rhode Island.
It has an eagle on this on the front but you got it.
It's yes but it is 30000 bucks an -- -- that -- another brilliant discovery -- John Hayes thanks for having us on thank you so okay.
