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| | Desk-on-Frame Sells for $825,000; Maine Antique Digest, June 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | The desk-on-frame is the companion to a slant-top desk on bracket feet, branded Reese, that is illustrated in American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, Volume VIII and on page 230 of the catalog for the exhibition "In Praise of America," curated by Wendy Cooper at the National Gallery of Art. |
 | | Sack said he is not sure whether this is a woman's desk, and he has not done research to find out who made it or for whom it was made. |
 | | There are no initials on the slant-lid desk on bracket feet, just the date 1771 and, inside, a brand that reads "Reese." Snyder said Reese may not be the maker; it may be the name of a later owner. |
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