How a desire to play the game cost one bidder $1.2m
USA: A Philadelphia mahogany Chippendale games table, that represented the discovery of a lifetime for a small Massachusetts auction house, was bought by New York City firm Israel Sack Inc. for a massive $1.2m ($1.32m including the 10 per cent buyer’s premium) on June 4.
The sale said as much about the remarkable communications grapevine that operates within the antique…