We got this lovely early 19th century Sheraton dining table from the estate of a prominent family in Greenwich CT. It consists of a center drop leaf and two "D" end tables making it a most versatile piece of furniture. It is 9 feet long and 4 feet wide which means that it could seat 10. The condition of the piece is excellent. Here in Maine business such as ours are blessed by having a competitive advantage over our our big city cousins because our overhead is so very much lower. In fact we live in our store. This edge entered into our thoughts about pricing. Here's our thinking. In New York a table of comparable quality and form would be $32,000. In a smaller city like Boston it would be $22,000. Here in mid-coast Maine we can fairly sell it at $12,000 and everybody wins.
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