S4E6: Townsend Desk
Auction
1 Jan 201324 minTV-G
An eighteenth-century desk by John Townsend, one of America’s most famous furnituremakers, has turned up in a Manhattan apartment. The owners didn’t realize what they had. Now, it’s up for auction at Christie’s and expected to make a massive amount. In London, the Duke of Devonshire is selling two illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. But what will they fetch?