The Jefferson Desk
Unless there was some provenance we didn't see, I don't know how they can claim that antique desk was owned by Thomas Jefferson. (It sold for something like $65,000).
Sure, it was manufactured at the time he lived and the family that was selling it could trace their lineage back to Jefferson, but that's a far cry from saying Jefferson actually owned it, and proving it.
If they said it was 'attributed' to Jefferson and belived he owned it, it would have been a bit more believable.
I don't know what an original period writting desk goes for so the price may have been in line with a typical antique but they should have been a bit more forthcoming on the actual history of the item.
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