An original Boulle commode…today worth £150,000…..
During 1982 a dealer friend of mine in the Belgium town of Ghent invited me into his mothers flat who had passed away. Amongst other things, I purchased a small chest/commode by Andre Boulle which dated circa.1690. It was a real gem of a piece .
At the time I sold it for £20,000 – today its value would be £150,000. If only it had of been kept as an investment! Alas the business needed to be supported and reap the benefit of the £20,000 back in 1982.
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