Man buys table for $7.5M U.S.

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/02/14/930679-ap.html

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - When Albert Sack buys furniture, he doesn't skimp.

The antiques dealer just spent $7.5 million US on a mahogany tea table - the second-highest price ever paid for a piece of American furniture.

The table is one of only four of its kind made by the noted 18th-century craftsman John Goddard of Newport, R.I.

In 1989, Israel Sack (Albert's father) paid $12.1 million for a secretary's desk that once belonged to Brown University founder Nicolas Brown - a record for American furniture that still stands.