Post #442880 by tikiauction on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 6:13 AM

@tipsy (and others?), good luck with the bid. these things look museum quality.

@DW: what is the provenance if you don't mind sharing (besides the fact that they are from new zealand). :wink: i'm almost certain they didn't start out life as a bookstand. looks to be original 19th century maori metalwork or a pretty damn good repro.