
WOODBURY, CONN. — A rare pair of George II carved and exotic wood side chairs, attributed to Giles Grendy, England, early Eighteenth Century, was the top lot at Schwenke Auctioneers’ Cinco de Mayo auction. The chairs sold for $40,325, including buyer’s premium, to a phone bidder and had provenance to a Newport, R.I., estate. A complete report on the auction will appear in an upcoming issue.