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Table from the World's Oldest Wood

Filed under: Decor

One of the reasons that people enjoy collecting antiques is that their pieces have a history, a story to them, which a lot of ultra-contemporary pieces don't have. And the older a piece of furniture is, the longer its story. A unique table owned by a couple in Colorado goes beyond antique and no doubt has a far more interesting story to tell. It is made from the world's oldest wood, estimated to be 45,910 years old. The wood is blonde, with "lustrous finish as shiny as freshly washed glass" and originated from an ancient Kauri tree in New Zealand, although it laid buried underground (without rotting or petrifying) for centuries. The wood is hard with an amazingly fine, artful grain. The extremely rare wood from these trees is expensive to begin with, but one as old as this is pretty near to priceless.

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Dinosaur Nest Sets Auction Record

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

For some buyers, "antique" just isn't old enough. A Bonhams and Butterfields auction set a new record for a 65 million-year-old dinosaur nest that was sold yesterday. The raptoid nest was in excellent condition and contained 22 unhatched eggs - most of which were incredibly well preserved. The final price was nearly $420,000. As usual, the buyer will remain anonymous, but there must be more than a few museum curators hoping to get it donated to their collections.