Army folding camp stool

[Lepidina]

Sue sent a picture of another camp stool she sold a while ago and there's definitely no hinges in it. (Hey Rich, could you post it since I can't figure out how to post an image on here?) The thing is darn near perfect. (And for $13,000, it could have been yours.) So the mystery continues.<br>
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Deb<br>
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[richsc]

Deb, the photo is from Christie's so let me see if there is a link to it from their site.<br>
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This is from Sue Mcgovern:<br>
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Dear Richard,<br>
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Thanks for the link regarding the discussion, most interesting. A quick clarification on a few things if you don't mind, firstly I am not sure that I did label the chair a curule type as it is most certainly not. I did quite a bit of research on the stool before offering it for sale and came the conclusion then that it could not be classified as a "magistrates chair". For a very good explanation of that type, together with illustrations, please see:<br>
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penelope.uchicago.edu/Tha...Sella.html<br>
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Also, the stool is a little less that quoted, it is $8000 not $8500. I will take a few photos for you today that show the stool completely closed and a few close-ups of the hinges. Loved the "made in India" comment - it does look a little that way, I agree.<br>
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Finally, I sold a similar but more ornate example at Christies December antiquities auction last year - attached is a photo and details:<br>
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Circa 2nd Century A.D.<br>
Of X-form with one long and two short seat rails, support rails across the bottom, with bronze rounded knobbed rosette finials on the inside corners of the short seat rails, and rounded finials on either side of the hinge of the X<br>
15 1/4 in. (40 cm.) high (open)<br>
Price Realized:<br>
$ 13,145<br>
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Thanks for letting others know about the fibula, we will be receiving in a few very nice examples in the next few weeks - a couple of silver fibula and a number of complete bronze examples. Will keep you posted of their arrival and will send photos.<br>
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best regards<br>
Sue<br>
_<br>
Sue McGovern-Huffman, President<br>
Sands of Time Antiquities, Inc<br>
Museum-quality ancient art, exquisite, rare and truly collectable.<br>
Main Website: www.sandsoftimeantiquities.com <br>
Email: [email protected] <br>
<p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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[richsc]

This is the stool sold at auction at Christies as referenced above:<br>
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Richsc/Christiescampstool.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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[richsc]

Everyone in the Legio XX is getting into this. Dan Zeidler has done a reconstruction of the seat on the Christie's example.<br>
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Richsc/campstooltheoreticalreconstruction.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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[aitor iriarte]

Beautiful!<br>
But the question is still in the air: Why do you need to split one of the upper bars in two if the stool cannot be folded that way?<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>

[Aluscladiusmaximus]

I have seen two of these at Aquinum in Budapest. They wouldn't allow photography in the museum which was a shame as they have so may great finds there.<br>
They had hinges on them<br>
I would imagine they had the split top rail to make them look like they were the more expensive hinged ones. It could well be a styling thing<br>
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Aulus Cladius Maximus <p></p><i></i>