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Renaissance Credenzas

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Buffet ~ Credenza
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Buffet ~ Credenza is a remarkable work celebrating the splendor of the Renaissance Revival from top to bottom! The boldly gadrooned top edge frames ...
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Mid-19th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Oak

16th CENTURY RENAISSANCE SMALL SIDEBOARD IN SOLID WALNUT
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant sideboard in solid walnut wood with dark patina, small but refined in size. The cabinet is equipped with two doors and two drawers, with turned and lost wax cast bronze handl...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Nutwood

END OF 16th-EARLY 17th CENTURY SIDEBOARD WITH CARYATIDS
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid sideboard in solid walnut, finely carved with refined decorative details. The cabinet has two doors that open onto two large shelves, and two drawers on the front. The class...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Nutwood

Henredon Vintage Breakfront
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Henredon Vintage Breakfront in excellent, ready to use in your home, condition. Simple yet sophisticated this beautiful Henredon Vintage Breakfront has ever...
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Late 20th Century North American Renaissance Credenzas

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Mahogany

17th Century Walnut Credenza with Velvet and Wrought Iron Detailing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A spectacular and finely detailed late Renaissance credenza likely created in Florence. A plank top is supported by a series of three frieze drawers with open wrought iron grilles o...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wrought Iron

Italian Credenza at Sideboard height
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italy, Florence Walnut wood Good state of preservation Former Collection Bresset     The "credenza" is a typical piece of furniture from Italy. It evolved during the 15th century from an earlier form, a table with shelves for decorative purposes, which played a role in the ceremonial settings of refined environments. Transformed into a low cabinet with two doors...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Important and sober Italian Renaissance Credenza
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ORIGIN : ITALY, VENICE PERIOD : 16th CENTURY   Height: 103 cm Length: 174 cm Depth 45 cm   Walnut Usual restoration     The low sideboard with several doors became more common in the...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

16th CENTURY RENAISSANCE SMALL SIDEBOARD IN SOLID WALNUT
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant Renaissance small sideboard, made entirely of solid walnut by Florentine artisans and dating back to the first half of the 16th century. Its structure is composed of two fron...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wood, Nutwood

PORTUGUESE CHEST WITH TWO DRAWERS 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE CHEST WITH TWO DRAWERS 18th Century in vignette wood with rosewood frames. Gold metal hardware. Dim.: 82 x 122 x 60 cm good conditions
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wood

17th Century Walnut Italian Renaissance Credenza
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extraordinary Tuscan Renaissance period walnut credenza in superb original condition. Hand carved, warm rich original patina, having two drawers and a single interior shelf. Italy...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

16th Century Period Renaissance Tuscan Walnut Credenzino
Located in Vero Beach, FL
16th Century Period Renaissance Tuscan Walnut Credenzino Italian 16th/17th century Renaissance walnut small Credenza with a rectangular top above a single drawer centered over a s...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Early 19th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Bargueno Cabinet on Table Base
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique two-piece Bargueno or Vargueno was crafted in Spain, circa 1820. The cabinet standing on round feet sits on a table base with carved turned legs and embellished with a decorative wrought iron stretcher. The cabinet with side handles is beautifully ornate with six drawers with tortoiseshell inlay decor, and a center door dressed with side columns and revealing four additional inside drawers. The conversational piece is in excellent condition with a rich walnut patina, and would complement any room from the living room to the study. The Bargueño or Vargueno desk...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Walnut Italian Credenza with Intricate Carving Throughout
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th-century walnut Italian credenza with intricate carving is a stunning piece, showcasing the craftsmanship of that era. The detailed figural carvings that flank the two pairs o...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

16th Century Italian Credenza
Located in Houston, TX
16th Century Italian walnut credenza with cabinet space and drawers. Marquetry detailing on top. All original elements are very sturdy.
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wood, Walnut

Italian Renaissance Sacristy Buffet / Credenza In Walnut
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Italian Renaissance sacristy cabinet / buffet in walnut early 17th century probably from Venice Superb and rare sacristy credenza composed of 10 drawers and two doors. T he large dra...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Walnut Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with two drawers flanked by three acanthus carved corbel shaped drawers, pair cabinet doors below wi...
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1650s Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

18th Century Italian Carved Walnut Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare 18th century Italian walnut chest / credenza, Renaissance Period, neoclassical influenced, having two elaborately carved figural statue c...
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18th Century Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Ormolu

18th Century Renaissance Palladio Dining Room Set in blackening wood of walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Monumental and important Renaissance Palladio dining room set all in solid hand-carved walnut from a Palladian Palace in Vicenza of a Venetian patrician family. The back of the showcase was rebuilt again at the end of the 800 first 900 with the application of damask fabric The table can be extended up to 4-6 meters The large sideboard and the display cabinet are in the process of conservative restoration and have therefore been disassembled, as seen from the last photos. Measures in cm: Sideboard H 240 x L 315 x D 70 Display cabinet H 240 x L 230 x D 60 Table H 78 L x 230 x D 140 Extendable to 4-6 meters Notes: The architectural design of Andrea Palladio...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Glass, Pine, Walnut

Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Hand Carved Walnut Credenza Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
This heavily carved credenza was created in Italy circa 1870. Built of solid walnut, the buffet stands on elegant cabriole legs decorated with acanthus leaves at the shoulders, and ending with paw feet. The cabinet features three doors across the front opening to inside shelving for ultimate storage, over a scalloped apron. The buffet is richly carved throughout with high relief female figures in the corners, carved females on each door, scroll motifs and floral vase arrangements on both side panels. The Renaissance style sideboard...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

19th Century French Carved Oak Server Sideboard
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century French carved oak renaissance style server / sideboard with front doors / front drawers and exterior hand carved design details. The sideboard / server is in great c...
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1830s French Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Brass

Credenza Sideboard Cupboard Walnut Italian Bologna Brass Studwork Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This is a fine example of a Renaissance period credenza or sideboard that would have been made for an Italian Palazzo. The shaped moulded panels and brass studwork ornamentation are ...
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Early 1600s Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Early 17th Century Italian Walnut Credenza/ Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful and rare walnut credenza or sideboard, heavy patinated, original unrestored finish and original hardware. The hand-carved moldings and classic. Ionic swags above fluted ...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Tuscan Big Massive Credenza Florentine Renaissance All Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Tuscan 1940s big massive credenza classic style, Tuscan craftsmanship Renaissance all massive walnut wax-polished Measures cm: H 138, L 260, P 62.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Walnut Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
With old finish. Rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with mounted corbels and a false drawer over a pair of cabinet doors with original handles all flanked by mask and flo...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Other

16th Century Italy Ligurian Carved Oak and Chestnut Credenza Bambocci Sideboard
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Valuable ancient noble 16th century, Italy Ligurian carved oak and chestnut credenza Bambocci, sideboard with display cabinet. All original with exception ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Chestnut, Oak

18th Century Important Tuscany Renaissance Sideboard Credenza, in Solid Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FR45 Antique Tuscany heavy and massive sideboard in solid walnut. In two parts: the top with two doors and two internal shelves with spiral wal...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza 18thcentury & later The rectangular moulded top above two short panelled drawers with knob handles, and a pair of doors with rosette-car...
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

Rare 18th Century Italian Walnut Hall Console Cabinet or Sideboard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Dimensions: H 41,3" / W 57,4" / D 19,7" Full of character 18c Antique Italian Walnut Hall Console Cabinet feauturing massive top with a bold moul...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut, Coating

20th Spanish Chest of Drawers with Original Hardware and carved drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A museum quality, Spanish, Late-Renaissance, cedar enclosed chest of drawers with exceptional walnut and fruitwood with an architectural or façade front This is the most sophisticat...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Iron

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Located in Forney, TX
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Handcrafted Solid Oak Credenza with Wrought Iron Details Spain 1940s
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Walnut

Henredon Horse Shoe Shape Heavy Brass Pulls Double Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Henredon Mid-Century Modern decorative brass pulls double long dresser credenza.
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20th Century American Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Midcentury Credenza Sideboard Chest
Located in London, GB
A highly unusual Scandinavian modernist piece of furniture. Flip top upper section with drawers below. Small leather inset handles. Sled design leg frame...
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Located in South Bend, IN
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Located in Firenze, FI
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16th Century Sideboard
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful sideboard in blond walnut from the Renaissance period, with classic architectural elements in solid walnut. The corners are decorated with pilasters and Corinthian capitals...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wood, Nutwood

16th Century Sideboard
16th Century Sideboard
H 39.77 in W 51.97 in D 23.63 in
20th Spanish Chest of Drawers with Original Hardware and carved drawers
Located in Miami, FL
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Portuguese Chest with Two Drawers 18th Century, in Mahogany Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese chest with two drawers. 18th Century, in mahogany wood, cushions with bands and trembling friezes in rosewood, mounts in relief, scallope...
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17th Century Walnut Credenza from Florence
Located in London, GB
A 17th century heavily patinated walnut cabinet/credenza from Florence. Featuring a typical crenellated frieze and decorative moulding/fretwork - the two geometric panelled doors ope...
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Walnut

17th Century Walnut Credenza from Florence
17th Century Walnut Credenza from Florence
H 35.04 in W 38 in D 19.3 in
19th Century, Venetian Renaissance Style Walnut Credenza
Located in Atlanta, GA
This walnut credenza has three drawers over two doors with elaborate brass decoration for the handles and pulls. The top shaped with a molded edge while the case is also shaped and h...
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17th Century Italian Sideboard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
If Italy was not familiar with the dresser, it created a specific exhibition piece, the credenza. Originally a simple table, it is transformed into a low cabinet. It plays the role ...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

17th Century Italian Sideboard
17th Century Italian Sideboard
H 41.93 in W 80.32 in D 19.3 in
Italian Renaissance Credenza
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Former collection of the Galleria d’Arte Antica Regina Cornaro. This credenza was presented during the ‘IVth Mostra Mercato Internazionale dell’ Antiquariato, Tesori d’Arte a Vene...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Walnut

Italian Renaissance Credenza
Italian Renaissance Credenza
H 48.82 in W 65.36 in D 24.41 in
HICKORY WHITE Monumental Legends II Marble Top Buffet / Credenza
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Renaissance style, monumentally sized, tall credenza by Hickory White, from their Legends II Collection. Cherry wood with slightly distressed finish, marble top, brass hardware, co...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Renaissance Credenzas

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Marble, Brass

Important Spanish Renaissance Altarpiece, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish school, second half of the 16th century. Renaissance altarpiece. In carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Composed of three streets framed with Doric columns on half pilaster...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Credenzas

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Wood

Painted Late Italian Renaissance Two-Door Credenza, Early to Mid 17th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Italy during the Late Renaissance (early to mid-1600’s), this stunning, painted two-door credenza features canted sides and carved armorial escutcheons. Fabulous detai...
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Rare Flemish Sideboard 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Flemish sideboard 17th century In Renaissance carved oak Measures: H 178 - L 137 - P 69 cm Good conditions.
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Rare Flemish Sideboard 17th Century
Rare Flemish Sideboard 17th Century
H 70.08 in W 53.94 in D 27.17 in

Renaissance credenzas for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Renaissance credenzas for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage credenzas created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance credenzas made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original credenzas, popular names associated with this style include and Europa Antiques. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for credenzas differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,695 and tops out at $417,258 while the average work can sell for $9,069.

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