ARTINFO - From left: The Fox-Tilghman family tea table made $1,833,000 at Sotheby's; the Stevenson family tea table fetched $5,417,000 at Christie's.

From left: The Fox-Tilghman family tea table made $1,833,000 at Sotheby's; the

Stevenson family tea table fetched $5,417,000 at Christie's.

Courtesy Sotheby's, Christie's