A Tiffany Studios Senior floor lamp base (no shade), with onion decoration on the base and applied bronze wire tendrils going up the stem, had been altered. It was correctly described in the James Julia catalog for the November 12, 2015, sale. The socket guts had been replaced, the lamp had been rewired with plastic cord, and the heat cap had been repaired. But it still sold for $31,402.
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