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After Marjorie Merriweather Post (see p. 82, P1. D died in 1973, Topridge, her camp in the Adirondacks, was given to New York State; and Mar-A-Lago, her estate in Palm Beach, Florida (P1. I), was sold, with the proceeds reverting to the foundation that administers Hillwood. The next owner of Mar-A-Lago, Donald J. Trump, sold part of its contents at Christie's in New York City in 1995 and transformed the property into a spa hotel. (1) One object that was not included in the sale was the magnificent dining table with a top of Italian hard-stone mosaic, also known as pietre dure, that had served as the centerpiece of the elaborate revivalist decorative scheme devised for ...