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    I saw a story in the Miami Herald a few years...

    I saw a story in the Miami Herald a few years back about an old growth Cuban/West Indian mahogany tree in Key Largo that had blown down in Hurricane Wilma IIRC. Those "real mahogany" trees were not...
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    Even the furniture with veneer and marquetry cold...

    Even the furniture with veneer and marquetry cold still be straight grain mahogany underneath. I have a little desk done up like that that has a really elaborate diamond marquetry/parquet pattern on...
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    It may be, but not of the same quality as the...

    It may be, but not of the same quality as the top. Most of even the Cuban mahogany you see does not have that kind of figure just like other woods. That is one reason that you saw veneer and...
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    No always. Some of the most expensive mahogany...

    No always. Some of the most expensive mahogany furniture in the world was made in the Us a long time ago. I have a much more humble piece, a folding game table, that is solid mahogany and it was made...
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    You don't see real mahogany in any thickness very...

    You don't see real mahogany in any thickness very often these days!!! About 20 or so years ago, i saw a custom dining room table made from that flamed cuban mahogany that the maker has hidden away in...
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    Wow!!! The figure on the base looks like...

    Wow!!! The figure on the base looks like "real"/Cuban mahogany and not the substitute cousin woods that we get today. That is pretty!!! How old is it? That is a hell of a deal. Over here, the smaller...
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