Christie's London; The Badminton Cabinet, The Property of Mrs. Barbara Piasecka Johnson. London: Christie's, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. 95 pp. The single-owner sale is for The badminton cabinet with explicit details, this monumental piece of 18th century furniture sold for twice the previous record for most expensive piece of furniture ever sold, $36,662,106.NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.