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SC Johnson regains Frank Lloyd Wright desk, chair

By M.L. JOHNSON
Published October 14, 2014 11:08pm ET
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SC Johnson regains Frank Lloyd Wright desk, chair
FILE - This Friday, April 18, 2014 file photo shows an original desk and a three-legged chair designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for workers at the SC Johnson Administration Building in Racine, Wis. A desk and chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been returned to home products giant SC Johnson as part of a settlement with a California man who had planned to auction the distinctive and valuable furniture, a company spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson, file) | M.L. Johnson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A desk and chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been returned to home products giant SC Johnson as part of a settlement with a California man who had planned to auction the distinctive and valuable furniture, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

SC Johnson, which is based south of Milwaukee in Racine, sued Sotheby’s auction house and Thomas Figge, of California, after the auction house listed the furniture for sale in 2013.

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