PODIUM: This Civil War-era speaker’s podium, 44 inches high, is decorated with a carved


December 30, 2007 at 2:00a.m.

PODIUM: This Civil War-era speaker’s podium, 44 inches high, is decorated with a carved American eagle. It sold for $885 at a Sloans & Kenyon auction in Chevy Chase, Md., a few months ago.