On 11th April 2005, the Paris auctioneer Marielle Digard offered a Linke tea table with removable tray top which sold for £26,200 including premium. A variation of Linke index number 610 it has always been a popular model. However beware of the low versions, so called 'coffee tables' - they are normally tea tables with the upper part removed! Small patches on the top veneer are the giveaway.

On 20th April 2005, Christie's New York sold a second example of the Transitional style commode, Linke number 1771. (Sale number 1504, lot 182, hammer price $55,000 against an estimate of  $30,000 to $50,000).

A virtually identical version is in François Linke p. 220 plates 240 & 241. The construction of both is similar although the locks on the Christie's model appear to have been replaced. This model was first made in 1909 with several variations made up to and including 1927. The last model was made to a specific commission some 20 centimeters wider (approx. 8 ins).

On 15th June 2005, Sotheby's New York are holding a specialist Nineteenth Century Furniture auction including an important suite of furniture by Linke , sale N08084. The suite, Linke index number 2568, is identical to that made for Antonio Devoto and Simon Patino, illustrated on page 426 of François Linke, plates 496-498. (The suite has a footnote contributed by Christopher Payne - details to follow).