On paper, my two smoky blue, faux suede sofas fit beautifully on the upstairs landing. I had drawn them on my to-scale floor plan. There they met at a tidy right angle and nested comfortably in ...

o807hg blue sofa after EDITED .jpgOn paper, my two smoky blue, faux suede sofas fit beautifully on the upstairs landing. I had drawn them on my to-scale floor plan. There they met at a tidy right ...

A $42,000 antique desk. A $32,000 blue suede sectional sofa. A $7,500 inlaid wooden floor map of West Virginia’s 55 counties. A scandal involving lavish office renovations and other financial ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The whole episode began with office renovations and a $32,000 dark blue suede sectional sofa, accented with more than $1,000 worth of throw pillows. Now West Virginia’s ...

One justice in particular spent over $500,000, including $28,000 on rugs; another spent $32,000 on a blue suede sectional sofa.

The products themselves are pretty fabulous, skewing toward minimally decorated modernism. Prices range from $40 for a salt-and-pepper-shaker set to $35,000 for a huge suede sectional sofa by Kagan.

Bid now on Pair of Mayan Ultra Suede Sofas by Harvey Probber. View a wide Variety of artworks by Harvey Probber, now available for sale on artnet Auctions.