$28K? Must have been a gift for advertising, and thats the freight. I dont know the total number of settings required for the White House, but its a lot and $28K aint gonna get it done. Something missing here.
I wonder if it was ever used for an actual state dinner. The article only mentions a dinner with several of the the living Former presidents and wives. Perhaps, the Clintons wanted most of it to still be in the original packings. Remember all the years of the Clinton Global Initiative with heads of state after the annual UN meeting? Such delusions of grandeur.