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My guess is that they are just shocked at how inexpensive some of these types of antiques have become at estate sales, consignments stores and antique stores because the market has changed so much. I know my parents have been tempted to buy stuff just because it's priced at like 10-20% of what it may have been worth 25 years ago when they were furnishing their house and looking to invest in some antiques, art, rugs, etc..

My dad, who is not a consumer or shopper-type, bought a painting b.c he found it for $75 and the frame itself is worth like $500. Now does my wealthy father need to be flipping frames for profit? of course not, but he couldn't pass it up, so it sits in the basement. [/quote] This story reminds me of how I finally got it together to throw out the family portraits my silent generation parents had painted of us all back in the day.  1) They were satisfactory but not great portraits - painted by a local artist and friend of the family. 2) In these small DC houses, there just isn't room on the wall for even a good portrait let alone a so-so portrait.  But I kept my parents' and my portraits stacked up in a spare room for years and years until we were getting ready for the Trump inauguration.  How I hate that man but the one thing I'll always be grateful to him for is that friends and family from miles around came to visit us to join the protests and so we decided to get rid of some clutter (not as much as we needed to but it was a start).  I had a great weekend!  But I also had to take a trip to the Fort Totten transfer station and throw my father's and mother's oil portraits on the trash pile.  Satisfying and sad at the same time.  So glad to get rid of those meh portraits but it was also like throwing away a bit of my past.  But at least that's something my kid won't have to throw out! :-)[/quote]

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