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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Antiques are expensive for most people, even if for you they're not. We sold a bunch at Christie's years ago, so I know.
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Yeah this is for real nice antiques. I agree that is out of people’s price points, but at least that stuff does get reused.

There’s a lot of nice enough, but out of style and not high end stuff flooding the estate sales and FB marketplace. The logistics of this though means you’re searching online postings, which may or may not be organized in a coherent manner to locate depending on the key words someone used to post it for sale. You can’t meaningfully sort by size, color, style, etc. Then assuming you find something you like within 50 miles of you, you need a truck.

It is the rare person who has this time to scour online for this stuff and desire to rent a truck and/or possibly hire people or ask friends to help move it. And I’m willing to bet that the person who will do that is going to expect a good deal for all their effort. I’ve witnessed first hand how many older people seem absolutely insulted that buyers want to pay pennies on the dollar for their beloved massive dining table and hutch that they considered a splurge on back in the day. [/quote]

This is my MiL. We didn't take some Versailles worthy twin bed frames her ILs had and she was very upset. She has some pieces we would like but she is using them now and how she disposes of them when it comes time is her choice. I don't feel I need to take other pieces that don't work with our architecture and decor simply because she spent good money on them in yesterday's dollars. And believe you me, every time this topic comes up, she raises the price as if that is a synonym for style. [/quote]

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