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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 319514, member: 136&quot;]This is only my personal opinion, and I am not a furniture expert at all, but here goes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Broyhill was never really a high-end furniture company. There was a time when they made some decent, solid wood furniture, but even their &quot;Premier&quot; lines (including Brasilia) were made for America&#039;s then-growing middle class.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Brasilia line, which was sold from 1962 into the early 1970&#039;s, was meant to reflect a certain mid-century style, with strong influences from the <i>architectural designs</i> of architect Oscar Niemeyer, who had been working for some time on new public buildings in Brasilia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing is, Niemeyer <i>later</i> designed some furniture (which continues to demand very high prices,) but he did NOT design the Brasilia line for Broyhill. Over the years, his name has been erroneously connected with the Broyhill line, and sellers put far higher price tags on the pieces than they &quot;deserve&quot;, if that makes any sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, the Brasilia desk shown here is a decent, solid piece of mid-century wooden furniture. The photo doesn&#039;t show whether the &quot;carved&quot; sides and the caning in the back are in decent shape, but the rest of the piece does show significant wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, $40 was a good price for this used desk, especially with the current popularity of mid-century design in furniture. Still, it does need some TLC, and fixing it up for yourself is certainly the option I would choose. I don&#039;t think you would be hurting its value in any way by restoring it a bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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