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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giotto, post: 1625515, member: 13931&quot;]Interesting topic,</p><p>I was a furniture Dealer and restore all my life (45years)</p><p>I shake my head every day ,to what has happened in general to good quality furniture.</p><p>I think some of the issues started in the 80s-90s when for what ever reason people had money but not a lot of knowledge ,and bought antique by the bucket load at silly prices (great for dealers at the time) and they mainly purchased very poor quality ,Blow away type furniture ,a term used in the trade ,for furniture that was so light ,it would blow away if left on the street.</p><p><br /></p><p>The prices people paid (silly) for these pretend antiques came back to bite them later on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because they bought with out much knowledge ( I will buy it from auction it will be cheaper ,than buying from a dealer mentality ).</p><p>Good quality will still sell for a good price,maybe not what it should be ,I think you will find most people will be keeping their Quality pieces ,because of the market at the moment.</p><p>I recently purchased a piece in an opp shop for $120.00</p><p>sold it 2weeks latter no work for $1600.00 .An oak Cutler desk.</p><p>At the moment it is a real gold mine out there. Because everyone is throwing out the gold and keeping the chipboard and plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not really that smart ,but there you go that&#039;s what we call fashion.</p><p>And as far as upholstered items paying a lot of money for foam,chipboard and fresh air.</p><p>Let&#039;s not use real springs anymore ,it takes to long and is to difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards Giotto[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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