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<p>[QUOTE="Nvntivs, post: 379837, member: 7975"]you can certainly say that. I know I am a bit stubborn when it comes to such questions. You know, I always think of a reproduction as of something a bit tacky.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just take a look here: </p><p><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ybc324h2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tinyurl.com/ybc324h2" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/ybc324h2</a></b></p><p>This is the house of one of the former Russian oligarchs. They used more gold foil during its construction than was used for Versailles, but damn is thing just ugly and cheap. Even when putting the incredibly ugly paintings of him and his family aside. Thus I would prefer an old and battered genuine antique table to a technically perfect and much more elaborated reproduction. For me antiquities are more than just a style, they are like small (or bigger) pieces of history preserved in a certain shape.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nvntivs, post: 379837, member: 7975"]you can certainly say that. I know I am a bit stubborn when it comes to such questions. You know, I always think of a reproduction as of something a bit tacky. Just take a look here: [B][URL]https://tinyurl.com/ybc324h2[/URL][/B] This is the house of one of the former Russian oligarchs. They used more gold foil during its construction than was used for Versailles, but damn is thing just ugly and cheap. Even when putting the incredibly ugly paintings of him and his family aside. Thus I would prefer an old and battered genuine antique table to a technically perfect and much more elaborated reproduction. For me antiquities are more than just a style, they are like small (or bigger) pieces of history preserved in a certain shape.[/QUOTE]
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