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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluemoon, post: 163527, member: 1296&quot;]I don&#039;t know</p><p><br /></p><p>But well, according to my understanding, except for the <i>super-high-end-side,</i> auction prices are generally much lower than store prices or even flea market prices but auction prices are also completely unpredictable sometimes. I&#039;ve seen identical 18th century chairs go for 70$ or 300$ in auction (in the same auction house, within a year) while the antique store price was 450-500$.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole price side of antiques is weird and multi-complicated and there&#039;s no logic, just good and bad luck. That&#039;s increasingly my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every time I think some item has a solid price, it&#039;s being proven wrong when literally every dealer, store, auction house and private person have their own prices and all of them think theirs is the most accurate. I really dislike this subject, probably after yapping about it too much with a local store owner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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