| It is always fun to enjoy the latest new
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| | that fell from favor, to mature into a
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| and trendy things, no matter how
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| | classic. The great physicist, Neils Bohr,
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| temporary or ephemeral. But the real
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| | said "It is always hard to make
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| richness of life lies in the authentic,
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| | predictions, especially about the
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| the enduring, the fads and fashions that
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| | future."
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| evolve into "classics."
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| | An economist would define a classic to be
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| A "classic" is hard to define, but we
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| | something whose marketplace value is no
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| know it when we see it. Instinctively, we
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| | longer depreciating, but is stable or
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| think of a "classic" as something of
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| | increasing. Most antique furniture
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| lasting, proven value that doesn't go out
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| | preserved for posterity has become
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| of style, something timeless and not to
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| | classic. The best designs are prized - as
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| be discarded tomorrow.
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| | the years go by, the furniture's value
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| We recognize classic architecture,
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| | and desirability actually climbs.
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| whether Georgian or Art Deco, as
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| | The supply of vintage furniture is fixed,
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| pleasing. Great art refers to the works
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| | every passing year a few more pieces are
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| of artists who have stood the test of
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| | lost or locked up in someone else's
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| time. "Literature is news that stays
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| | collection. Like land, "They ain't makin'
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| news," said Ezra Pound. We still listen
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| | any more of it." New manufactured
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| to Beethoven and the Beatles. A classic
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| | furniture has to include today's
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| Mercedes or Corvette in beautiful
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| | expensive labor, materials, and shipping
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| condition never fails to elicit admiring
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| | costs, giving comparable antique and
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| smiles. "Casablanca," "Gone with the
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| | vintage furniture a price advantage.
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| Wind," and "The Godfather" still draw an
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| | Our brand new possessions from furniture
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| audience. Traditional styles of furniture
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| | or department stores can slip out of date
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| from many periods are frequently copied
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| | the very next season. The work of
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| by contemporary makers for placement in
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| | cutting-edge artists celebrated in New
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| brand new settings.
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| | York often loses its luster in a few
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| What do we mean when we say someone has
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| | years. "Out of fashion" really means
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| "good taste?" We really are talking about
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| | having lost its desirability. After a
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| having a good "eye" or a sense for
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| | month in our homes, mass-produced
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| classic style.
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| | furniture, pictures, lamps, china and
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| Most modern things - movies, books, cars,
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| | crystal all drop in value to a tiny
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| art, or bedroom sets - are introduced
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| | fraction of what was paid for them. New
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| with as much hype and publicity as can be
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| | furniture, even from famous makers, takes
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| mustered. After the initial excitement,
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| | a sharp fall in value when it arrives at
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| most of these novelties slip quietly from
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| | your door. A year may pass, and a dining
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| our consciousness. The height of fashion
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| | set or sofa, still like new, might sell
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| will mostly be rejected in a few months.
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| | for pennies on a dollar at a moving sale
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| Most modern things fail to engage the
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| | or auction. Automobiles depreciate
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| public or arouse lasting interest. As
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| | thousands of dollars on the drive home
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| Oscar Wilde noted, "Nothing is so
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| | from the showroom.
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| dangerous as being too modern. One is apt
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| | Let someone else take that big
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| to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly."
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| | depreciation loss. For your own home or
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| Contemporary fashions almost never slip
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| | office, consider survivors from the test
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| directly into "classic" status, they
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| | of time - classic vintage or antique
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| first endure a dark period of neglect,
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| | furniture. Durable and well made, antique
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| suffering from dated styling or
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| | pieces will appeal to your emotions, and
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| obsolescence. After hibernating out of
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| | outlast most of their new competition.
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| the spotlight, the best of neglected
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| | Their style, patina and traditional
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| slumbering styles will be rediscovered,
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| | workmanship will warm your home or
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| reborn as a classic. Nostalgia doesn't
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| | workspace, and they will save you a
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| happen overnight - it takes time for a
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| | bundle.
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| rejected style, a rare one out of many
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