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What is a Classic?

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 Traditional styles of furniture or department stores can slip out of date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




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