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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 299518, member: 1136&quot;]My poor grandparents <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was over there a few months ago and they were talking about their Royal Dalton collection and how afraid they are when their maid dusts around them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked one up and it still had the original price tag of $250 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>My grandfather made the comment, they were expensive, but I bought them as gifts for your grandmother for birthdays or anniversaries, there&#039;s no telling what they are worth now! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just smiled and nodded, I didnt have the heart to tell him only $15-$30, maybe <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie29" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My grandma seemed to get that people don&#039;t want the delicate breakables.</p><p>They chip and instantly become worthless..</p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s younger generation are rough tough and on the go go go.</p><p>They want things that can withstand a bang and you&#039;d never be able to tell it was dropped.</p><p>They want that organic back to the basics feel.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A few of us resellers were talking about today&#039;s buyers and the market.</p><p>We have a &quot;show&quot; 1x a month in Atl called Scotts.</p><p>It used to be THE PLACE to buy your antiques.</p><p>The past year or two dealers are reporting the market is slow and no is buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>People don&#039;t want to shop in boring &quot;cold&quot; warehouses.</p><p>The buyers have headed to festivals, auctions, estste sales..</p><p>They want that organic feel; to be entertained, wined and dined..</p><p>They want a instant memory and emotional connection with the piece they just bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brown furniture will sell, a good bit of it will anyways. Not for $1000s it used to bring, but not for pennies either.</p><p>You just have to dress it up and make it entertain the buyer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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