Well, hengal, not to be one who likes to say "I've got a story better than that...." BUT....Today I went to Lowes, NOT TO BUY PLANTS, but I went to the clearance area to look anyway. While I was considering a marked down clematus, someone yelled at me from the front "Anything there for a dime!" I thought she was kidding, even checked with the cashier to be sure the yeller had the authority to say that. She did indeed! I got 13 perrienials for $1.30 including red daylilies, coral bells, 2 clematis, 2 unusual coreopsis, 2 containers of pink fountain grass....other things that I can't remember. AND, as I was paying I heard that same manager telling the staff they had to "get rid of lots of this stuff". I asked if that meant she would be doing other drastic markdowns and she said yes! So as others have said, Never hurts to check it out! Maybe your Lowes is doing the same! Doing the happy dance in west Ky!

I would totally be doing the happy dance also - that piece is spectacular - a real keeper that can be handed down your family for generations! Your post was so funny - wow we can really tell you are happy and rightly so I do say! Haley

napagirl, I live in New England (western Massachusetts to be exact). I will admit that this style piece is unusual around these parts, which is probably why it was priced so cheaply. Someone picked it up cleaning out an estate, didn't even know that it had a french style so had no idea how to optimize it in the description. It is truly a lovely piece, even prettier than the pic shows--perfectly proportioned (the back is fully finished and beautiful in itself!). Valinsv--I agree about the crazy way people list items. I've come to realize that most people just don't know what they have, and the real treasures are usually hidden behind listings such as "sitting chair", "wood trimmed chair", etc. Unfortunately, this means "searching" on Craig's List is often not as fruitful as just opening up any listing that looks remotely like something you could use. My local CL just had a "classic couch" that was in fact a very nice, camelback, down-filled incredible looking piece for FREE! BTW, thanks everyone, for your nice comments. It is so much fun "collecting" things the way I do (and even more fun to be able to share it with others who appreciate it, because most of my friends and family just think I'm nuts!).

I was so happy I had stopped in. But then I felt ecstatic when it rang up for $11.88!!! I had a hard time trying to contain my excitement lol.... ==>>> thats why its always safe.. to have a depenz in the glove box ... SCORE!!!!!! ken