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Comments (0)Sell garden furniture from Jepara furniture cheapest wholesale prices, ready to accept orders both local and foreign. we are also looking for buyers who are interested in developing products garden furniture from Jepara. and we will give you the cheapest price, ready to work for the development of furniture products. contact us http://www.furniturejepara.tk/ or ali_future@yahoo.com...See MoreAshley Furniture = Don't do it!
Comments (16)dianne47 is correct for the most part. I've been in the furniture biz for 30 yrs. All those manufacturers still produce & have plants in the US. Most of the foreign aspect comes in with the parts - for instance, manu. will send US materials overseas to make parts of the furniture then ship it back for assembly in their (mostly) NC or VA plants. If more than 50% of the labor/materials is overseas, they legally have to say it was made in China, Thailand, VietNam, etc. Most have their own plants there & do not include sweatshops. Most textiles have moved to China & Canada, unfortunately. There are, I think, only 2 mills left in the US. A lot of upholstery is "cut & sewn", meaning that the fabric is produced & sewn in China, then shipped to the US where it is then upholstered on the furniture. This manufacturing process has changed because Americans no longer wanted to pay for US made prices, in general. Competition is incredible, & US freight costs account for the majority of overhead costs. If a furniture STORE nets 2% a year, it's doing well - so much for that perception of a ridiculous mark-up in furniture. That's why so many have fallen to the wayside. The manufacturers who have tried mightily to stay 100% US made...are no longer in business. Every manufacturer has a "good, better, best" category. The "best" will be all American made. La-Z-Boy & Ethan Allen is THE ONLY furniture manufacturer I know that is still run on their own, not by a conglomerate. Furniture Brands Inc owns I think EVERY manufacturer other than Ethan Allen & La-Z-Boy than dianne mentioned. Even Stickley has 30% of it's line is foreign. I have worked for EA & LZB & they are EXCELLENT & UPSTANDING companies. Bassett is another fine company. Ashley...not so much. I would NEVER buy a stick from them. They are shady & shoddy. I could talk for HOURS about the furniture industry - it's very fascinating. I went to High Point twice a year for years & have been to many manufacturing plants up to 2 yrs ago. I was weaned on Furniture Today (industry publication) because my father was in the furniture biz for 30 yrs before me. I seriously read every copy that he brought home - it was one aspect of how I came to be a designer. Sorry for the rattling on. ~Jeana...See MoreAuction Results: 5-figure furniture.
Comments (19)The people that I know that buy art and antiques or vintage furniture don't buy as investments, they buy to collect. It's a different mindset from the investor, but there is still a concern about value, because they may want to acquire now, because they see prices only going up, and they may not be able to afford it later. Because isn't this only an investment that pays off if you Sell it? I have mentioned this story several times in different contexts but I know a elderly man who lives in a small, ordinary house and he has an exceptional small collection of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, and Modernist paintings all bought by his parents directly from the Artist or their representative when new. He is (or was) actually rather impoverished until he was able to sell some of the smaller pieces that could be authenticated. However he has one work which could potentially net close to 8 figures at auction IF the piece can be authenticated and a number of experts say it's real and a number are skeptical because it has never been seen before. This part has been done through photographs and documents, but to be sure, the piece would need to be transported to Christie's or Sotheby's, and authenticated. He can't afford to insure the piece for transport which would apparently cost over $100,000, or afford the authentication process, which no one has offered to do on spec. I think this is why he is selling off the other pieces. So it sits hidden in his house. Or he could be making it all up, I've never seen it and wouldn't know if it was real if I did....See MoreFrank Lloyd Wright home with original furniture
Comments (23)I actually begin to feel anxious when looking at pictures of FLW houses. I grew up in Chicago and lived in Oak Park, so eventually visited all his buildings that were open to the public. I understand their architectural significance, their museum quality, and even their appeal to some people. But not to me. IMO they are cold, uncomfortable, dark, and off-putting. Where do you read a book, seduce a lover, change a baby? You could put a barn on that gorgeous property and it would look beautiful!...See MoreCaran79
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