Compared with the heyday of antiques collecting, prices for average pieces are now 80 percent off, said Colin Stair, the owner of Stair Galleries auction house in Hudson, N.Y. Your typical Georgian 18th century furniture, chests of drawers, tripod tables, Pembroke tables, he noted, can all be had for a fraction of what they cost 15 to 20 years ago.
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