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Old 04-01-2012, 07:00 AM  
raymor
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Originally Posted by edgeprod View Post

Our dining room set in the last house was from Ethan Allen, and one thing I can tell you is that it retained the value. We got 75% of what we originally paid when we sold it, and I got a TON of calls on it.
I have Ethan Allen furniture from the 1980s that is is still solid, though the upholstery shows normal wear so it should be re-covered. I'll inherit some wood furniture my mom has from Ethan Allen also from the 1980s that's almost like new.

In a few minutes on Google you could probably learn a lot about how to tell quality wood furniture from lesser quality, then go look at that desk. I have a very high quality solid oak desk and I paid about $750 for the desk itself. Then add the attached hutch, credenza, and bookcase.

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