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Self made antiques lure buyers with fake age
The column notes a DIY fad to age new furniture into antique style at home. Gordon Obrig warns that about 80 percent of American antique furniture is fake, created by deliberate distressing techniques. He shares methods, cautions buyers about dealers, and urges authenticity over inflated histories.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Chippendale
America
Gordon Obrig
Obrig
London
England
Obriz
Poison Ivy Acres
Mortgage Lane
Conn
Furnture
Car Pyar Aalh
Earl L. Douglass
Howard Prye
Arizona