| My husband and I were new to antiquing. We were | | | | brought it to a furniture restorer I was surprised and |
| looking for a fun way to spend some time together on | | | | disappointed to learn that my antique-oak-chair is a |
| the weekends. We had moved to North Carolina within | | | | reproduction antique chair. I explained that we bought it |
| the last year and I had noticed a lot of terrific antique | | | | from an antique dealer but the furniture restorer |
| shops about an hour from where we lived. Shopping | | | | showed me how he knew the chair was a |
| for antique furniture sounded like fun and we needed | | | | reproduction simply based on the stamp of the |
| to furnish some rooms in our new home. | | | | manufacturer. |
| Knowing nothing about antiques meant we had a lot to | | | | Disappointment was written all over my face for sure. I |
| learn... That being said, the first piece we bought was a | | | | felt as if I had been taken advantage of because we |
| beautiful antique oak chair. I was in love with the rich | | | | did not have a good working knowledge of antiques |
| detail the chair offered and the wonderful rich wood | | | | and the sales person must have known. The restorer |
| color. We brought our new/old chair home and found | | | | asked me what I paid for the chair and he told me that |
| the perfect spot where we could display it. | | | | I payed way too much for this reproduced |
| After a few weeks I noticed that the chair had some | | | | antique-oak-chair. |
| slight damage and I decided to have it fixed. When I | | | | |