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Posted by Marty on Monday, April 05, 2004 at 2:32PM :

In Reply to: Re: If I were in charge! posted by Brett in AK on Monday, April 05, 2004 at 1:57PM :

Brett,
One of my Hero's was a fellow named Gustav Stickley. He built furniture in the late 1800's up into the 20's. His furniture was the finest built & the best designs of their kind. Everyone started doing rip-offs of his designs & building techniques using machinery but in a much cheaper manner...including his own brothers!
He refused to sacrifice quality for affordability. He started signing his work so people could tell what furniture was his but to no avail, the public preferred cheap & nasty. His own brothers drove him out of business & he eventually ended up working in one of their shops.
Today his furniture commands HUGE prices.
A sideboard recently fetched over 1/2 Million dollars!
I admire his principals...wish there were more like him.




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