"Swingman" wrote in message
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"foggytown" wrote in message

But I just feel that an exceptional piece should have exceptional (but
not necessarily the same) standards throughout.

Spoken like a man who never turned a hundred fifty year old antique around
to look at the backside to witness the 19th century cultural equivalent of
breast augmentation ... it's appearance that counts.

I don't care much for antiques, but I look them over at auctions to kill
time. It is amazing how poorly made some them are; yet they go for
thousands.