Auctions For Amateurs
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There was a time when antique lovers looking to redecorate on the cheap could visit the 26th Street flea markets and take home a treasure: an old farm table, say, or an Art Deco lamp. But increasingly, what passes as antique – or just plain unique – is anything with a coat of paint unevenly applied.
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