Edit - Yes, utilities are high, but don't complain when your antique furniture is falling apart. Or! Simply don't accept what you can't handle.
This is definitely one of those places to frequent. If I had the means to get it home, I would have bought something out of want and not need.
I was though, highly disappointed in the conversation I overheard about why their furniture was....."changing." They apparently didn't know that turning the AC off when they left at the end of the day damages wood, leather, and textiles and are thus causing irreversible damage to the antiques.
The one piece I wanted to buy was to simply get it away from people who did not care one splinter about the integrity of the piece. How much longer will it be until its no longer usable??? It needs a little cosmetic work on the veneer, conditioning on the wood and a good cleaning/oiling in the mechanics and it'll work for another 125 years.
Take care of your antiques and they will take care of you. My Depression-Baby grandparents taught me a lot; children of those Depression Babies often don't get it.
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