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  1. 04-12-2012, 05:04 PM #1
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    Nice chair but $14000...


    http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/clt/2938804154.html
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  2. 04-12-2012, 05:33 PM #2
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    More than a little outside of my budget!

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    Samy's Discount Outlet is the first place I think of when I think fine furniture.
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  4. 04-12-2012, 06:30 PM #4
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    Gee I wonder what I should sell the Maloof Style pedestal tables I been building, I have on in my shop I use as a bench for things.
    "There’s a lot of work being done today that doesn’t have any soul in it. The technique may be the utmost perfection, yet it is lifeless. It doesn’t have a soul. I hope my furniture has a soul to it." - Sam Maloof
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    Maybe it's a typo and he put a couple too many zero's in there?

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  6. 04-12-2012, 07:51 PM #6
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    Hey......this is an actual "reproduction" for goodness sakes.

    The guy is pretty proud of his work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Muhr View Post
    Samy's Discount Outlet is the first place I think of when I think fine furniture.


    I'll join the typo side if I may...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Muhr View Post
    Samy's Discount Outlet is the first place I think of when I think fine furniture.
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  9. 04-13-2012, 09:53 PM #9
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    The price asked is, well, confident? The wood is indeed gaudy. What I find most disingenuous is his disclaimer as this not being a piece that Sam made, but clearly his longish dissertation on Sam Maloof is meant to trade on Sam's reputation. THAT I find offensive.
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  10. 04-13-2012, 10:33 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol Reed View Post
    The price asked is, well, confident? The wood is indeed gaudy. What I find most disingenuous is his disclaimer as this not being a piece that Sam made, but clearly his longish dissertation on Sam Maloof is meant to trade on Sam's reputation. THAT I find offensive.
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