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More and more often, I read or hear comments about the declining value of antique furnishings and vintage items. As a collector, I do hope this won’t be true for me. But, who knows? This has always been true when the selection is mediocre; I believe that my things are curated with informed taste.  I’ve carefully collected my furnishings and clothing over a lifetime. I spend time researching and documenting provenance and value. Here's one article that reduces my efforts: Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents' Stuff Here’s a more sympathetic viewpoint, with dozens of helpful comments: What to Do With Mother’s Stuff This gives advice on how to help aging parents with too many belongings: Aging Parents with Too Much Stuff -- and Children Who Don’t Want It This article contains worthwhile tips to help you downsize: Going, Going, Gone While some professional estate sellers offer clarification: Who Says No One Wants Your Parents’ Stuff? What’s a collector to do? My

In January of 2013, I finally removed my treasured, custom made mahogany and burl elm Chippendale dining table and its period chairs from my house. They are stored in my garage, as I'm not yet prepared to part with them.  In its place I installed the Isadora dining table with Rebecca chairs from The Pace Collection, distinctly different in style and more suited in scale to the corner of the room that's allocated to dining. The table is of gorgeous lacquered birds eye maple with space-age stainless steel accents on the base. Distinctively shaped “Rebecca” chairs are in an ebony finish. The Beatles encaustic painting is by Jeffrey Schaller , commissioned by my husband. The two vibrant abstract Big Island paintings on the right are by Gary Pezzoli. Information about Adam Tihany's Isadora Collection isn’t easy to find online. On page 102 of Tihany Design , published in 1999, Adam Tihany says: “My first collection for Pace was inspired by one of my fav