The price of new <i>quality</i> furniture has also gone down a lot IMO. I bought a solid oak 8 people dinning table recently, beautifully made for £800 -- It&#x27;s likely to have been made in China etc, but it <i>is</i> very well made, and will last a long time; it&#x27;s also of a &#x27;modern&#x27; style and not the &#x27;brown&#x2F;mahogany&#x27; you would get with an antique.<p>Of course there are ranges that are very very expensive, but not all are.