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I appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of my antiques and I love that they just blend together with my new modern furniture. My DH likes the connection to his ancestors as most of our antiques are from his grandparents. We had so many of their things when we first got married we had to sell some of them - apparently they had a house that was a lot larger than ours. My DH also has some antique guns his grandfather had collected. While i am in no way a gun person , you have to admire the craftsmanship that went into making them. Besides they are harmless as they no longer work to the best of my knowledge. DH has them in an unbreakable glass case in the DR sitting up on stands, and definitely locked , just in case. They say if someone breaks into a home guns are the first thing they will steal if they are easily accessible.