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	title of this thread your message It always nice to have a new knowledgeable voice contribute to these open forums. If you read some of the past threads of various topics, you will see that sometimes the discussions stay pretty peaceful and civil and sometimes they can get a bit testy and riled up. It just seems to be nature of this forum. I appreciate the insight you lend and agree with much you have said. Such as your observations on Modernica. In my opinion, Modernica gets kind of a undeserving bad rep a lot of times on here. They have gone a bit off their mark in the last several years and I have not cared too much for their original designs either, but they were among the first to do some quality reproductions. A friend of mine went to the Noguchi museum in NY years ago and when no one was looking, he turned the Child's table over and guess what?.. it was a Modernica repro. I had the pleasure of meeting Frank Novak, the founder of Modernica about 10 years ago. He is a Nebraska native like myself and his parents ran an antique store in Omaha. I was in LA and traded him 4 Eames armshells and a Nelson clock for a Nelson clock I didn't have. He gave me and a friend a nice tour of his warehouse full of vintage modern pieces and of his factory where the reproductions were made. He was very likable and knowledgeable. I think a lot of his early reproductions and many of his current ones are just as good or better than much of the other ones out there by other companies. I also agree totally with you about the Vitra Nelson clocks. For what you pay for them, they are not very well made and do vary a lot from the originals. I have been collecting Nelson clocks for over 20 years and have been able to compare just about every Vitra repro to a vintage original and there are so many little things that Vitra could have taken the extra step and done better. I don't know how many times I been in a DWR or other such stores and have seen a Vitra clock falling apart as it hangs on the wall. Vitra was not the first to do Nelson clock reproductions either. There was a guy out of Chino, Ca (Advance Interiors) in 1997 who was doing about 4 different Nelson clocks and they were just as good or better than Vitra's. He was also doing the Marshmallow sofa and a few Eames chairs. Anyhow, this has turned into a rather long contribution to this thread, when basically I just wanted to say welcome to this forum and thank you for lending your knowledge. It is great to have such a place where people like you and Luc can offer your insight and opinions. I have learned much from all of you and enjoy this forum. Hope you will too. associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?