I've used copper-bottom Revere Ware since I got married in 196l - that's 51 years! Although cleaning the copper gets old sometime, I still love them and use them every day, and they look so pretty hanging in a neat row on the wall with the matching lids above them. However, I don't use the skillets - got rid of them a long time ago. I use only cast iron for frying (I have 4 in different sizes), and I have a 6" non-stick Farberware Millennium skillet which I use only for fried eggs, crepes, maybe sauteeing a few onions once in a while. Other than that, I don't like non-stick. The lids from my Revere Ware have stay-cool handles, are oven safe and somehow fit every iron skillet I have. I am a happy camper and probably will never buy new pots and pans.
Even if money were no object, I doubt I would spend hundreds of dollars for a different brand name. I don't believe that more expensive pots and pans would allow me to cook anything better than what I have.