AITA for bringing in free antique furniture from a smokers house

I had gotten some really nice antique furniture for my(25) and my brother(m23) apartment. It's our first apartment and we don't have much furniture, so when my uncle said his friends mom is downsizing I checked out the furniture. In the house, a guy was smoking inside and everything smelled like cigarettes. When we left we smelled like cigarettes, but the pieces have no fabric and they are extremely solid, so I took em and put them on the porch so I can air em out while scrubbing them down. I did this without my brother as he works nights and its very difficult to coordinate with him but i did communicate that it was from a smokers home but not necessarily the extent.

Now the crux of the matter is my brother is insisting that they cannot be salvaged after seeing them himself and that I brought home junk. Our home doesn't smell like cigarettes because they are outside and I'm currently in the process of scrubbing them. it's slow progress but it seems like it's slowing working, but he said that no matter how much I scrub it will smell no matter what and is calling me an ass for bringing them in in the first place.