They do and it's called plastic surgery!! A trip into Beverly Hills is
quite an experience. You could bounce a quarter off of the foreheads of most
women strolling Rodeo Dr.
Sue
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:31
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or
recreation?
This reminds of a joke a New York poster dealer friend once
cracked
about West Coast poster collectors... he said:
"Hell, they
love everything linen backed over there. They'd linen back
their faces if
they could."
Phil
Freedom Lover wrote:
>
Restoration is the act of taking something and bringing it back as
>
close to its original state as possible.
>
> It's the same on
_any_ restoration: architecture, cosmetic surgery,
> etc. One
wants them to be as close to their original condition as
>
possible. I consider ALL of this as restoration.
>
>
Recreation? That would be adding another room to an old mansion
and
> making it look like it came that way. It would be changing a
nose
> from a bump to a ski jump. (Restoration would just be a
facelift)
>
> Michael Jackson is a recreation. I'm a
restoration.
>
> Andrea Kanter
>
> PS BRAVO and
thank-you to all those restorers who can achieve this!
> We need to keep
our treasures alive.
>
> ----- Original
Message -----
> *From:* Michael Spampinato
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
*To:* [email protected]
>
<mailto:[email protected]>
>
*Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2005 1:41 AM
>
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Restoration or
recreation?
>
> A clever rejoinder but it
does disservice to those who are
> genuinely
involved in restoration. Folks who collect paper
should
> EDUCATE themselves on restoration.
Learn to identify it. Learn to
> understand the
nuances of restoration and to apply those
nuances
> to their own value
set.
>
> To just glom all restoration into
a "fooling someone else" is
> insulting to those
who are really interested in saving a rare
>
piece, be they restorers or cutomers..
>
>
Or should we not attempt any retsorative measures on those
rarely
> found pieces and dump them in the
trash?
>
> I thank
you.
>
>
Pov
>
> */Alan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/*
wrote:
>
>
Recreation is fooling yourself and restoration is
fooling
> someone
else.
>
>
Alan
>
>
>
On Nov 30, 2005, ! at 4:31 PM, Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
wrote:
>
> >
Hhhmmm...
>
>
> > I'd be
curious to know what Mopers think the line
between
>
restoration
> > and
recreation might be?
>
>
> >
Phil
>
>
>
>
> > Toochis
Morin wrote:
>
>
> >> If it's
something rare, I think the resto is worth
it.
> >> By the
way, Sue. How large is the 2 panel
Italian?
> >> What
is the next largest size? A
six-sheet?
> >>
Toochis
>
>>
> >> ---
Phil Edwards Cinema
Arts
> >>
wrote:
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
> >>>
Tom is spot on. While many other (if not
all)
> >>>
flaws/defects/damage to
a
> >>> poster
can be treated by a restorer, once it's
faded
> >>> and
lost something
>
>>> that was there completely, it requires a
major
> >>>
repaint job.
>
>>>
>
>>> And who in their right minds would want
that?
>
>>>
>
>>> Phil
>
>>>
>
>>> Tom A. Pennock
wrote:
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> Other than pieces out I would think fading
would
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>> be one of the
worst
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> defects of a movie poster. No amount of work by
a
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>
professional
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> restorer could ever bring color back to a
faded
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>> poster IMHO. I
can't
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> get UV plex for my large French posters so
they
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>> stay completely out
of
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> the
sunlight.
>
>>>> --Tom
Pennock
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