Phyllis Diller....???
best, Tom
"Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D" wrote:
And the punch line is ....?----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:31 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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