without RE-starting the CONTINUING debate...........................
1. posters can be put on linen WITHOUT
restoration.
or
2. linen and some "cleaning" of the smudges and borders and NO
PAINT
or
3. LINEN PLUS:
a) minor touch-ups at folds
b) major paint
c) major paint with adding paper to missing
pieces
d) restoration tantamount to an oil
painting
just mounting on linen merely to strengthen the integrity of the
poster & to give it a smoother (uncrinkled effect) & maybe a little
bleaching is not offensive to me. what's so terrible about seeing that the
poster had NORMAL seam separation or border tears or darkened corners or a
pencil mark? ......it is when i hear the words, "RESTORED ON
LINEN" that turn me off because "RESTORED" means paint.
(i am confused by what is meant when people say to take away the acid
effect??????)
the term to soften the impact of the words PAINT/RESTORE seems to
be AIRBRUSH. but, isnt that paint? of
course.
frankly, i learned from bruce h. that you can put a one sheet on linen
with none to minimal additional work. i learned that when i
bought one sheets of JANE EYRE and WUTHERING HEIGHTS
from bruce had this approach (and explained in his descrip).
they are both great and framed!!!! LESS is MORE.
But when bruce says it was put on linen with none or minimal restoration,
you can believe him. I have returned 3 posters over the
years with the same pronouncement to other sellers, due
to massive, undisclosed restoration. AND I THANK BRUCE PUBLICLY
HERE for reaffirming to me privately (recently) about restoration
work on an two of his items (although really stated by him in his
descriptions)---bruce is as honest in describing pre-restoration condition and
the ensuing restoration work as he is in describing defects in untouched
posters----both in private emails and on the description page.
.
in sum........................consider placing a poster on linen
with NO RESTORATION!!!!
michael
