*Hi David,
You point out that you wish you could keep the folds. When the poster is
mounted and completely dry on the strecher bar. Prior to any work, the
folds are very visible but flush.
One can stop right there. That would be more know as an european style
of Linen Backing.
But Ouch! no folding the Linen, ok LOL)))
Best,
dario.
*
David Kuspa wrote:
I use archival, acid-free tape for repairs of tears, fold splits and
crossfold holes. (Lineco Document Repair Tape) It's thin, matte tissue
paper with adhesive, so it's practically invisible and removable
should you need to eventually have the poster linen-backed. I apply
the tape to prevent further damage and to improve its appearance from
the front. If you have say, a 1 inch tear in the border at the end of
a fold line, without a repair to reinforce the border, it's too easy
to accidentally tear the fold line even further into the art during
normal handling.
Tape applied front or back (old or archival) should be disclosed in a
sale. Especially the old tapes, because they're full of acid and even
though they may not be bleeding through to the front today, there's a
good chance they will in future. I think the length and amount of
applied tape is also important to disclose, but a rough estimate
should provide enough information to the buyer. Over the years, I've
received a few posters where every fold line was completely covered in
tape on the back, and this wasn't disclosed by the seller--needless to
say, I was very disappointed.
BTW, I would rather own an unrestored, unbacked poster that had
archival tape on the back (even relatively large amounts) than a
completely flat, linen-backed poster with no restoration. I'm one of
those who prefers the foldlines, since for posters pre-70s, this is
part of their true character and more accurately preserves how they
were displayed in theaters back then. Now, if the linen-backers could
de-acidify and back posters, then fold the linen to bring the fold
lines back, I would consider that option!
-_David
on 7/16/08 4:51 AM, Bruce Hershenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was perusing Sean's fine listings Sunday, and I placed a bunch
of bids, but lost them all (shouldn't I have won some since the
economy is down?).
But I noticed that on one card Sean wrote, "It is completely
unrestored" and later noted, "There are two small tape repairs on
the back".
This might have simply been a mistake on Sean's part (easy to make
when selling so much), but I wondered if he (and the rest of you)
possibly don't consider clear tape on the back of a card (which
may well have been put there decades ago) to be "restoration".
And (in the spirit of the great buyers premium debate), does it
matter if there is a single piece of tape, or many? Does the kind
of tape used matter? Does it matter if it has yellowed? Does it
matter if it has bled through to the front, even the littlest bit?
Does it matter if it is brown paper tape, which was not put for
any restoration purpose (many exchanges and theaters used to turn
four cards of a lobby set in one direction and four in the other
direction and then use paper tape to hold all eight together, so
that two cards would each have two pieces of brown paper tape on
the back).
And most importantly of all, does size matter (does it matter if
the tape is say, 6 inches or 9 inches in length)?
Bruce
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