>
> "My advice to those of you who have posters you bought 15 years ago or
> earlier -- don't sell 'em. Hold on to them. At least you know they are
> real."
>
> Better advice would be to keep everything that you have that is unrestored,
> and wait for the inevitable huge backlash against ANY restoration which
> eventually hits every hobby that gets over-run with fakes and recreations.
>
>
>
Todd,
>>
>> Now, see, I consider that to be creating a fake poster. Reapplying color
>> to an entire poster -- rather than one small damaged piece of it -- is
>> completely *changing* the original poster and even if it is "translucent
>> color" I'm sure such a process is irreversible and it is over-painting, pure
>> and simple. The fact that it can be done skillfully instead of in a clumsy
>> way by some amateur with colored markers makes no difference as far as
>> "authenticity" goes. I hardly consider the advent of this translucent
>> over-painting "restoration" technique to be "good news".
>>
>> This is part of the new technology problem our hobby-industry is faced
>> with. How can a FREAKS insert that was badly faded be completely *repainted*
>> -- every inch of it -- and then still be worth $100,000? If that's the case,
>> then everything is fair game and we should all stop worrying about "the
>> amount of restoration which has been done" -- hey, if it's undetectable what
>> does it matter, right? Of course, this means that any fake, unless badly
>> done, is no longer a fake and getting a genuine 'original' is now impossible
>> to count on anymore.
>>
>> My advice to those of you who have posters you bought 15 years ago or
>> earlier -- don't sell 'em. Hold on to them. At least you know they are real.
>>
>> -- JR
>>
>> Todd Feiertag wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, the good news...there are translucent paints which are now used by
>> some restorers, including Jaime...yes, I know, Jaime. By using these
>> translucent colors, you're not completely painting over an image but
>> enhancing it, so to speak as you can see through this type of paint. I know
>> that Jaime used these paints on the $100,000.00 FREAKS 14x36, so if it was
>> good enough for a $100,000.00 FREAKS Insert, it should be good enough for
>> your THIRD MAN Insert and will really make it a lot more presentable and
>> also worth more if you decide to sell it sometime down the road.
>>
>>
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