JR,
You misunderstood my post about the FREAKS poster. I never said the FREAKS Insert was completely painted over. I did say that the translucent paints were used on the poster. Since I had some personal interest in the poster at the time of the auction, from what I understood there wasn't much paint used on the poster to begin with. Actually, the poster was originally in great shape and unfolded, but it did have a slight amount of fading which was expertly corrected, but not by covering the entire poster in paint. Not all colors on a poster will fade and/or will fade evenly and at the same time, so even when translucent paints are used, it would be a rare case where an entire poster would have to be completely painted over. It's a rare case for any poster to have to be completely painted over, not just by translucent paints, but any paints. It is "good news" say for instance, if only the lettering is faded, such as on Michael's poster (not sure if this is the case) and all it would take is a small amount of paint to make the lettering look much better. I don't see anything wrong with this. It's a lot more pleasing to the eye, and you're not looking at a newly created painting. Todd Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:35:37 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] assessing fading 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. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
