Absolutely agree. Excessive airbrushing and other techniques to make
posters appear 'brand new'/near mint, to disguise serious and
(much more unfortunately, as Richard gives an example of) not really
serious damage at all, has always been a time-bomb in terms of the
long term desirability and value of the items it's been practiced on.
It's also inevitably contributed to the environment in which these
fakes could be conceived of.
Tim Maddison
On 27/9/09 03:08, "Richard Evans" <[email protected]> wrote:
Yep, I'm not saying linen backing per se.
Fine when necessary, though there's too much that's been unnecessary.
Just the polishing up to the look of the brand new.
I think people are going to start getting more enthusiastic about
the look of good, honest age.
On 27 Sep 2009, at 02:57, [email protected] wrote:
I can see the demand for restoration dropping.
GREAT TO HEAR THAT!!!!! Been wanting this thought conveyed
for a long time.
>>>>> However......i am not totally opposed to placing a
poster (even inserts & half sheets) on linen or paper WITHOUT
THE CRAZY restoration and airbrushing (which equals paint).
leave the blemishes and tears alone....just smooth them out
BUT KEEP THE CHARACTER!!!
Nonetheless................at the next Signature auction, most
of the highest priced items will be linen/restored. And
Emovieposter often puts backed posters in one night---900+
posters..........and they are usually the better titles. SO.
WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. Many still prefer linen.
michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Evans <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 9:47 pm
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Profiles in History...question
I can see the demand for restoration dropping.
(The more cosmetic work anyway.)
And the demand for authentication growing.
Someone will need to provide it, and I don't think anyone's
cornered the market in this yet.
On 27 Sep 2009, at 00:19, Dario Casadei wrote:
*We don't remove anything except old backings! Ones I
owned a Dracula's Daughter WC done this way, I sold it
after a month, couldn't stand looking at it.
End of the day each restoration studio implements their
owJust the tarting up to brand new.techniques and this is
by no means a peak at Diane. We all do what we feel is right.
Best,
dario.
*
JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
/When working with window cards, we remove the back
layer card stock, this way the poster can be cleaned,
washed and deacidified
/
Hi Diane
Surely removing the "back layer card stock" is
tantamount to changing the entire character and
authenticity of a window card. A window card is
*supposed* to be on thick card stock. Thats the way it
is. It doesnt seem right to me to be removing a layer
of the poster. Perhaps you could elaborate on the
process you use.
Regards
John
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----- Original Message -----
*From:* Diane Jeffrey
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*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:15 AM
*Subject:* [MOPO] Profiles in History...question
Sue
When working with window cards, we remove the back
layer card stock, this way the poster can be
cleaned, washed and deacidified, which also
results in removing any creasing/folds. We back
it then with a layer of acid free masa paper, same
stuff used in linenbacking. A lot of window cards
have been trimmed at the top, this then allows us
to add the missing paper, making it to size. Card
stock is then adhered to the masa, repairs are
made, touched up, etc.
If you look at my first post about the Dracula, I
mentioned the fact that there was a layer of
something on the back. To me, it looked like the
poster had been backed to card stock, cardboard or
"something" and when it was pulled off, a layer
remained, giving it a "fuzzy" (term I used on
NSGE) feel. So we removed what we could on that,
washed and linenbacked it.
So to answer your question, you are absolutely
right, it is possible, and just might be what
happened with the Dracula poster.
Diane
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