I personally agree with this. I didn't like the "make it look perfect" school of restoration even *BEFORE* the Haggard scandal broke.
First, because the restorers were in effect hiding their restoration, making it impossible to see exactly what was done (and a long time pro like myself could spot some restoration that most amateurs would never see, creating a "fear of restoration" among many collectors). Second, because many of these items were *SO *restored that they looked almost like "recreations". I *LIKE *the items in my collection to show at least *SOME *signs of age, unless they are in truly mint unrestored condition, because that is part of the joy of owning an original, knowing that it survived all these years. If you want a perfect looking item, why not just get a reproduction? But don't take your "very good" condition and have someone make them look like new. If you *MUST *restore, why not simply do minimal restoration to the areas that most need it? Bruce On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM, glenndamato <[email protected]>wrote: > Regarding the Heritage auction: I do believe the fakes scandal hurt the > hobby, plus many of the restored posters look like they were cut, bleached, > washed, starched & dried. I'll take old Igor back anyday....... > > 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. > 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.
