I thought the This Gun for Hire went beyond strong colours and looked
unflatteringly garish.
Presumably not a result of restoration judging by the listing, but was
it really actually that vibrant, or did the colour reproduction
exacerbate it online?
On 17 Jul 2010, at 16:44, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
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.......
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