Keep it I say.
Don't know for certain about values with these, but generally I
thought everything was moving away from over-restoration.
And the particular charm of window cards is that they can come with a
record of their history.
Makes no sense to destroy that, since that's a big part of the appeal
for collecting.
Though in an ideal world it'll be nicely printed, and not bad marker
scrawl.
On 28 Dec 2011, at 00:33, MICHAEL ARCHIBALD wrote:
Hi,
I recently framed a "Wild Bunch" window card. As I was sliding the
card into the frame I noticed (for the first time) that the top
blank area was painted. I only discovered this because I was
framing the card in front of the window and the paint was not
transparent in the sunlight.
I have a couple of unfolded window cards which I would like to have
restored. An original "White Heat" has some water damage in the
lower empty border and the other (Rebel Without a Cause) needs to be
cleaned. Both have theatre showtimes in the card's top blank area.
From a collector's point of view...does the value / appeal of a
window card diminish / increase when the top area of the card is
sprayed over?
I don't mind lettering indicating what day and time the film was
showing...from my point of view it kind of captures that moment in
time when the film was released. I'm generally more concerned with
pinholes, missing paper, damage to the window card's image, or if a
card is folded/unfolded.
Since I'm fairly new to poster collecting I'd like to get some input
from seasoned collectors to decide if I should keep the lettering
when I send the cards for restoration or have it sprayed over.
Thanks
Michael
PS: Props to Sue at Hollywood Poster Frames for all her framing help.
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