Not at all. The issue is replacement and painting of missing paper. That would be restoration.
Conservation would just be de-acidifying the poster, and professionally mounting it on acid free linen or paper, using archivally safe acid-free materials, to prevent further damage resulting from further handling. Old posters were printed on acid-laden, cheap paper, that becomes very brittle with time. Simple unfolding and refolding the poster, even carefully, may result in new tears or chunks of it to literally falling away. If missing paper is not being replaced, and holes in the cross folds or along the margins are left as is, and the fold lines are not re-painted, then I call it restoration. Zeev From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of allen day Sent: December 18, 2013 8:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] paper backing You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to ... ad I make a distinction between restoration and conservation. Generally speaking, with rare exceptions, I don’t believe in restoration, especially when it involves painting in missing paper . Linen backing or paper backing for the purpose of preservation, to prevent further deterioration or damage, that is completely different and even recommended, but cosmetic work…..not for me. Zeev On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:07 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <[email protected]> wrote: I don't like paper backing at all. I feel that the process detracts from the authenticity of a lobby card and I would be very reluctant to buy a card that has been backed. Paper backed lobby cards just don't look right to me. Paper backing larger posters is also a negative as far as I am concerned. Paper backed posters cannot be rolled so they are much more difficult to send through the post and they are more difficult to store. I much prefer linen backing or even leaving posters and lobby cards "as is". JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA Websites: www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> www.OzeFilm.com <http://www.ozefilm.com/> www.OzeAuction.com <http://www.ozeauction.com/> www.BodyCorporateNews.com <http://www.bodycorporatenews.com/> Facebook: www.facebook.com/moviemem Mailing Address: John Reid PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Heimann <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:43 AM Subject: [MOPO] paper backing just wondering how people feel about and or evaluate paper backed items. As a hypothetical.. (and this is truly hypothetical i dont have the card nor is there one up for auction) you have a creature black lagoon title card in very good condition lets say pinholes in borders, some border scoffs, dog ears on the corners, an unobtrusive faint crease in the image area and minute surface paper loss in the credits...now you back the card,airbrush the borders, fix the pinholes and touch up the credits so card looks very fine/near mint what should the card sell for prebacked in original condition versus backed and touched up ...looking for some general guidelines ..thanks and happy holidays..Alan 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. 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.
