Without seeing it before, it is hard to judge. If it were really beat up - rusty pitted metal, no shellac left on the cabinet etc. then why not make it look like new.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What do you think of this restoration? In a message dated 4/19/2006 6:26:14 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: What do you all think about this level of "restoration" in a machine (item # 6621975407on e-bay). It looks pretty, but does the massive restoration and the repro horn ruin the true value (historically and monetarily) of the machine? I'm curious to hear your opinions/comments. Tom I'm afraid this certainly over-restored machine has lost all the patina and nostalgia of an original machine. Nevertheless, there will always be those who would pay a good price for a pretty machine. Historical value and monetary price are two different things. ---Art Heller _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
