Agreed. Give me a window card with the original theater imprint, and the
poster goes from a nice bit of imagery to an iconic piece of American
history. Stuff written on the back of posters...as long as it doesn't
bleed through...often adds a bit of being in the that moment in time to
the piece.
Greg Douglass
Toochis Morin wrote:
I love posters that have the worn look. If I wanted them to look
perfectly new, I'd buy repros.
Many of mine are framed with the fold lines, etc. I usually linenback
and restore if the poster is in dire need to restoration.
Toochis
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*From:* Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com>
*To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
*Sent:* Sat, July 17, 2010 9:11:34 AM
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Scandal-plus cut, pressed washed, starched &
dried....
I actually had one of my employees suggest to me that we should "punch
up" the images of items we sell, and I told him that we NEVER do that
(he is new, or he would have already known that). Of course, there is
no way to know if others feel the same way (at least until you get
your package and compare the item you get to the image you saw).
Bruce
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Richard Evans
<evan...@blueyonder.co.uk <mailto:evan...@blueyonder.co.uk>> wrote:
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 <glenndam...@earthlink.net
<mailto:glenndam...@earthlink.net>> 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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