Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-03 Thread Freedom Lover
Joan Rivers!!!   Andrea - Original Message - From: Tom Martin To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?      Phyllis Diller??? best, Tom "Saul H. Chapman,

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Tom Martin
     Phyllis Diller??? best, Tom "Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D" wrote: And the punch line is ? - Original Message - From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recre

[MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Susan Heim
N.EDU Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation? This reminds of a joke a New York poster dealer friend once crackedabout West Coast poster collectors... he said:"Hell, they love everything linen backed over there. They'd linen bac

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D
And the punch line is ? - Original Message - From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation? This reminds of a joke a New York poster dealer friend once cracked

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
eve this! We need to keep our treasures alive. - Original Message - *From:* Michael Spampinato <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2005 1:41 AM *Subject:* Re: [MO

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Freedom Lover
BRAVO and thank-you to all those restorers who can achieve this!  We need to keep our treasures alive. - Original Message - From: Michael Spampinato To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:41 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation? Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:13:18 -0800 Rather than love and hate, why not. " Forgotten relics from motion picture's past, Salvage, Restored and Treasured " ... so you and your grand ch

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-02 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
May I please add my praise too? Marvellous work, Dario. Shelly Original Message Follows From: Dario Casadei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Dario Casadei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation? Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-01 Thread Dario Casadei
nd the level of 35% overpainting).   Care to tell us how many hours were involved in this beautiful restoration?   -- JR   - Original Message - From: Dario Casadei To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 17:13 Sub

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-01 Thread JR
vel of 35% overpainting).   Care to tell us how many hours were involved in this beautiful restoration?   -- JR   - Original Message - From: Dario Casadei To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 17:13 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Spampinato
A clever rejoinder but it does disservice to those who are genuinely involved in restoration. Folks who collect paper should EDUCATE themselves on restoration. Learn to identify it. Learn to understand the nuances of restoration and to apply those nuances to their own value set.   To just glom al

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-01 Thread Dario Casadei
at fine line between love and hate ... Shelly Original Message Follows From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-12-01 Thread Shelly Whitworth-King
Ah .. I'd say it's like that fine line between love and hate ... Shelly Original Message Follows From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Restorati

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-11-30 Thread Michael Spampinato
Ideally restoration would entail not adding material to the piece, but fixing defects such as sealing tears, deacidifying an acid piece, removing stains, even some minor inpanting to areas where the inks are rubbed. Adding paper (to my mind even border paper), extensive reworking (painting) of the

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-11-30 Thread Alan Adler
Recreation is fooling yourself and restoration is fooling someone else. Alan On Nov 30, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Phil Edwards Cinema Arts wrote: Hhhmmm... I'd be curious to know what Mopers think the line between restoration and recreation might be? Phil Toochis Morin wrote: If it's something

Re: [MOPO] Restoration or recreation?

2005-11-30 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
Hhhmmm... I'd be curious to know what Mopers think the line between restoration and recreation might be? Phil Toochis Morin wrote: If it's something rare, I think the resto is worth it. By the way, Sue. How large is the 2 panel Italian? What is the next largest size? A six-sheet? Toochis