to restore, or not to restore....
A few years back, a friend got an estimate of $8,000.00 for the restoration of three Conlon photos. I don't remember the people he approached.
Paul Messier in Appleton, Wisconsin, does restoration and authentication.
Integrated Paper Services, IPS, also deals in the above.
These guys aren't foxing around.
I can understand repairing a photo with a nasty tear or missing emulsion, but rebuilding a missing corner of a photo is asking a lot.
Some people like the water-color/ink added to a photo by a newspaper art department decades ago. I've known collectors who would trim the jagged edges off of a Conlon to make it look cleaner. It's all a matter of taste.
This is a great Ruth photo as is.
lumberjack
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