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Originally Posted by Lordstan
I think the clean up debate is very interesting. I have often struggled with whether or not to not only clean up images, but even so far as whether to send for restoration. To Ben's point, if they are pieces of art, isn't it reasonable to clean and restore them? After all, if the art world is ok with cleaning and restoring Michelangelo's, The Last Supper, why wouldn't it be OK to clean and restore a photo that is far far less valuable?
I asked a similar question earlier this year about the 8x10 Burke photo I bought. The overwhelming response was to not restore it. So far I haven't as I am spending my money on photos, but I haven't fully decided.
What about this one? What would you do?
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Mark,
I remember the thread about your photo. I believe I said or at least thought do not restore. Not because it wouldn't look awesome but because it would most likely cost a lot for your photo(more coupled with what you already purched it for than what it would be worth restored).
That said, the second photo you posted could probably be cleaned up by you at zero cost(at least get a lot of it off). That white looks like it might be water soluble and pec12 would prob take off some of the other things. Ironically, this was my photo that you purchased in hyee and I didn't remove at the time to gain money reselling
I do it for me and let others decide for themselves.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEC-12-4OZ-F...item3ce20d77e7