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Hal LewisI don't want to see ANYTHING "restored" or "altered" or "modified."
I think that 100-year-old things should LOOK like they are 100 years old -- that's part of the magic.
EXAMPLE: What if someone buys a REAL version of Babe Ruth's jersey ... and cuts it into 2,000 little pieces ...
and then uses each little piece as a starting point and manufactures 2,000 "new" jerseys that each contain a tiny swatch of the orginal??
Can they all "technically" be said to be "Babe Ruth's REAL jersey - with some professional restoration work done to it." ???
I don't like it. Leave things as they are.
But again, that is just my two cents.