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Jim VBI agree with Matt. You should take legal action. You have been sold an item that is not as advertised. The pictures in the catalog have clearly been retouched (perhaps they do not technically use Photoshop, but the used some photo editing software.)
Your decision to sue, or not, will impact their actions in the future. Those actions impact all of us.
I'm curious as to what their explanation for the differences is. They need to explain the damages, sepia tone, the framing and the repairs, among other things.
I don't understand companies that don't try to reasonably accommodate their customers.