cabinet card restoration

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Posted By: runscott

thought some of you might be interested. I'm debating on whether or not to cut an angled border around it and paint the border gold. It would look more like a normal period cabinet, but a little smaller.

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Posted By: David

That is fine with me (as it's yours, it's not my choice anyway). Considering the substantial and unsightly wear and the relative-inexpensiveness of the photograph, it may not even effect the value (who knows, may raise the value). The player with batbag is sharp, and I understand why restoration would be disired if you were planning on displaying the image around the house. Another way would be to display it proporly framed and matted. This way, it would display well without changing the photograph itself.

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Posted By: David

For the record, and before some of you card guys have a stroke, I'm personally against restoration (personal taste with a tinge of ethical consideration) and have never had it done it to anything I own-- but understand that for some people, instances and genres it can be acceptable/desirable.

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Posted By: David

Oops, I lied. I once has an old die-cut cardboard sign where the the very tip (like 1/4") of the tassle on soldier's helmet broke off, and I glued it back on with elmer's glue.

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Posted By: runscott

...and only because it was so damned ugly.

1) I wrapped a thin terry cloth around my forefinger, dipped it occasionally in warm water, and rubbed gently on the glue/paper residue areas. It worked well, but I had to be very careful about the amount that I soaked each area, and how hard I rubbed. The only unintended result was that there was some discoloring of the dark mat where I used too much water, and if I soaked an area too long or rubbed too hard, a little of the black mat paper came off.

I don't think David is going to like this, but...you can "blend" some aberrations on these old mats just by rubbing with your fingers - the oil in your skin does the trick. I do this all the time and it is completely unnoticeable.

2) Some previous owner had darkened parts of the actual white photo border with a lead pencil. Very, very odd. Anyway, I simply erased it with an art gum eraser.

3) I was joking about trimming and painting it...but I did originally give it consideration, thinking the picture might be beyond saving.

I have found that #1 above works well for normal baseball cards also.

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Posted By: Brian C Daniels

For expert " AMG" treatment!