To restore or not restore? Post your projects

[baseballart]

Taking a queue from Paul's piece, I thought a thread about whether to restore or not might be in order

Here's one item of mine. Ward's 1901 edition of his book (thanks again Jason), which seems harder to find than the 1888 editions. No back cover, and front damage as you can see. I'm leaning towards a full restoration. Any thoughts or other examples?

[bigtrain]

I agree. When it comes to books, an expert, high quality restoration always makes sense to me. Would love to see some "after" photos.

Great book, worth the restoration.

Who restores bats? Here's mine... Wenatchee Valley Junior College, 1965-68 "Yaz" model 125, though probably used well into the 80's.

It is very weathered.... so dry it is peeling apart, but good for a nice local history collection if restored/preserved.

[UnVme7]

I know 2 people that do wonders on restoring bats. But I'm going to be completely honest with you and say that it won't be worth it to you to restore this particular bat.

Thanks Nate. Value v. cost doesn't factor into local history preservation very often, but you're probably right. Unsure if I'll find another.

[UnVme7]

Well maybe it would to you then. To give you an idea, getting it restored would probably be around $500 depending on exact issues. Who knows, could be less. If you want the info, let me know. I could even show you a before and after.