Photo Restoration question

[Foto1]

Being a photographer for 40 years and having framing equipment, adding a piece of corner doesn't seem like the right thing to do. I would put a French mat around it, cropping the missing image out of site. It would display beautifully. Frame it up with uv glass, hang it and enjoy. Better than laying in plastic, with an attached artificial corner. A single mat could be cut into an arch, with a single piece of acid free tape, the picture would be preserved and observed.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Foto1

Being a photographer for 40 years and having framing equipment, adding a piece of corner doesn't seem like the right thing to do. I would put a French mat around it, cropping the missing image out of site. It would display beautifully. Frame it up with uv glass, hang it and enjoy. Better than laying in plastic, with an attached artificial corner. A single mat could be cut into an arch, with a single piece of acid free tape, the picture would be preserved and observed.

Heartily agree with this. Do not restore or add to this important photo.

There are so many attractive framing/matting ideas that could make it look spectacular. An oval-cut mat would work very well. I would make the oval cut as large as possible, while avoiding the missing portion of the photo by about a millimeter. Then pick a great frame, and enjoy your all-original piece.

[eastonfalcon19]

Beautiful as is!

[timzcardz]

If it could be restored and you would like the look of it better with the missing piece, but would rather keep the original as is, I would think that it would also be possible to create the missing part separately and then display it behind the original.

Maintains the original as is but yet enhances its display appearance. Probably just end up looking like it has a crease between the original and newly created piece.

If it was mine I might scan the original, then add the missing part with photoshop and then align the original on top for display.

[ichieh]

but since it is already encapsulated in a PSA holder, I would need to
crack it open before I can matt or frame it. If I ever want to sell it, wouldn’t it
better to keep the photo in a PSA holder?

[EddieP]

Can you show the back?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ichieh

but since it is already encapsulated in a PSA holder, I would need to
crack it open before I can matt or frame it. If I ever want to sell it, wouldn’t it
better to keep the photo in a PSA holder?

Nope. Keep it in the slab. You can still easily mat and frame as long as the frame has enough depth to it. I have framed many slabbed autographs along with photos of the corresponding player. It's actually very easy to do and looks great.

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Foto1

Being a photographer for 40 years and having framing equipment, adding a piece of corner doesn't seem like the right thing to do. I would put a French mat around it, cropping the missing image out of site. It would display beautifully. Frame it up with uv glass, hang it and enjoy. Better than laying in plastic, with an attached artificial corner. A single mat could be cut into an arch, with a single piece of acid free tape, the picture would be preserved and observed.

+1

[ichieh]

here you go

[ichieh]

this is the back of the photo

[EddieP]

The Slug in the back is all you need as proof it is a “Type 1” photo.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by EddieP

The Slug in the back is all you need as proof it is a “Type 1” photo.

There are some wire photos with attached slugs. It's quite rare but I've seen it. Easy to spot them though as it says right on the slip. And the quality isn't great as you'd expect.

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

There are some wire photos with attached slugs. It's quite rare but I've seen it. Easy to spot them though as it says right on the slip. And the quality isn't great as you'd expect.

A wire photo by definition is what PSA/BGS call a “Type 3” photo.