Restoration and Conservation of Old baseball items.

[Lucas00]

I recently found a website called Graphic Conservation who look like they do some amazing work on many different types of photo/ephemera items. Especially the sports items they restore look great. They will even repair Display Boxes and the like. Basically anything that comes from a tree looks like it can be made anew.

How common is this to get done?
Is this frowned upon or encouraged?
Some of these pieces I've seen restored are phenomenal and I think some forum members would be interested in bringing a torn up or dirty piece back to life. Some "Barn Condition" items really deserve to look like they did over 100 years ago. But I can also see the charm for some people who enjoy seeing insect holes in a 100 year old poster and enjoy the natural feeling of it.

I am considering sending in some damaged photos myself (though they aren't that bad) I think they would look great touched up. And a damaged '63 Topps box as well.

I attached a few examples of their work.

I would also love to see some before and afters if other forum members have had this kind of work done before.