I'm forever/always a skeptic when it comes to famous sigs...
Verybrad, I've had good luck "dry cleaning" watercolors with eraser crumbs. Often, dry cleaning improves contrast and diminishes the appearance of...
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And if the construction methods are similar enough, a lowish price for the antique version is probably justified! Sometimes age doesn't confer...
Also, light source positioning can have a huge impact on the quality of your photos of oil paintings! I suggest placing a lamp slightly in front...
I typically stay far, far away from CoAs!
A quality restoration job by an art conservator can run $1000+! Unfortunately, that range sounds fair.
That's great! P.S. I bet the backboard was a 20th-century addition but could be wrong.
If you match all the hardware on the set, I don't think lack of originals would matter. Just include the originals in a plastic bag or something...
Agree. There are so many "factory"-produced decorative pieces floating around these days.
Thanks for all of the input! I probably paid too much (about $50 more than the typical Amazon made in China self-assemble executive chair),...
I just picked up this wonderful Milwaukee Chair Co ?executive? chair from a seller on Craigslist. Seller said this was her great-grandfather's...
Since I had to pick up the dining table set in my previous post with a truck, I decided to pick up a number of pieces at the same time for my...
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