That was my concern considering how many "Carlo"s are floating around. My board and frame look and smell like they were from the 1960s though,...
Just purchased this mid century modern "Carlo" city scene. Love the colors, contrast, frame, and more. Oil painting on board. Google lens suggests...
I just picked up a couple nice New Orleans Furniture Manufacturing Company mission style rocking chairs on Craigslist today. Both rockers were...
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...
Thank you for the info. I'm actually in the DFW area where used furniture apparently retains some value. I guess all of the new home construction...
Thank you for the info! It does look like a good deal of money was invested in the set. I don't have much time for restoration work now, so I...
Wow! Isn't the difference in clarity remarkable?
Howdy! I've been looking for an appropriate dining table set for my craftsman-era home. To avoid a problem like that cast-iron wall plaque, I...
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