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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 10305890, member: 360&quot;]People get a lot of flak for restoring antiques, and say it &quot;ruins the value&quot; and &quot;strips away the originality&quot;, but the brutal truth is - a lot of antiques around today would not survive if somebody hadn&#039;t bothered to restore them. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I hadn&#039;t done it, then someone else later would&#039;ve just thrown it out, because it would&#039;ve cost to much for them to justify it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a bit pricey (a couple hundred bucks) but I felt it was worthwhile to save it, and add it to my collection of Peranakan Cina stuff <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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