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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4176816, member: 5170"][USER=17270]@Roaring20s[/USER] ,you and [USER=31]@Bookahtoo[/USER] obviously know me too well. That's kind of scary....Yikes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Book, we were lucky to have the relative closeup photo of the missing piece from E-Bay. He worked from that, as well as some detailed measurements of the top of the bookcase and a sketch I made. Once he was done with the carving, another very talented friend used his wood finish tinting kit (he's an antique furniture dealer, among other things) to match the color. He ended up putting on 12 coats of shellac to get it just right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4176816, member: 5170"][USER=17270]@Roaring20s[/USER] ,you and [USER=31]@Bookahtoo[/USER] obviously know me too well. That's kind of scary....Yikes! Book, we were lucky to have the relative closeup photo of the missing piece from E-Bay. He worked from that, as well as some detailed measurements of the top of the bookcase and a sketch I made. Once he was done with the carving, another very talented friend used his wood finish tinting kit (he's an antique furniture dealer, among other things) to match the color. He ended up putting on 12 coats of shellac to get it just right.[/QUOTE]
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