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<p>[QUOTE="Neal Andres, post: 4176899, member: 20537"]I have found that those that buy, collect, deal, trade, preserve, and restore within a given antique sector have set their own community rules. Old movie posters are considered better when cleaned and linen mounted. Books of 100+ years are permitted to have beautiful third party binding, old cars can be rebuilt, repainted and often partially re-bodied, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have found in my limited scope of collecting that even within the sub categories of antique collecting, you will still always have the purists, the preservationists, and the restoration folks. Enjoy it, take care of it as best you can, so that it will outlast you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Neal Andres, post: 4176899, member: 20537"]I have found that those that buy, collect, deal, trade, preserve, and restore within a given antique sector have set their own community rules. Old movie posters are considered better when cleaned and linen mounted. Books of 100+ years are permitted to have beautiful third party binding, old cars can be rebuilt, repainted and often partially re-bodied, etc. I have found in my limited scope of collecting that even within the sub categories of antique collecting, you will still always have the purists, the preservationists, and the restoration folks. Enjoy it, take care of it as best you can, so that it will outlast you.[/QUOTE]
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