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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roaring20s, post: 4176992, member: 17270&quot;]<i><b>Is it ever a good idea to mess with a nice antique piece?</b></i> If you plan to keep it, you will decide if it meets your and/or your home&#039;s aesthetics. If you plan to flip it, is it worth the effort. Often the answer is the same if all it requires is good cleaning with minor touch-ups. In your case, that element would not be necessary for a flip.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Should you leave an antique alone?</i></b> Yes, if it&#039;s very valuable, has historical significance, and/or if a quality job is out of the owner&#039;s reach.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Does recreating a part of one improve it or detract?</i></b> A missing element such as your&#039;s, is removable, so a future owner has a choice. This also gets the same answers as above.</p><p><br /></p><p>My amateur skills have come in handy combined with my artistic ability. I realize nothing has been recreated in this example, but it fits the topic. The is soapstone lamp was missing one front corner. So, I rounded both front corners. The shade was missing its domed cover. So, I inverted the lower half and added a fringe.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]333724[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This post of mine also fits, as I needed to add part of the chin and repaint most of it.</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-1145#post-3210530" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-1145#post-3210530">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-1145#post-3210530</a></p><p><br /></p><p>James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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