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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 427344, member: 56"]Here's how it looks to my untrained eye: I think the damage you see is the tip of the iceberg. It has lost a lot of paint and looks ready to lose a lot more. I doubt that re-stretching will do the trick. It looks like someone will have to minutely examine the paint to ensure that it is fixed to the canvas. Also, it looks to me like there's already a repair to the cottage roof. If true, you'd probably want to undo that. Unless you are happy with it as is, or are in a position to do some fairly fancy restoration yourself, or it's worth a wack of money... personally I'd pass on it. Which is a shame, because it looks like it was originally nicely done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 427344, member: 56"]Here's how it looks to my untrained eye: I think the damage you see is the tip of the iceberg. It has lost a lot of paint and looks ready to lose a lot more. I doubt that re-stretching will do the trick. It looks like someone will have to minutely examine the paint to ensure that it is fixed to the canvas. Also, it looks to me like there's already a repair to the cottage roof. If true, you'd probably want to undo that. Unless you are happy with it as is, or are in a position to do some fairly fancy restoration yourself, or it's worth a wack of money... personally I'd pass on it. Which is a shame, because it looks like it was originally nicely done.[/QUOTE]
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