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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 291862, member: 60&quot;]What are the dimensions of the frame?&nbsp; Where are you located?&nbsp;&nbsp; Just like they say on the Antique Road Show, leave it as original as possible.&nbsp; The $6500 restoration sounds absurd.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, most restorers would not gild the entire frame.&nbsp; It would be cleaned. The missing pieces would be restored and those areas re-gilded and toned to match the existing gilding. Museums only restore what is broken or missing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you wanted the entire frame re-gilded, the gold isn&#039;t as expensive as you think.&nbsp;&nbsp; An entire pack of 24K gold can be purchased from $630 to $800.&nbsp; If my guess on the&nbsp; frame size is correct, it would not even take half a pack, maybe 6 to 8 books of the pack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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