03-06-2005, 06:11 PM
Tom,
IMHO and as a collector only, (i.e. only buying an item for keeping it as part of my collection and not as an aim for selling it and taking profit); I would keep it in the condition I have found it, as this condition is generally part of his history. Of course, some repairs are fully acceptable... if they have been done by the veterans himself. I don't see the interest of buying an order fully restored... which coudn't be always the position I would take for an antique furniture
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Cheers.
Ch.
IMHO and as a collector only, (i.e. only buying an item for keeping it as part of my collection and not as an aim for selling it and taking profit); I would keep it in the condition I have found it, as this condition is generally part of his history. Of course, some repairs are fully acceptable... if they have been done by the veterans himself. I don't see the interest of buying an order fully restored... which coudn't be always the position I would take for an antique furniture
.Cheers.
Ch.
