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About Lynda Hobby
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Lynda has been involved in antiques and collectibles as a dealer for the past 15 years and was partners in an antique store for a time.
She maintains a client base for her antiques and collectibles business but lately has found herself concentrating on the resotration of muscle era Fords and Mercurys and then selling them through Barrett/Jackson auctions or through her private clients.
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| The tip is to do NOTHING! |
| In the world of Antiques and Collectibles, you will read or hear different experts giving you tips about how to take care of, restore, or repair your precious item. But I don't hear them talk about when to LEAVE an item ALONE! In cases where the item DOES needs to be left alone it would significantly devaluate the item. For example, a cast iron bank. Most of these banks were painted originally, but collectors want the original paint left on the bank. Their reason I think is because cast iron banks are being reproduced so that it is getting harder to tell an old one from a new one and the wear of the paint is one way of being sure that it is really old and original. Serious collectors will have the paint tested for lead content to be sure of the age.
I am sure you have heard the word Patina used quite often, and all it means is the "personality" of the wood or furniture. Like the table Grandma used to cut her teeth on when she was a baby, or the cigar burn that General Washington put on the chair when he stopped at some distant relatives house during the civil war to ask if his soldiers could have some water. All types of things contribute to the personality or patina of the wood finish. So think very long and hard before you decide to refinish an item, no matter how beat up it may appear to you! |
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