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What's it Worth?? / Re: Been holding onto them for awhile now
« on: August 21, 2011, 05:36:00 PM »
an easy way to remove the paper the framer put on the back is to use a chip brush or damp rag. use warm water and carefully moisten where the paper touches the frame. the glue will release and you can use a scraper, putty knife to remove the glue. warm water is easily the most underrated solvent :)
 

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Been holding onto them for awhile now
« on: August 18, 2011, 02:56:36 AM »
also it's not hard to make paper look old. do you see little bits of grain particles in the paper or is it pretty consistent? also a lot of early asian prints aren't that nicely proportioned to fit in a standard sized frame to fit on a standard size american homes. a lot of the real prints of this type are odd sizes and some of the really important works are in scroll form. 9.99 times out of 10 you're just gonna have a cool looking print. with the color being so full and perfect i'm guessing wood block. the color is so perfect from what i can tell in the picture that i'd say it's nothing major. it's rare that these survive in this condition if it were real (meaning substantial in anyway). even the ones taken care of will lose color unless cared for in museum conditions. on the rare occasion you did find the one out of a million that some guy bought during the war for $10  from a street peddler that belonged to the emperor it's not gonna look that good because of the paper and ink and lack of uv protected glass etc....whew thas a long run-on sentence. good luck

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What's it Worth?? / Re: Been holding onto them for awhile now
« on: August 18, 2011, 02:43:31 AM »
i'm no expert but i do know a bit about art.  worked as a conservator/restoration and was minoring in asian art history (never finished my bfa) anyway...a couple of things. you'll need to get better pictures for anyone to tell anything. there's a lot of nuances in the paper and ink that'll help the appraising and honestly no matter how good of a pic you take, to make any kind of real determination they'll need to see it in person. asian scenes are popular...lots of nice looking cheap prints are made. even a hundred years ago they made things in china that were essentially just for tourist as trading opened up so by volume there's a lot of really cool asian things to be found that aren't very valuable. it's a cool print though. is there paper on the back of the frame? can you easily remove the print? looking at the back of the frame can you tell how well is it made? thats not a clear determining factor but can offer a clue. also what other things were in the locker? did they have other asian item? if so were they nice peaces or that fake resin crap? take some pics of the back and if you can remove it from the frame do so and take a pic? sometimes the frame shop will leave a card or info on the back after they seal it

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The Lounge / Re: What I don't understand about this conversation area
« on: August 18, 2011, 02:22:41 AM »
as for the legitimacy of this section IMHO it makes perfect sense. if you're looking for a particular item and having no luck at finding it who better to ask than people that go through lots and lots of every day to odd products much more so than "regular" people. that is all...carry on
 

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Welcome to the Online Storage Auctions Forum / sup from birmingham, al
« on: August 18, 2011, 01:07:00 AM »
new to this game. haven't popped my cherry yet but been buying and reselling from thrift stores and craigslist for years. figured i'd cut the middle men out.  actually thought about doing this years ago from seeing all the ads in the legal notice section of the paper but was skeptical until the shows even though i know they highly inflate odds of scoring big. pretty excited to find this message board. obviously you're all here but are there any others worth going to or is this the ONE? it's seems to be pretty awesome. i've been cruising through the boards here for 2-3 hours now. holla

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