Originally posted by Flay
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Many thanks again for all the suggestions
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I'm thinking of starting to read my current volume to find out how much of a blight on pleasure its condition is. If it's ok I'll carry on; if it's not I'll take it to my charity shop & get the abebooks alternative
Many thanks again for all the suggestions
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I'd get a quote from a professional bookbinder. This lady has done a lot of work for me and she does a very nice job:
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She lives in Guildford.Comment
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Be careful lest you have in mind selling the book & feel it may be of some value.
I took a rather damaged & stained copy of Cartier Bresson's ' Images a la Sauvette ' to a bookbinder prior to putting it up for auction at Bonhams. I was advised to leave it as it was.
Result ? - £1300. Not only would I have received considerably less if it had been ' worked upon ' there would have been quite a large fee from the bookbinder.
Moral; if you have something rather nice for auction don't forget to trample all over it beforehand !!Comment
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#19 gamba, this irrationality also applies to classic cars. Unrestored ones are seen as more desirable than restored ones, despite the fact that if you buy an unrestored one you will then have to spend a fortune on it before you can drive it. I suppose the thinking behind this is that if you have overseen the restoration you will have more confidence in it than if you accept what someone else has done.
I once had one, I paid about three grand for it and spent probably thirty grand on the restoration over the years. I eventually sold it for fifteen. If I'd kept it unrestored in the garage, I could probably have sold it for more, but I can see no pleasure in owning a car if you cant drive it (ie show off in it on sunny Sunday afternoons).Comment
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