KariRoad
Nota Bene: Luigi eats XV and XVI as penance
I agree, and that's why whenever I find some old Tarot decks in the bottom of a 12th century Italian well, I call the pope. "Luigi" whisks them away before I can even get my paints out of the box.bogiesan said:Every week on "Antiques Roadshow," the experts say, "Collectors want the patina of age to be visible on the original surface. This tarot deck would have much more value if you had not refinished it and left it as it was, all stained and torn and fingerprinted and scuzzy."
They also suggest, almost as often, "A properly trained conservator could repair this tarot deck for you and you'd get, oh, say, another $20,000 at auction."