I used to see adverts in US toy magazines for comics restoration. Damaged pages were miraculously repaired like the one below and even missing half-pages reinstated. I must admit I was simply amazed.
How on earth do paper restorers do it? Do they manufacture paper somehow and invisibly seal it to the torn edges?
I can see how old photographs are repaired, as much can be done digitally with photos, but comics?
Which leads to the inevitable question, can old toy boxes be repaired or restored to their former state? I have tried some of this in part but only the easy stuff like stiffening through ironing and the odd bit of re-gluing, but no more than that!
How would anyone attempt to restore boxes like these, which I've seen recently?
A California-based company Anthony Restorations has done some wonderful jobs on toy box restoration. As a matter if fact, would love to send them couple of those rarer items for preservation work, even though there is always that fundamental question about authenticity after such a facelift. Regardless, have great admiration for their skills and accomplishments.
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