Restoring a Chaplin poster

[erik1925]

Another poster being brought back to life.

Bristol, UK archivist and restorer, Alicia Garcia working on a 1940RR poster for Charlie Chaplin's comedy short, originally titled A Night Out (1915):

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/52-Awd2Pch0" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/52-Awd2Pch0</a>

[erik1925]

I found that EMP sold one copy of this poster, back in Dec. of 2011, for $250.00

http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/15640670.html

[guest4868]

Seems like the restoration would cost at least twice what the poster sells for, especially in that condition.

[martinc]

Thanks for the link, Jeff, very interesting.

I like the idea of having an original poster showing at the revival of an old film - I guess some of us collectors would be out in the lobby looking at the poster rather than inside watching the film!

Never heard of Alicia Garcia - she doesn't seem to have her own website so maybe works in academia somewhere?

[brude]

Its refreshing to watch someone who cares about the original paper and treats the process of restoration/conservation with some degree of reverence -- especially after watching that Cloutier (sp?) video.

[erik1925]

Thanks for the link, Jeff, very interesting.

I like the idea of having an original poster showing at the revival of an old film - I guess some of us collectors would be out in the lobby looking at the poster rather than inside watching the film!

Never heard of Alicia Garcia - she doesn't seem to have her own website so maybe works in academia somewhere?

Hey Martin, I looked around and found Ms Garcia. She actually has her own conservation and restoration company in Bristol, that deals with works on paper. The company is called Aquatint.

http://aquatint-paperconservation.bksites.net/

[martinc]

Thanks for that - I obviously didn't look hard enough.

Always good to find another home-based restoration person as there are not that many around in the UK. Appears to offer a very professional service (nice website).