Mike.. two things
1) a poster of this kind, which can be found if you're patient, isn't worth buying in lower grade
2) it is more difficult to restore modern-era poster with the gloss.
All great advice that I need to follow more often.
re: 1) Patience, patience, patience. I keep grinding that into my brain. And I never try to settle, I always try to find the best pieces that I can afford. In this case it was a spur of the moment find and a lack of research on my part to actually see how faded it was. Afterwards I was actually having non-buyers relief.
re: 2) makes sense and having never had resto done, I think I'm fooling myself as to the cost. besides, I prefer the paper be 'pure', if possible, so again, patience for a nice piece is key.
just wait for a nice copy and don't collect like a voracious bear who's been in hibernation and hasn't eaten for 6 months
LOL Have you been watching my incoming mail?!?!?! Seriously, you just described my recent activity. I'm using the excuse "but I'm trying to catch up for lost time".