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Re: Daguerreotype Deterioration


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  • Subject: Re: Daguerreotype Deterioration
  • From: eric nelson <emanphoto@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:19:13 -0500
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Tom Persinger <tp@tompersinger.com> wrote:
I suggest contacting Mike Robinson. Mike has done extensive research and has been doing some exciting work at George Eastman House restoring old daguerreotypes that had been considered lost/ruined. His website: http://www.centurydarkroom.com/

Good luck-
Tom


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Tom Persinger
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Pittsburgh, PA USA
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>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: fb <archaik@freestart.hu>
>  Subject: Re: Daguerreotype Deterioration
>  Sent: 13 Jun '08 09:48
>
>  Instead of the riskfull adventure of the restoration
>  I suggest some conservation, to stop that deterioration
>  process. To make this You need to replace the recent
>  sealing to a new and better, to protect the plate from
>  the oxidous gases of the air. Another suggested change
>  to make a layer between the plate and the copper mat,
>  from photosafe paper, because the the contact of the mat
>  and the silver layer is also a source of deterioration.
>
>  See more on my homepage:
>  Daguerreotype Installations and the Conservation
>  4. 4. American ie English type
>
>  http://archfoto.atspace.com/dagins ten.html
>
>  and in the conservation section of the links:
>
>  http://archfoto.atspace.com/altfotolink2.html#Konzerv
>
>  Flesch Bálint
>
>  http://archfoto.atspace.com/
>  http://archfoto.freeblog.hu/
>
>
>
>
>  Date sent:    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:04:39 -0500
>  From:         eric nelson <emanphoto@gmail.com>
>  Subject:      Daguerreotype Deterioration
>
>  > I have a daguerreotype that is showing signs of deterioration in the last 11
>  > years.
>  > I have posted a screen shot of 2 scans made 11 years apart of this dag. The
>  > scan on the right is the recent scan and shows some kind of deterioration
>  > happening on the face of the subject. Any tips on restoring this image?
>  >  Since it has been hand colored I'm not too hopeful but thought I'd check
>  > here for suggestions.
>  >
>
>