Italian Fountain Pen Academy
Nov 17 2005, 05:42 PM
QUOTE (Roger W. @ Nov 17 2005, 09:20 AM)
Actually the window looks like it has grown. Does this mean the old one was cut out and replaced? Hardly qualifies for proper restoration on a collector piece. If this is a user one can argue it should be tarted up anyway you like.
I'm working on a new GARM (Generally Accepted Restoration Methods) and the key piece to the whole puzzle comes down to user vs. collector pens. Pens deemed as users don't fall under the protection of the GARM if you will. That is the tricky piece since the owner will have to figure out if it is a user or not. The consequences should be obvious. If it is declared a user pen and treated as such it's value will deteriorate. Nothing wrong with this. The owner needs to consider if this pen should be a collector pen and the value preserved accordingly.
One of the key problems with this is one mans user pen is anothers collector pen. There are no police for this and I'm am not proposing that there be. My overriding message to all, especially those that think in terms closer to a pure user, is take the time to consider the historic value of the pen in question. Common as dirt, then little consideration is needed. Harder to find but average overall this is probably the largest area of judgement call. A rare pen should be preserved however, that does not stop a user from being pig headed and declaring it a user pen anyway. The owner is the one that makes the decision if the pen is a user pen or a collector pen.
Roger W.
the pen is all original transparent window included.
The window was deformed and small part of it reentered inside the barrel.
We given back the correct form to the window, fixed the cracks, and brought out of the barrel the hidden part of the window. Then we have put the window in the correct position (that original).
The owner of the pen knows the job.
He wanted the pen as in original condition and we have brought the pen to the origins.
No fake.
Sincerely yours
Riccardo - I.F.P.A. Staff
