---------- From: Michael P. Edison <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: "The good old days....hurling burgers" Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 12:52 PM What about the merit of making it clear to future generations just where the original leaves off and the restoration/replacement begins? Mike E. ---------- Absolutely essential. 'Nugh said? Hardly. One of the reasons that, in my antique restoration work, I try to avoid working for dealers is that it is against their interest to have the work that I do be apparent or documented. That state of affairs does not yet exist in preservation work, and I hope it never does. An ethical nightmare. Bruce