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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vern, post: 28865, member: 347&quot;]Listen, I&#039;m doing my best to be nice here, but I used the EXACT same wording as you did.&nbsp; I do appreciate your advice, but we will have to agree to disagree.&nbsp; I&#039;m siding with the antique roadshow on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/tips/polishingmetals.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/tips/polishingmetals.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/tips/polishingmetals.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t mean to sound abrasive but, in fairness, you came out with guns blazing essentially saying I don&#039;t know what I&#039;m doing and the value has been diminished.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe either are true.&nbsp; If you understood the story, the true nature of this object never would have been discovered in the first place had I not preserved it.&nbsp; I know the state I found it in was not its intended state, and it is completely unique, thus there is no standard to hold it to.&nbsp; It is original.&nbsp; No new parts.&nbsp; Just cleaned and preserved.&nbsp; A tiny bit of the original finish still remains if you look close enough in the grooves of the wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neglect does not add value to brass unless you value it...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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