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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Slykitty65, post: 418376, member: 7985&quot;]Hi Greg and Dragon. I did try cleaning it gently with the Q-tips slightly damp (no beads of distilled water) and got some of the tiny fuzz, dust, and dirt off. But, will try the saliva way and see if I can get more fuzz off or what looks like cotton ball threads. </p><p>I unscrewed the back clips, but there was no way to get it out of the frame. It&#039;s like the panel was sealed to the frame in spots, or varnished with whatever dark substance was washed across the panels backing. I did not want to disturb its placement or pull any of the paint from it. There are a few tiny spots along the frame edge where you can see what looks like white gesso. I took a few pics of the paintbrush or someone&#039;s hair that is adhered underneath the paint I found while cleaning. Plus the chip turned out to be cotton fuzz that came off but looks still like it was indented a bit from something falling on it maybe...[ATTACH=full]145940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]145941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]145942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]145943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]145944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]145945[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the signature, It is still under a rather dark pigment and is not the T. Korn signature that is found on the 14 paintings at an N.Y. Gallery listing I found. The signature is &quot;Filkorn&quot; and one photo I have used my graphics program to lighten the name signature for better viewing. There is a current auction listing for a Tibor Filkorn with the same signature as mine at this link </p><p><a href="https://picclick.co.uk/Very-Fine-Antique-Oil-PaintingTibor-Filkorn-223033313591.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.co.uk/Very-Fine-Antique-Oil-PaintingTibor-Filkorn-223033313591.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.co.uk/Very-Fine-Antique-Oil-PaintingTibor-Filkorn-223033313591.html</a></p><p>The starting bid is at the low end with 50 watchers. The posted high, average, and low-end estimates range from $45,382.00, $8,119.00 average and this auction starting bid is $253. What in the world do I have? I think I need a curators opinion, there seem to be less of his works with the full signature such as mine from what I have found. Which way to go now? Maybe I better leave it alone and contact Christie&#039;s or Sotheby&#039;s?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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