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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 578486, member: 30"]Yes even with my bad eyesight, I can see it's signed. The fastest method for oil paint to fade or wear off - is if has been applied over varnished paint and then not varnished. I think that may have been what happened here, and if so, there's no bringing that back to legibility for any reasonable price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind, the person to have signed "after the fact" of the varnishing of the painting, may not even be the one who painted it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 578486, member: 30"]Yes even with my bad eyesight, I can see it's signed. The fastest method for oil paint to fade or wear off - is if has been applied over varnished paint and then not varnished. I think that may have been what happened here, and if so, there's no bringing that back to legibility for any reasonable price. Keep in mind, the person to have signed "after the fact" of the varnishing of the painting, may not even be the one who painted it.[/QUOTE]
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