Update and advice on William Hart watercolor painting.

I put it on my Watch List yesterday. There were already 3 watchers before me.

 

Me too.

 

Thanks all. views and watchers are nice. But an offer would be better lol.

 

One dollar two ninety eight.

 

Well it didn't sell, But not all is bad. I did put it in the antique frame and hung it in my spare bedroom for now.
here is the pictures of it in the frame

Mikey

 

I like it in the original frame much better.

 

I received an email and estimate to repair this. But it may not look perfect when repaired. Your thoughts...

Hello Michael,

In looking over the three photos you sent me of your watercolor, it appears to me that the paper repairs as you said were old and poor repairs. Your watercolor needs to be cleaned and in doing so, I am not sure if and how well the repairs will hold up to the cleaning process as we don't really know what was used to repair the tears and if they will clean up in keeping with the original watercolor. It seems that the tears were not "fitted" together well and my problem becomes worse in estimating costs as I can't know how the tears will look after the cleanings. From my point of view, if the tears do need to be redone, then there will be coloring involved and the final watercolor still might show the tears as I know from past experience, some tears repair well and others don't - usually the less work done to them the better and I am afraid that these won't fit back together and will still be noticeable.

My instinct says for me to pass on this project but I could give you an estimate that might be in the $395 range and you still might not be happy with the look of the cleanings and work when done but I need to be paid for my efforts. I have included an estimate that is attached to bottom of this eMail.

It would take about 6- months to complete the cleanings, stain reduction, as needed to properly Conserve and Restore this item for you.