| For one thing, you don't want to refinish them!
Unless they were recently painted by brush or something, you want to
retain the original "patina" if you want them to retain their full
value (whatever that may be).
If they have been painted recently (within the past 30 years) you might
want to get the top layer of paint off, but getting off the top layer
without hurting the under layer...GOOD LUCK!
RE:authenticity???
Locate some copies of the newspapers related to the stadium's
construction and maybe you can find some details in print which might
help prove their authenticity. (papers - try the local library or
the state archives)
A real long shot might be to try to track down the companies old
records. This is possible but REAL TIME-CONSUMING!!!
Regards,
R.M.F.
(Ramsay still displays the ball & photo in a place of honour)
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Grazie, professori...
Sorry for not putting this in sooner as a reply. If what you say is
true, then I might have a problem. If I don't refinish them, they are
going to look like something the (admittedly very large) dog dragged
in. They were stored in a warehouse, and one or two of the wood slats
have some dry rot, to which I am going to have to put in some filler
compound. In addition, there are two very thick layers of
paint on them, both layers being robin's-egg blue. The paint is peeling
off the metal frame (armrests, counterbalance, seat) rampantly.
I can duplicate the original scheme, I mean, there is no problem with
repainting the whole thing in the original color. However, they really
do need work. They are easily restorable. But I have to do
something, otherwise I am never going to be able to bring these things
into the house. I'd like to put them in the study, eventually.
I've seen old seats from Comiskey Park, and they were in good shape,
but it was obvious that they were repainted.
But as long as they are retraceable to Sicks' Stadium (by serial number
or whatever), I'm confused as to why they have to remain in the
original color scheme. All I was going to do was bring the wood back to
a natural finish (light stain), and (after priming) do the metal frame
in a flat black. I was also going to retain the original seat numbers
on the top slat of the backrest.
Peter
PS: Best wishes to Ramsay--and Bud is doing fine, BTW. He has the BB
card in a prominent place on his mantle. I am doing a series of
interviews with him for eventual publication (hopefully) in an SABR
journal. More about that another time.
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