The Antique Roadshow has made people nuts over the issue of refinishing old things. People think they are going to destroy the value. On some items yes but on most old things, not really. My sister in-law has a beautiful antique piano but won't have it refinished. The original finish has darkened, cracked, there's some water damage from houseplants that were put on top of it and it looks like a piece of shit. She loves the thing and has the money to have it restored. She's scared she's going to ruin the value. Not so. I checked and keeping the old finish on a 19th century piano of it's make has no advantage. It depends on the item of furniture.
A worn and dirty Marshall cab is worth some money if it was owned by Jimi Hendrix and had Jimi Hendrix Experience stenciled on the the side of it. You don't want to touch that bugger! But on a non-historical cab, you have nothing to lose.
A worn and dirty Marshall cab is worth some money if it was owned by Jimi Hendrix and had Jimi Hendrix Experience stenciled on the the side of it. You don't want to touch that bugger! But on a non-historical cab, you have nothing to lose.
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