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Originally Posted by btcarfagno
Are photos more like movie posters in as much as restoration is fine, and sometimes preferable, if it is disclosed?
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I believe so. In the case of your Cobb it used to be a clean print, then the grey masking was added, then someone apparently got parts of it wet and smudged it. To me, cleaning up the smudged area is fine - even cleaning off all the grey masking would be okay if you could do so without damaging the emulsion. Many of the more expensive photos in this auction have had the masking removed (per Hunt auction descriptions) and it didn't seem to affect prices adversely.
I always clean off anything on a print that is visually unappealing. Here are some of my wins from today (I won't be cleaning up Al).