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Posted By: barrysloate

John- first, welcome to the board. But I have to disagree with you.

If you have a scanner that's built to filter out faults, that works great if you are putting together an album of family photos, but not something that should be used for an auction catalog.

I have someone who scans or takes digital pictures of lots for my own auctions. I give him a simple instruction: do not alter the color or tones of an image in any way. His goal is to capture the piece exactly the way it is; if it has flaws, the bidders need to see these flaws.

It is clear that the photo in the catalog did not match the actual lot. And that's a very significant issue.