Great Find at Cowboy Antiques Show…should I restore?

[CarltonHendricks]

Thanks everyone for your great input...Paul/SpringPin particularly, thanks for your thoughtful analysis.

Mat MGHPro, I'm always keenly interested to hear your opinion...You're one of those that your parents were antique dealers and you grew up in the business. You have a good eye and a ton of experience and could probably be tapped as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Sports Memorabilia.

Mark Steinberg/perezfan is another voice the court would call upon for expert testimony.

All that said I'm still not sure whether to have this sign restored...but still lean towards leaving it alone. I need to learn more about the restoration process as to whether they just work on the damaged spots or re-bake the whole sign or what. I definitely don't want it to be perfect but it would be nice if the chipped parts were filled in. The court will adjourn for further discovery.