Anthony Restorations Book Dust jackets Toy boxes Art & Paper Restoration

05/25/2025

This is a dinosaur animation model that, while less than twenty years old at the time, had suffered severe deterioration about its face. Foam rubber and latex are easy to work with but simply do not hold up well over time. Using photos from the film he appeared in, we were able to reconstruct the face using a more durable sculpy material, then Kim painted the finished sculpture. Hopefully this time he will not go the way of the dinosaur.

05/17/2025

These photos show the striking difference a cleaning, pressing and fixes can make. There is no in-painting or color-work on this box. The left and right portions of the box that are missing in the top photo were detached pieces, as were portions of the side-skirts. Look closely and you'll see the fixes, most evident along the robot's waist.

05/11/2025

G.I. Joe Mountain Trooper box, 1960's. Clean, press, remove tape and glue, repair, recreate missing art and lettering along side skirts.

03/28/2025

Battle of the Blue and Gray playset, Marx, 1960's. The clear plastic covering was curled and shrunken, and had to be removed to flatten out the cardboard backing, and to touch up artwork. The upper left corner graphics were recreated. Some of the artwork had adhered to the plastic, and needed to be carefully aligned before it was glued back in place. A frame was created to hold down the four outer edges of the plastic, which were then glued in place onto the card, and pressed atop the frame with 100 pounds of weight until the glue dried and the plastic flattened. Miller Time.

03/12/2025

A water-damaged Bullwinkle & Hoppity Hopper stamp set, before and after restoration.

02/06/2025

Antique Toy World magazine did a nice article on Kim and I, here it is:

01/08/2025

A gentle mechanical cleaning brightened this Thuvia artwork quite a bit while the spine, back cover and back flap required more work. The spine and left fold had been painted, and nothing is harder than undoing a poor restoration.

12/29/2024

The inverted yellow side skirt along the top that says MOON ROCKET TRAIN is missing part of a graphic on the far right side--the tail of a rocket ship. Below it is the box top in red, with the same wording. The upper right corner is also missing a graphic, part of an identical rocket ship, but this time the front of the ship is missing. Each partial piece of artwork showed me exactly what the other was lacking, aiding in recreating the respective missing sections. Miller time.

12/25/2024

11/26/2024

Cleaned, pressed, repaired, and prepped for painting.

08/28/2024

Cragstan made the best toy robots, with wonderful box art, it's always gratifying to work on one.

08/19/2024

This Lionel Train Set Box cleaned up nicely, but the label was badly abraided beneath the tape, so the artwork and lettering in the upper left corner needed to be recreated.