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Bruce said:

Not at all. A poster is a piece of art, and many people do want it to look as good as it can, and yes, you want it to look as it originally did, so, for instance, you would not add colors that were not originally there, even if they would make it "look better",

But the tiny writing in the bottom border is something no one cares about when it is displayed. Or do you go over to a Gone With the Wind one-sheet and look closely at the bottom as part of your appreciating it?

Another subject is why everything needs to "look perfect". When I started selling full-time in this hobby so many years linenbacking without any restoration was referred to as "in the European style", so I still refer to it that way, although there may not be so many Europeans who still do this!

As one of my friends once put it, "In a society where people essentially linenback their FACES, it is not surprising they need to make their posters look perfect", but really, what IS wrong with a poster showing signs of its age?