"The slippers are one of the most viewed items at the Washington DC museum. But age has taken its toll and they have turned from a sparkling red to a dull brown."
I seem to recall the shoes were never ruby red (in person). What you saw on screen was the result of the film stock used at the time. Can anyone confirm this?
Rubys or sequins, it just aint worth $300K to restore a pair of shoes. C'mon, that's just absurd!
Sure the money could go towards many good causes that help those in need. But considering what we as a people (and nation) waste our money on, I'm okay with preserving an important piece of movie history.
you're bizarrely missing the point - how can the materials and workmanship possibly cost $300K to fix these or any pair of shoes? I'd love to see a breakdown of costs on the quote or invoice.
you're bizarrely missing the point - how can the materials and workmanship possibly cost $300K to fix these or any pair of shoes? I'd love to see a breakdown of costs on the quote or invoice.
Professional restoration costs money. It's an art and a science. It's not like their going to clean it with Fantastik and superglue new sequins on it.
Each sequin must be removed, polished to its original luster, then placed back in its original spot on the slipper. It will take countless hours of work, by someone with the right college degree.
Few thousand dollars then the Exhibition fee's where there be kept. The rest go's into pockets just like aid & charity all over the world back hander's 300,000 no chance a lot of old tosh.
you dont need some absurdly overpriced "professional" service to restore the shoes. The woman who fixed this old fresco could do it for free.
I still want to believe that was all a hoax, and really didn't happen. Though there's been similar complaints for decades regarding Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel. Though no where near as bad!
