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So-called restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.

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Alexander Eliot
Age: 95 †
Born: 1919
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: April 23
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Art
Sponges
Restoration
Tricky
Surgery
Pictures
Scalpel
Least
Scalpels
Called
Expire
Brain
Sponge

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