Thanks for the heads up on Ctein's new book, Michael. He certainly is the "real deal" and his writings are always so well done.
I'll go one step further than you in describing the need. Most of us have extensive files of chromes. Over and above heirloom prints, at some point all of us are going to be doing restorations on those.
Whatever has been pundized and pontified about the storage life of properly stored chromes, I think the manufacturers have been overly optimistic. We recently contracted to "clean up" and produce digital files from historic chromes from the early 60's through the late 70's. They had been stored in a musuem in proper sleeves and cabinets with controlled temp and atmosphere, yet all showed fading and color shifts without regard for brand or variety. Judging by the slide mounts, they had been processed by Kodak, too. Good for our bottom line but the owner was none too happy, either with the condition of his images or our bill.
