Ok, what moulding & mount would you like & how much would you like to spend ?. something that look's old & under £140.00 was the answer. darkish brown with a bit of gold? & can you make the card bit sort of tobacco stained too? . Ok no problem come back in a couple of week's.
end result I found 2 pieces of rather fancy shaped but dullish brown with a bit of tarnished looking gold slightly damaged moulding that had been hanging around for year's, gave it a bit of a sanding to take off some of the finish, stained exposed bit's slightly darker stained the mount with a light tea wash then stippled a few foxing mark's here & there added a slip to the mount with sligtly peeled back look & a little black/grey paint in the corner's then added rottenstone (how hard is it to cut some thing to be slightly off when you have spent year's trying to attain perfection) put the thing together & waxed over the moulding. Result ,the lady cried when she saw it, That is just perfect, paid me then gave me another £10.00 & has been a regular customer ever since
strangely in contrast every thing I have made for her since has been ultra modern
I had some plain 3" pine reverse that I got at the 'right' price. Full of knots and splits. A few coats of thick paint blasted with a hot air gun to make it blister makes a very interesting finish. Slap on a coat of dark brown, dab a bit of gold on in patches. Bang with hammer and scratch with a sharp implement. When all that has dried, a good waxing with coarse wirewool and a rub with a manky duster. Looks brilliant.
great for all sorts of things, but keeping a straight face with the lady was rather difficult 
somehow i managed, my son went out after a few min's & after she had gone came back in still in hysteric's about the ladie's insistence on the word knackered