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Easy
PRESERVATION Techniques for the Serious Collector.
Here are some ways for the collector to protect their collection with museum-like professionalism. |
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I don't suppose King Tut's solid gold headpiece is any more valuable to you then your son's or daughter's first winning soccer jersey. But King Tut has all manner of people -people with all manner of initials behind their names- tending to all manner of threats. These threats include things like UV light, atmospheric nastinesses, vile little creatures that creep, crawl, & eat, and -last but not least- bad people who would steal the king's goodies.
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If you don't have fancy initials behind your name, not to worry, nor do I, but I have taken upon myself the task of talking to a few such people and read some really REALLY hard stuff these people wrote. Stuff with tables & graphs & Greek letters fer-goodness-sake! On more then one occasion I remembered all too clearly my old high school chemistry and physics classes. Can't say I remembered any chemistry or physics, I just remembered being confused in particularly chemical and physical ways. Things like oxidation, frequency, & wavelengths of light and other such imponderables. But now I have some good and -let us hope -comprehensive- advice to pass on to you. |
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-the vile little things that eat valuable items.
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-to try to
address -once again- acid-free issues and all that it entails.
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-what to do about vile people who might steal your collection.
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-one of the easiest and best first steps is to KEEP IT DRY
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-perhaps the
most destructive force on your collection might be noting more then
stuff you see with.
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-something as simple as luxurious velvet can be a threat to valuable collections.
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| If you have anything to add -or subtract because I got it wrong- please let me know. Drop me an email at Wharvey904@hotmail.com or Bill@Home-Museum.com. | |||||||||||
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