Saving stuff : how to care for and preserve your collectibles, heirlooms, and other prize possessions /
The most comprehensive book on preserving every type of collectible, from the sentimental to the valuable, from the Smithsonian's Senior Conservator. Explains in plain language how you can use the techniques of museum professionals to keep your prized possessions in mint condition, including ph...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fireside : Simon & Schuster,
[2005]
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| Summary: | The most comprehensive book on preserving every type of collectible, from the sentimental to the valuable, from the Smithsonian's Senior Conservator. Explains in plain language how you can use the techniques of museum professionals to keep your prized possessions in mint condition, including photographs, in print and digital form, stuff only a parent could love, from baby teeth to old blankets and first artworks, furniture, whether painted, varnished or upholstered, family heirlooms, from silver to rugs to wedding dresses, sports and political memorabilia, trading cards, posters, equipment, buttons and stickers, attic leftovers, scrapbooks, military uniforms and medals, musical instruments, fine art,-oil paintings, etchings and lithographs, printed matter, comic books, magazines, old letters and more. |
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| Item Description: | "A Fireside book." Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xxviii, 338 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0743264169 9780743264167 |