September 29th, 2012
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One of our Save Your Stuff Fans from Australia asked to “give it go” as a guest blogger and so, here is her excellent write up to share with you her passion for Sports Memorabilia… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Sports memorabilia
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July 7th, 2012
Orson Pratt Family
The featured speaker at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Annual Director’s Meeting in Ogden, Utah, was widely acclaimed art and painting conservator, Mr. Scott M. Haskins. For the 450 members present at the main session on the 9th of July, 2012, it was a rare and delightful experience.
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Tags: Conservation-restoration, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Museum Resources
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May 16th, 2012
Interpositive of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler/George Ayres
Here’s a really interesting video about a glass photo image of Abraham Lincoln being repaired. I guess it’s full technical identification is an Alexander Hesler/George Ayres interpositive. Too bad its only 30 seconds. I would have liked to see more details. Really interesting:
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Tags: vintage photos
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March 24th, 2012
Organizing collectibles, old photos, boxes of old letters and documents, old books from loved ones past on can be a daunting and mind spinning experience. Where do you start? What is your goal? Well, those aren’t reallythe right questions to ask.
One of my great pleasures since 1978 has been to work on the enormously popular and historical items within the collection of the Historical Department of the LDS Church. One of the oral history researchers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) was in my lab this week interviewing me about the art conservation and restoration work I’ve done for the history department of the Church History Museum over the decades. We discussed my book, How To Save Your Stuff (see product section of this website in scroll on left) and Ann Marie thought you would be interested, as she was, in this quick tip about how to avoid confusion when getting organized…and how to eat more ice cream! The video is less than 2 minutes.
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Tags: How To Be Organized
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March 3rd, 2012
This post is submitted by guest blogger Michele the E-bay Seller:
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Tags: anchor down ceramics, collectibles, crystal
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November 11th, 2011
A consultation service by a fine art conservator may include, art registry, Insurance evaluations emergency damage claims and restoration and conservation.
You may need of an appraisal for an insurance claim, insurance policy needs, estate planning, probate settlement or a collection of documentations. A fine art conservator can work with your insurance company.
When a disaster occurs and your property is damaged, without records, you may not be reimbursed for the value of your loss. If your house is destroyed, or just your artwork, there will be a major loss.
You should think about how to prepare for disaster, with the earthquake and fire and floods. It’s not if something will happen close to home, but when, and how terrible it will be. Art may be registered and described.
Art Registry is tracking identification system that is attached information that is applied to your art and collectibles, the archive safe ID tag are registered in a database.
The progress of any conservation or preservation previously done on a fine art needs to be recorded. This should include changes to the frame, so that all the information on an item may be traced. This information will insure that proper care is provided in handling your artwork.
If you decided not to take the correct steps to protect your paintings or collectables, the information about your art may be lost, if it is sold. If a paintings or collectable is sold, the registration is transferred with the Art register tag.
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Tags: Consultation Services, Fine art, fine art conservator, Fine art registry, Fine Arts Appraiser, insurance, Kelly Wojcik Lund, Restoration and Conservation, Scott Haskins
Posted in Protect and Save Personal Valuable Items in Office and at Home | 2 Comments »
September 16th, 2011
Tagged 5th St. Mural in LA
It looks like there is new energy and efforts being put forth by companies, city and state government, artists and art related associations to deal with the vandals and disgrace of tagging and graffiti. Why is there so much attention being given to this important involvement of preserving and the conservation of murals at this time?
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Tags: Caltrans, conservation of murals, The removal of graffiti and tagging on murals
Posted in Murals | 23 Comments »
August 22nd, 2011
Last week, at the Laguna Arts Festival Lecture series (http://bit.ly/pVVE6C), I spoke as the visiting expert about how to protect and save collectibles, artwork etc. Some of the things we talked about included protecting and saving items from
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Tags: art restoration, broken hanging wire, earthquake damage, painting conservation, ripped painting
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May 20th, 2011
Smoke, dust and grime can all make a significant impression on a painting’s brilliance. This wonderful oil painting shows major discoloration due to the said reasons above. Although you may not smoke there is a lot of dust and grime that builds up on paintings over a period of time so having your artwork cleaned is the best way to bring back it’s original look. Many of our clients may bring in a painting for other reasons than for a cleaning, but once they see the difference in color and depth after a cleaning test, they realize the importance of this service.
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Tags: art restoration, cleaning a painting, Dirt, Paint
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How To Get Organized - Collectibles, Old Photos, Family History - A Short Video To Make You Smile
March 24th, 2012Organizing collectibles, old photos, boxes of old letters and documents, old books from loved ones past on can be a daunting and mind spinning experience. Where do you start? What is your goal? Well, those aren’t reallythe right questions to ask.
One of my great pleasures since 1978 has been to work on the enormously popular and historical items within the collection of the Historical Department of the LDS Church. One of the oral history researchers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) was in my lab this week interviewing me about the art conservation and restoration work I’ve done for the history department of the Church History Museum over the decades. We discussed my book, How To Save Your Stuff (see product section of this website in scroll on left) and Ann Marie thought you would be interested, as she was, in this quick tip about how to avoid confusion when getting organized…and how to eat more ice cream! The video is less than 2 minutes.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: How To Be Organized
Posted in Comments about How To Save Your Stuff From A Disaster, Great Office Suggestions, What can you do at home? | 79 Comments »