Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions | 
 enlarge | Authors: Don Williams, Louisa Jaggar
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 122931
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743264169
Dewey Decimal Number: 069.53
EAN: 9780743264167
ASIN: 0743264169
Publication Date: May 31, 2005
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Product Description
The most comprehensive book on preserving every type of collectible -- from the sentimental to the valuable -- from the Smithsonian's Senior Conservator.PFor both the serious collector and the sometimes sentimentalist, ISaving Stuff/I explains -- in plain language -- how you can use the techniques of museum professionals to keep your prized possessions in mint condition.PYou do not need deep pockets or oodles of time: using Don Williams's simple instructions, you can preserve anything quickly and inexpensively. In ISaving Stuff,/I he demystifies preservation and presents easy, foolproof methods anyone can use to save nearly everything, including:PUL TYPE=DISC LIPhotographs -- in print and digital form LIStuff only a parent could love -- from baby teeth to old blankets and first artworks LIFurniture -- whether it's painted, varnished, or upholstered LIFamily heirlooms -- from silver to rugs to wedding dresses LISports and political memorabilia -- trading cards, posters, equipment, buttons, stickers LIAttic leftovers -- scrapbooks, military uniforms, medals LIMusical instruments LIFine art -- oil paintings, etchings, lithographs LIPrinted matter -- comic books, magazines, old letters LIAnd much, much more/ULPWith step-by-step instructions, detailed illustrations, tips for making the things you use every day last, and stories about how the Smithsonian takes care of our national treasures, ISaving Stuff/I is the only book you need to take care of the stuff you love.
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 Comprehensive and easy to do May 18, 2007
P. Beavers
This book is excellent. It is easy to understand, cheap to implement, comprehensive, and effective. The book covers maintenance as well as storage. I wish my ancestors had been able to access to this book.
 saving stuff May 9, 2007
Sara Tidd
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
I don't need this book. I thought it was a book on saving things that don't matter, or that does matter. Files, odds and ends. I needed a organizer of house items Its primarlily antiques.
Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions January 19, 2007
Normanrmau
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
amazon delivered item on time as promised. Item was a Christmas gift which the recipient liked.
Excellent resource for collectors and small museum curators January 29, 2006
Alan G. Elze (Auburn, Maine, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
"The most comprehensive book on preserving every type of collectible..." Don Williams, Senior Conservator of the Smithsonian Institution, has written a concise volume dealing with how to preserve everything from baseball cards to furniture. Easy to understand preservation practices. No hard to understand museum jargon. An excellent work for anyone who collects anything or the small museum.
ALEX SHELDON...THAT LITTLE DEVIL! November 10, 2005
Jeffrey Mclean (hingham, MA United States)
1 out of 20 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this BRILLIANT book! I am a long time antiquer/yardsaler and I found the book extrodinarily useful! I have been able to preserve things i never thought possible, like my grilled cheese sandwich with the virgin mary on it! I also learned to never keep valuable coins in a jar where my daughter may be able to reach them and turn them into Coinstart (that silly hooligan). This is definately one of my top 3.14 books of all time! IT IS A MUST READ FOR THE AGES! br / br /PS. YAY FOR SCHOOL AND BOO TO CRYSTAL METH!
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