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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 069.53
EAN: 9780743264167
ISBN: 0743264169
Label: Fireside
Manufacturer: Fireside
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: May 31, 2005
Publisher: Fireside
Studio: Fireside

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The most comprehensive book on preserving every type of collectible -- from the sentimental to the valuable -- from the Smithsonian's Senior Conservator.

For both the serious collector and the sometimes sentimentalist, Saving Stuff explains -- in plain language -- how you can use the techniques of museum professionals to keep your prized possessions in mint condition.

You do not need deep pockets or oodles of time: using Don Williams's simple instructions, you can preserve anything quickly and inexpensively. In Saving Stuff, he demystifies preservation and presents easy, foolproof methods anyone can use to save nearly everything, including:

• Photographs -- in print and digital form
• Stuff only a parent could love -- from baby teeth to old blankets and first artworks
• Furniture -- whether it's painted, varnished, or upholstered
• Family heirlooms -- from silver to rugs to wedding dresses
• Sports and political memorabilia -- trading cards, posters, equipment, buttons, stickers
• Attic leftovers -- scrapbooks, military uniforms, medals
• Musical instruments
• Fine art -- oil paintings, etchings, lithographs
• Printed matter -- comic books, magazines, old letters
• And much, much more

With 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, Saving Stuff is the only book you need to take care of the stuff you love.




Rating: - Comprehensive and easy to do
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.

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Rating: - saving stuff
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.

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Rating: - Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions
amazon delivered item on time as promised. Item was a Christmas gift which the recipient liked.

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Rating: - Excellent resource for collectors and small museum curators
"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.

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Rating: - ALEX SHELDON...THAT LITTLE DEVIL!
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!

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