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Antique Collection Conserve


Antiques security

Are your belongings at risk?

Beat the burglars and take positive action to secure your
possessions, with our guide to protecting your antiques.

Documenting
Whenever you start to purchase an antique, make an Inventory book or identified information of it in detail which are price, place, date of purchase or acquire, origin, full descriptions of item including; size, color, material made from, pre-post conditions of item include; cracks, chips, alterations or restoration also other decorative features even an insurance claim and a clear photograph attached is a vital need.
After that, categorize and group the record of reminding documents as their types in order to easily get a future requirement of each item's record in our collection. Update the record each time restoring a new item is a requirement.

Photographing
It is a vitally importance that we take each item
It is a vitally importance that we take of our antique collection in a clear photograph which is required some skills of photographing or learn more about tips and techniques from some books websites or a professional help. In basically, select a good bright day of sunlight or a suitable light place , avoid the shadow or reflection overwhelming, put item on a white or plain background with a measure scale such as ruler, try to collect clearly all the details in at least one photograph shot, zoom out in a very small item for a clearer detail shot.Attach each photograph or more according to each correct antique item's record of document or inventory book or file then keep in a safety place.
It's also wise to store a copy of photographs somewhere else for safekeeping; for example, with your bank or solicitor.

Arts and Antiques Squad
Local police office with the Art and Antiques Squad at Scotland Yard can log the photographs of the stolen antiques which they have a computerized database of detailed information and photographs. So this is one useful evident of securities or keeping trace incase our antiques are stolen.
Recovering our property
Using a security pen (available through the Crime Prevention office) marked or signed each of our antique . Although it is helpful in recovering of stolen antiques but this still is not so collectors suggested as the indelible mark will permanently on the items.

Valuing and insuring
Antique valuation is required or made by professional dealers, specialists, or insurance company in a 20% higher than certain amount or in an auction or market price. In the case of too low valuation which purpose to the lower insurance premium or some other reasons, you should realized that the items will not be worth and replace by the low value if an accident occurs.

Photographs and pictures
Collection of old photographs can be faded or damaged by the adhesive tape through the time passed unless we carefully take care and keep them. We all realized that the historical or even the present photographs are our most treasured belongings.

Photographs and pictures
Photographs are often our most treasured possessions. We've all seen pictures that have faded over the years or photographs damaged by adhesive tape. Follow these guidelines to looking after your photos and pictures.

Mounting photos
- Prolong the life of photographs or pictures with archival-grade of materials; albums sleeves and gummed tapes.
- Layer non-acid paper to each page of collecting photo-albums to conserve and prevent photo-sticking.
- Write the back side of photograph in pencil rather than pen.
- Use archival-grade albums and polyester corner mounts to avoid directly gluing the photographs to the album-page.
- Write information if you want to under the photographs on the album page not the photos with permanent pen.
- Hold a photograph at the edges not the emulsion.
- Keep photographs and albums in a dry, cool, non-direct light, and non-insect attack place.
- Check all of them regularly.

Picture framing

- Framed items are vitally required archival-grade of materials used to prevent their vulnerable damage from the front, the back and from the materials framing them.It is good that ;
- The front is covered with the ultraviolet protection glass and prevent the accidental damage to the covered item as well .
- The back is the archival materials used and the frame has to be the completely sealed also inside the frame should be sealed with an aluminum barrier of archival sealing-frame tape.
- Prevent the glass resting on picture by cutting a mat and back mat.
- Plot the location of picture in pencil and cut the opening with a card cutter.
- Attach the picture with archival gummed tape to the back mat only in its top place.
- Seal the framed picture with the same gummed tape to the back in order to prevent dirt or insect affected.
- Contact a paper conservator for a damage of paper work and art, a painting conservator for a damage of painting a frame conservator for a damage of important or valuable frame.

Storage and moving
- Handling any framed piece with one hand on the bottom.
- Storing an item in a safe material such as acid-free tissue, or a clean white cloth or sheet. It should then be wrapped in bubble wrap. It's a good idea to put extra padding on the corners. Also, make sure the photos are not leaning against another painting, furniture or any things.
- The best is to store the frame works in a clean, non insects with a stable temperature and humidity around 15°C to 19°C and 40 to 55 per cent relative humidity.

Cameras and photographs

Cameras and photographs
The old particular models of good quality and rare cameras are still valuable for collecting by antique collectors while the age of them becomes less necessary.

Brass and mahogany cameras

The 1890 Cyclographe is an especially rare first panoramic camera made by V Damoizeau a well-known French camera maker .
The clock-work mechanism rotated the mahogany and brass-bound camera around the platform then automatically wound on film.

The idea price of its is around £8,000 to £12,000.

Detective and spy cameras


Since the past util now, the influence of detective and spy movies still be in a lot of people's admiration.


This 1895, 4 cm.-closed sized and a pocket-watch like camera is still extremely popular with antique collectors nowadays in its very high fetch prices.

Japanese cameras

The Japanese mass produced cameras such as Nikon and Cannon brands ; since World War II became widely quality appreciated of the superior quality of the lenses after photojournalists covering the Korean War.

The limited edition models are rare but strong demand with today collectors even though their prices are very high.

This Nikon S3M is one of 195 models made in the series with the range of prices between over £12,000 downward to £6,000 depend on the quality and conditions.

Interesting cameras for collectors

• milestone cameras which incorporate unusual technical innovations


• early handmade brass and mahogany cameras


• unusual spy cameras

• rare models by Ernst Leitz (Leica) and Zeiss
  
  
  
  
• limited edition post-World War II Japanese cameras
  
  

Daguerreotypes


From 1837, LJM Daguerre had been developed the daguerreotype process using in production of the 1841 earliest commercial-made cameras.

The unique mirrored-look type of image which is formed on silver metal usually in sealed glass protection worth the prices of portrait groups at £30 to £40 but £1,000 or more for an interesting view or known sitter

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Photograph albums

Two majority factors that value the early albums is first, the quality

of materials made which are vary such as leather, ivory, gold,

silver, precious wood or Mauchline ware (wood covered with

tartan-printed paper) and another is the subject matter of them.



As the picture, the 1847 antique album would fetch about £150.