Each certificate details the map title, map maker, condition, production date, coloring, and a full description. Each certificate is signed and dated, and printed on beautiful parchment paper. We recommend mounting this certificate on the back of your framed map for future reference. As ever, in the world of antique maps and prints, your primary protection is the integrity, expertise and reputation of the dealer. Modern reproductions are of course on the market, but these are normally quite recognizable as such, indeed are so modern in appearance as to be readily distinguished from an original.
Restoration is another matter.
Some antique maps may have had minor repairs carried out. Any and all repairs to our maps and prints are noted in their descriptions. The quality of the scanning or imaging device. We use a top of the line Olympus Digital Camera D-600L still camera for the best images possible. Color variations between different computer monitors, the lighting conditions in which images are viewed and even the Windows color scheme used when viewing images.