The essential collection management kit
By: Godfrey Harris
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The Americas Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780935047820
Subjects: Collectors and collecting; Handbooks, manuals; United States; Antiquities; Collection and preservation; Cultural property; Protection; Historic preservation
Description: "The Essential Collection Management Kit provides those who are part of the first line of defense in preserving and protecting the artifacts of our society with specialized reproducible forms to categorize, compare, describe, display, inventory, safeguard, and value all the elements of a private collection to assist appraisers, auctioneers, competitors, curators, governmental authorities, heirs, insurance companies, and others in understanding and appreciating the importance of a particular collection"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 53) and index.
Table of contents: title: Collector's notes; title: Collection overview ; CMK form A; title: Collection inventory ; CMK form B; title: Collection categories ; CMK form C; title: Key valuations ; CMK form D1 and CMK form D2; title: Documentation ; CMK form E; title: Display considerations ; CMK form F; title: Display layout ; CMK form G; title: Acquisitions ; CMK form H; title: Disposition ; CMK form I; title: Collection background ; CMK form J; title: About the Collectors' Conclave.