I have done a few appraisals, call or email me. Sara Conklin, ISA CAPP Certified Appraiser, Personal Property PH: 800-464-4208 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "MUSEUM-L automatic digest system" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: MUSEUM-L Digest - 25 Jan 2008 to 26 Jan 2008 (#2008-28) > There are 5 messages totalling 524 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. sending mail to the list > 2. Gun Restorer > 3. Non-abrasive copper cleaner > 4. Breaking News - Four Museums in Southern California Raided by Federal > Authorities > 5. Breaking News - Four Museums -- dinosaur bone appraiser > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . 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Does any of the > museums that subscribe to Museum-L have a Customer Care Charter > that they are prepared to share with the Luthuli Museum? > Presently we have drawn excellent examples from the Corporate > Sector. However, we want to see how other museums prepare their > staff to deal with visitors. I look forward to seeing what has been > produced and to be informed about how the Charter has improved > service delivery to visitors. I also welcome discussion about what > your views are about having a Charter. > </div> > <div> </div> > <div>Thank you</div> > <div> </div> > <div>Rooksana Omar</div> > <div>Director: Luthuli Museum</div> > <div>3233 Nokukhanya Luthuli Street</div> > <div>Groutville</div> > <div>4450</div> > <div><a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a></div> > <div> </div> > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > <p> > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > <p> > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ------=_Part_17915_32022942.1201255515677-- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:29:26 -0800 > From: David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Gun Restorer > > ------=_Part_3725_7725259.1201357766675 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Tracie, > I have many years of experience in the conservation of historic arms. > There > are only probably just a few conservators in the USA who have specialized > deeply in this. > > I would advise your client to be wary of using a gunsmith / restorer in > the > treatment of an historic firearm because their approaches and materials > and > ideology are not specifically tuned to long-term preservation issues - > they > are oriented towards getting firearms into working condition. Of course, > much depends on the specifics of the history and condition of the firearm > as > well as its value. And that value, both historic and monetary, can be > ruined > by an over aggressive restoration. > > People in my profession of conservation have a constant flow of work in > dealing with issues of prior restorations. > > I think that others on this list have seen or heard of similar results > from > furniture or fine arts conservation done by restorers whose hearts may > have > been in the right place but who methods and materials did not serve the > integrity nor the longevity of the object. > > Cheers! > Dave > > David Harvey > Conservator > Los Angeles, CA > > > On Jan 24, 2008 7:58 PM, Tracie Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> We have a patron who has asked for a reference for a local/regional gun >> restorer. We don't have any current contacts since that is not something >> we >> do. Does anyone have any suggests in the Central Texas area or anywhere >> in >> or near Texas? She has already been advised to the issues with firearms >> restoration and still wants to continue this process. >> >> Tracie Evans >> Collections Manager >> Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum >> PO Box 2570, Waco, TX 76706 >> 254/750-8631 >> >> >> ========================================================= >> Important Subscriber Information: >> >> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >> information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >> message >> to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >> "help" (without the quotes). >> >> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >> [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >> "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). >> >> > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ------=_Part_3725_7725259.1201357766675 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Tracie,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I have many > years of experience in the conservation of historic arms. There are only > probably just a few conservators in the USA who have specialized deeply in > this.</div> > <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I would advise your > client to be wary of using a gunsmith / restorer in the treatment of an > historic firearm because their approaches and materials and ideology are > not specifically tuned to long-term preservation issues - they are > oriented towards getting firearms into working condition. Of course, much > depends on the specifics of the history and condition of the firearm as > well as its value. And that value, both historic and monetary, can be > ruined by an over aggressive restoration.</div> > <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>People in my > profession of conservation have a constant flow of work in dealing with > issues of prior restorations.</div><div><br > class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> > <div>I think that others on this list have seen or heard of similar > results from furniture or fine arts conservation done by restorers whose > hearts may have been in the right place but who methods and materials did > not serve the integrity nor the longevity of the object.</div> > <div><br > class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>Dave</div><div><br > class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>David > Harvey</div><div>Conservator</div><div>Los Angeles, > CA</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> > On Jan 24, 2008 7:58 PM, Tracie Evans <<a > href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>> > wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 > .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> > Hi everyone,<br><br>We have a patron who has asked for a reference for a > local/regional gun<br>restorer. We don't have any current > contacts since that is not something we<br>do. Does anyone have any > suggests in the Central Texas area or anywhere in<br> > or near Texas? She has already been advised to the issues with > firearms<br>restoration and still wants to continue this > process.<br><br>Tracie Evans<br>Collections Manager<br>Texas Ranger Hall > of Fame and Museum<br>PO Box 2570, Waco, TX 76706<br> > 254/750-8631<br><br><br>=========================================================<br>Important > Subscriber Information:<br><br>The Museum-L FAQ file is located at <a > href="http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/" > target="_blank">http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/</a> . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one > line e-mail message to <a > href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a> > . 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The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ------=_Part_3725_7725259.1201357766675-- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:37:41 -0800 > From: David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Non-abrasive copper cleaner > > ------=_Part_3763_23224537.1201358261913 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Barbara, > Almost all commercial cooper cleaners are abrasive - and what you use > depends on the specifics of the object - is there an historic patina to > consider and preserve? Is it brightly polished or a cast surface? Does it > have active corrosion or is stable? Also you have to be very mindful that > polish accretions that are not removed will become areas of discoloration > and corrosion in the future. I just completed treatments on several 18th > and > 19th century objects that were packed with the evidence of old polishing > campaigns. > > There are several excellent objects conservators there is Richmond who you > can talk to (I lived in Williamsburg for more than 20 years). If you are > familiar with my old good friends Scotty Nolley or Sandy Jensen I would > recommend that you talk to them or any of the other objects conservators > there. > > Cheers! > Dave > > David Harvey > Conservator > Los Angeles, CA > > On Jan 25, 2008 1:21 PM, Batson, Barbara (LVA) < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Can you conservators out there recommend a non-abrasive copper cleaner? >> >> >> >> Barbara C. Batson >> Exhibitions Coordinator >> The Library of Virginia >> 800 East Broad Street >> Richmond, VA 23219-8000 >> 804-692-3518 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> >> ========================================================= Important >> Subscriber Information: >> >> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >> information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >> message >> to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >> "help" (without the quotes). >> >> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >> [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >> "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). >> >> > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ------=_Part_3763_23224537.1201358261913 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Barbara,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Almost all > commercial cooper cleaners are abrasive - and what you use depends on the > specifics of the object - is there an historic patina to consider and > preserve? Is it brightly polished or a cast surface? Does it have active > corrosion or is stable? Also you have to be very mindful that polish > accretions that are not removed will become areas of discoloration and > corrosion in the future. I just completed treatments on several 18th and > 19th century objects that were packed with the evidence of old polishing > campaigns.</div> > <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>There are several > excellent objects conservators there is Richmond who you can talk to (I > lived in Williamsburg for more than 20 years). If you are familiar with my > old good friends Scotty Nolley or Sandy Jensen I would recommend that you > talk to them or any of the other objects conservators there.</div> > <div><br > class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>Dave</div><div><br > class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>David > Harvey</div><div>Conservator</div><div>Los Angeles, CA</div><div><br><div > class="gmail_quote"> > On Jan 25, 2008 1:21 PM, Batson, Barbara (LVA) <<a > href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>> > wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 > .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> > > <div> > > <p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Palatino Linotype"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Can you conservators out there > recommend a > non-abrasive copper cleaner? </span></font></p> > > <p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Palatino Linotype"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"> </span></font></p> > > <p><font size="2" color="blue" face="Palatino Linotype"><span > style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Barbara C. 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