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Monday, March 23, 2015
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Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway Addenda provide information such as how to get a good deal at auction, the dates of Chinese dynasties, and U.S. patent numbers. The especially handy pronunciation guide helps those who want to intercourse in the world of antiques to speak with confidence about the provenance of Schlegelmilch porcelain and Hermes scarves.
of joy that you won’t want to miss.
Dr. Georgia Caraway, former director of the Denton County Museums for 14 years, will be opening the Howe Mercantile on Howe’s Founders Day, April 25. In addition to Tips, Tools, & Techniques: Caring for Your Antiques The University of North Texas Press published and Collectibles, she has written four Denton my preservation guide, Tips, Tools, & Many collectors furnish their homes with history books and is working on a 5th history Techniques to Care for Antiques, Collectibles, antiques and use them as part of their everyday about the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo. and Other Treasures in 2011. Tips was first lives. Although collectors are very good at conceived in 1999 when I was teaching a course collecting, and know that they must care for on preservation of antiques. It was inspired by their collectibles, practical knowledge for such my job at the museum where I became more care is often lacking. Antique items should not conscious of the need for people to understand be cared for or repaired in the same manner as the importance of preservation of their own modern home furnishings. treasures, as well as those kept in the public trust. I gathered together some material from Collections of such items as jewelry, glass, various sources, especially those that were coins, postage stamps, china, porcelain, silver, addressing the concept of going “green.” I linens, bottles, stoneware, quilts, stamp boxes, wanted to provide as many ways to clean and scrimshaw, snuffboxes, fans, watches, clocks, preserve materials while keeping the postcards, photographs, periodicals, toys, folk environment and health issues in mind. That led art, military and political souvenirs, buttons, Keep Howe Beautiful board members spent to laboring through books and pamphlets from railroad, airline, and ship memorabilia all two hours picking up trash on L.B. Kirby the 1890s to the 1950s on the topic. It amazed require their own special care and feeding. Avenue across from the Dollar General store. me that our ancestors were more adept at They also picked up the massive amounts of cleaning formulas that were made from natural As has been stated repeatedly on the Antiques garbage in front of the duplexes on and easy-on-the-environment ingredients than Roadshow® and other antiques-related Farmington Road. The organization would we are. programs, you can destroy the monetary value like help from the community in keeping this of an antique by not taking proper care of it. If area clean. These early formulas were the embryo of the you are ever in doubt about how to care for an book. What started out as a twinkle in my eye object, consult a professional before developed into a fully-developed body of work. proceeding. Or consult Tips, Tools, & Techniques. Tips, as I have nicknamed her, has easy-to follow instructions about cleaning and Come see Tips and her proud Momma at the pampering common antique and collectible Howe Mercantile on April 25. There will be objects, including metal advertising signs, refreshments and a chance to win some great buttons, glassware, clothing, and jewelry. Founders’ Day door prizes. This is one bundle
KHB picks up trash
