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Old 11th Mar 2012, 7:16 pm   #15
Skywave
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Arrow Re: What is a Success Story?

Conservation: two scenarios spring to mind:

1. An item that, upon inspection, is found to be not in the original manufactured state, or is in poor condition or is not fully functional.
2. An item that, upon inspection, is found to be in the original manufactured state, is in very good condition and is fully functional.

For case 1, a full restoration exercise could be carried out, resulting in the item entering category 2 (as above), or the item can simply be left 'as is'.

For any of these scenarios and choices, to conserve the item, it now needs to be deposited in a suitably protected environment where no further changes - for any reason at all - can occur: a museum springs to mind. If, prior to that deposition, pictures of the item are taken (prior to, and post, any selected restorative work having been carried out), then perhaps the Success Story section would be the best place to enter those pictures - with comments as appropriate - such as where the item now resides, so that anyone who is interested can then view it 'in the flesh', so to speak.

Al.

Last edited by Skywave; 11th Mar 2012 at 7:23 pm. Reason: Corrections to spelling and grammar.
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