Other Services Conservation and Restoration We offer, through our affiliated laboratories, a full-spectrum of modern restoration and conservation services for: Works on Paper Works on Canvas and Panel Sculpture in all media Antiquities and Ethnographical All Decorative Arts Silver and Precious Metals Books and Manuscripts

Professional materials analysis, condition assessments and treatment proposals are provided which are consistent with standards of the American Institute for Conservation. Stabilization and treatment options are also discussed in each case. Major projects and institutional assignments are readily accepted. Collection reviews and environmental analyses are available for private and institutional holders of works of art. This includes an analysis of lighting conditions; humidity and temperature checks and the amount of pollutants and volatiles in the display space.

Collections Management and Museum Services

At Appraisal Services Associates, we value all of our clients’ collections, regardless of size. However, there are unique conditions created when forming and maintaining a large collection. Our experience in the art world, from academic research to framing, allows us to handle every aspect of managing your collection. While we customize our collections management plan to each client and collection, our services include:

• Cataloging and Researching the Collection: this includes a photo registry of the collection for inventory purposes
• Appraising the Collection: we will ensure that your properties are properly insured at all times, including updating the appraisals to reflect changes in the market
• Exhibiting the Collection: this includes both in-house and outside exhibitions of the collection
• Promoting the Collection: this includes creating a catalog of the collection for public relations purposes and loaning the collection for outside shows
• Displaying the Collection: this includes lighting considerations, humidity control, etc.
• Conserving, and Restoring the Collection
• Storing the Collection: we will make sure that pieces of the collection not on display are stored properly when not on display
• Custom Designing and Framing the Collection
• Assisting with any Purchasing, Accessioning or Deaccessioning of the Collection
• Assistance in Obtaining Authentication
• Follow up Maintenance of the Collection
• Personally Arranging and Supervising the Packing, Shipping and Installation of the Collection
• Arrangement of Sales and Purchases of Your Collection