Caring for Your Treasures

The following resources will help you preserve family heirlooms in your own home for the enjoyment and study of generations to come.

Preserve Your Family Treasures & Personal Collection
The following resources will help you preserve family heirlooms in your own home for the enjoyment and study of generations to come.

Books
  • Caring for Your Family Treasures:
    Heritage Preservation, by Jane S. and Richard W. Long, 2000.  ISBN 0-8109-2909-0
  • My History is America’s History:
    15 Things You Can Do to Save America’s Stories, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1999.  ISBN 0-942310-00-4
  • Preserving Your Family Treasures:
    Michael Trinkley and Debi Hatcker, Chicora Foundation, 1998.  ISBN 1-5837-001-4
  • Saving Stuff:
    How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prize Possessions, by Don Williams and Louisa Jaggar, Fireside, 2005.  ISBN 0-74326-416-9
Useful Web Resources
Value
In keeping with current ethical and legal restrictions, Museum staff members cannot appraise or place a monetary value on your items.  For information on appraisal services or to find an appraiser near you, please consult the following organizations:

In keeping with current ethical and legal restrictions, the staff of the High Point Museum is unable to provide appraisals or opinions of monetary value.

You can check other websites like eBay to get an idea of the value of your item on your own or to learn more about an item with books from the public library.

National organizations that provide assistance in identifying a professional appraisers: