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- Smoke Damage on Collectibles, Memorabilia, Heirlooms, Art and Antiques – Tips For Making An Insurance Claim – Smoke Damaged Oil Paintings January 14, 2025
- Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Portraits, Saved and Restored. January 10, 2025
- Retablo at Mission San Juan Capistrano Preserved, Restored, Protected November 4, 2024
- Mural Restoration Expert Removes Iconic Mosaic Mural From BYU-Hawaii David O. McKay Building Prior To Demolition October 18, 2024
- Saving Fire, Smoke and Water Damage Art and Family Collectibles from Family Home in Los Angeles October 15, 2024
- Saving WPA Pre-World War II Murals by Ross Dickinson From Demolition in Los Angeles September 17, 2024
- Saving Public Art WPA Pre-World War II Murals by Tyron Comfort From Demolition in Los Angeles September 13, 2024
- Allen Lay, Art Collector, Said He Wanted To Prepare His Art To Make This World A Better Place September 13, 2024
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Author Archives: Scott M. Haskins
Painting Restoration Testimonial from Salt Lake City of an Historic Portrait of George Washington
This is something we see all the time in our painting conservation laboratory; someone accidentally pokes the 19th century painting on canvas with very little effort and causes a hole or rip. Sometimes its amazing how fragile these paintings are. … Continue reading
Preservation and Restoration of a very cute 27 ft. mural, Animal Circus by Hubbel Reed McBride c.1940. Its lining and stabilization.
I can’t imagine that anyone would want to destroy such a quality painting and fun subject matter as this painting. I’d like to share the fun subject matter of a mural that was saved from demolition in Denver, Colorado. Animal … Continue reading
Art Conservation Restoration Expert? “Have you worked for any institutions?”
A New York art dealer has a client that needs some art conservation help in Utah and after looking over my resume wrote me that, yes, they had seen where we’ve done work for the Fine Arts Museum in SF … Continue reading
Thomas Fire and Mudslides- Saving Family Treasures
There are family heirlooms, art, antiques, family history items and treasures that can still be saved and preserved in very good condition in a house that is in this situation! Use care in the removal process. Their preservation can make … Continue reading
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Tagged art salvage, family heirlooms, fine art insurance claims
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Smoke Damage Restoration of Artwork, Antiques and Collectibles
The Thomas Fire in the Ventura and Santa Barbara areas at the end of 2017 was classified as the largest wildfire (acreage) in the history of California. Over 1000 structures were lost in the firestorm driven by 40-70 mph winds … Continue reading
Cleaning a painting with smoke damage 30 sec video
Cleaning smoke damage from artwork, other framed items and collectibles is a service we routinely take care of. Paintings are often darkened by discolored varnish too. This gorgeous tonalist vintage painting, about 1920, by Granville Redmond re-emerges from the darkness … Continue reading
Can Botched, Over-Restored Art (repainted) Be Saved? Clean an oil painting
Wonder Woman has been busy lately saving the world and now she’s doing art restoration on ancient statues at the Met and saving the world’s heritage too. I’m glad that she sees saving our heritage as an important work worthy … Continue reading
Lining Large Paintings Highlighted by American Institute for the Conservation of historic and Artistic Works
An action photo of the lining process (art restoration treatment) of three 30′ paintings in this month’s header of the Facebook page of the AIC, highlighted the art conservation practice of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories. Independent art conservators are represented … Continue reading
