Sanitize a teddy bear in the freezer? Clean pewter with cabbage? Yes! With low-cost, everyday household supplies, you can restore, repair, and refresh most any collectible you own. Breathe new life into your most cherished pieces with savvy tips and tricks from a practical and penny-wise collecting connoisseur.
Use common items--from milk, eggshells, and peanut butter to cold cream, credit cards, and toothpaste--to bust through dirt, mildew, and even rust on delicate collectibles
Follow simple, step-by-step techniques to clean and protect furniture, jewelry, glass, dolls, toys, pottery, clothing, paper, and more
Save those old, worn, or used items around the house--a special "tools of the trade" section will show you how handy they are for future cleaning ease
Laugh and learn with professional appraiser and dealer Judith Katz-Schwartz, a nationally renowned collectibles expert who has appeared on ABCs Good Morning America, Fox Television's Personal FX, and PAX TV's Treasures in Your Home.
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