After you and your family are safe, what will you mourn the loss of after an earthquake? Discover how to protect and save cherished collectibles, family history, heirlooms.

1. ShakeOut in California is a Reminder for Art Collectors!
5 Tips and Earthquake Supplies
By Guest Blogger Chelsea Padgett
Are you an art collector? Or even just have antique and
collectible valuables. Here’s major help for you!
If you live on the West Coast, chances are you have
experienced at least a tremor or a small earthquake and
you are fearful of losing or having damaged your
cherished collection. If you have your paintings or
mirrors held onto the wall with just a nail that will not
suffice in a bigger earthquake… like the one they are
expecting in the Great California ShakeOut Take this mirror, which just
came into the lab, for example…
The corner has been broken clean off. Not only items such as this can fall
of the wall, antiques can fall of shelves, out of cabinets, or anywhere they
have not been properly secured to. Most people who live in California do
not think of earthquakes on a day to day basis but when they do they
think of extreme cases in which complete cities will be devastated and
ruined. Normally that is not the case but your collectibles can be
destroyed.
This article will prepare you for the unexpected moods of Mother Nature,
things you won’t find anywhere else. We do not write about health and
safety issues, building structural problems, economic matters etc.
However we are addressing your safety, last thing you need is for your
child’s cement hand imprint flying towards your head or falling from above.

2. Here is an earthquake fact: Notice in the photos of the earthquake
damage that you see on the news and/or the Internet that not all homes,
building etc are completely destroyed. Yes, there is an epicenter that gets
hit hard. But not even all the buildings in the critical area get hit hard…
and there are millions of people in the surrounding areas that are “just”
rattled. Not only could something flying around the room be dangerous,
losing treasure family/personal items and be heartbreaking. IT ALWAYS
PAYS TO PREPARE in order to:
1. Keep things from flying around in the air during the earthquake for
personal safety
2. Protect important historical items
3. Save financially valuable items
4. Protect and save emotionally valuable items
5. Know ahead of time what will impact your home of business if you
lose it.
Why worry about these items while an earthquake is happening if you take
these easy steps, you can worry about your safety during a disaster
instead of grandma’s favorite floral vase.
Surprisingly, an easy, fast, do-it-yourself anchoring technique can save
you in all of these five needs of being protected mentioned above… in all of
these problem areas… this will help you BIG TIME! Here’s 1:30 sec quick
fun interesting video: CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO
Do you have art collection care questions? Call Scott Haskins 805 564
3438
Art and antiques appraisal questions? Call Richard Holgate at 805 895
5121
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