"The Essential Collection Management Kit provides those who are part of the first line of defense in preserving and protecting the artifacts of our society with specialized reproducible forms to categorize, compare, describe, display, inventory, safeguard, and value all the elements of a private collection to assist appraisers, auctioneers, competitors, curators, governmental authorities, heirs, insurance companies, and others in understanding and appreciating the importance of a particular collection"--Provided by publisher.