Tips, Tips and More Tips from July 2010

Never touch the front of a photograph. Fingers leave oil.

Sculptures should be dusted with a clean, dry paintbrush. Never use water.

Tell your neighbors when you will be away for a long time. Ask them to remove any newspapers or mail left in front of your house and to check on any trucks, especially unmarked trucks, parked in your driveway.

Do not put wire-stemmed artificial flowers in a valuable narrow-neck glass vase. The stems will scratch and damage the vase.