Documenting Your Collection

About this episode

In this episode, Stuart Holbrook discusses the importance of documenting and cataloging collections to preserve their histories.

Collectors preserve not just the items themselves but are also the protectors of their histories. Provenance is the path of an item and tells a vital story beyond the aesthetic. Yet, for collectors, while much of that history may be with them, sadly it often goes undocumented and is lost. In this episode of The Curious Collector, Theriault's President Stuart Holbrook discusses the myriad of benefits that come from documenting and cataloging your collection over time, as well as the impo...

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Holbrook

Topics covered

• collection documentation
• provenance
• collecting history
• cataloging
• collector benefits

Keywords

• collectors
• provenance
• history
• cataloging
• collection management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Theriault

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