The Essential Collection Management Kit provides those who are the first line of defense in preserving and protecting the artifacts of our cultural heritage with 10 specialized and 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 elements of a particular collection.