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Authentication
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Single
Item Certification: $30.00 per item.
Small
Frames with 10 - 50 : $25.00 each item.
Large
Frames with 50 - 100 $22.50 each item.
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Appraisals
$57.50 per hour unless it a legal case, where court time
is required,
its 350.00 per day plus room, meals and travel expenses.
Certificate of
Authentication will include photographs of both sides of your artifact,
and a magnified shot of the chemical deposits on the surface. All
certificates are embossed with a "Columbia River Ancient Resources" seal
of authenticity.
Artifact Appraisal and Authentication is for
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST ONLY.
It is our professional
view that only a professionally trained and University graduate has the
skill, knowledge, and with experience to elevate Pre-Historical art and
artifacts. We believe that knowledge of such lithic materials (Geology)
as well as the Cultures and Social compotation of any given
Pre-Euro-American culture within North America, is a must in any
elevation of such art or artifacts. We believe this is accomplished by a
minimum of a four year degree from a accreted college or university
within the area of elevation. We
believe that experience is also required by variations of professional
field schools, professional laboratory work and experience within the
region that any elevations of cultural remains are in question.
We assert that
anthropology/archeology
is a profession,
the same as medicine, dentistry, school teaching, or any other
professional occupation. We ask you to use common sense in appraising,
authenticating or evaluating human cultural remains and use
ONLY
those with a professional diploma from four year college or university.
It's our view that any authenticator or appraiser much have several
years of field and laboratory experience. We know of several legal
case in which the hobbyist, collector, and dealers evaluations were and
will be rejected in a court of law as only a non-professionals opinions
with little merit. We encourage all to be very wise in your selection of
a authenticator and use
ONLY THOSE WHO OPINION WILL STAND
THE TEST OF A LEGAL SUIT IN A COURT OF LAW.
It is our view that regarding the self
taught and hobbyist, that have a microscope in the "Hallway Closet" that
far to many of these self taught people are using their opinions to
glamorize and dramatize Pre-Columbium art and artifacts for
"Dealers"
who's sole reason is to sell art and
artifacts on the e-bay venue.
Fraud is ramped on e-bay with as much as 50% of the art and
artifacts sold on the e-bay sites are modern or re-worked junk. Computation
among dealers is vicious with some selling art and artifacts with little
honor or considerations for the descendants of the American Indian.
These acts we believe are for purely monetary gain and we wish to
distance ourselves from any Buying and selling on their part. Yet, we believe buying and
selling is a normal natural behavior of the human sprit but, please
understand these cultural remains our part of our American Heritage. An
as such, all Americans need to use common sense in selling these
treasures. Perhaps, the tribes would buy them? Perhaps, other Museums or
Societies should spend more time inventorying the old collections. We
also believe states and the federal government need to review their
behavior of the past and spend less tax payers money on lawyers and
legal suite, in which they seam to always lose, and more time and funds
purchasing the cultural materials than on lawyers and courts. We have
stated, before in this web-page the need for
"BALANCE",
Archaeology is the looser of all these civil suites, criminal cases, and
I'm going to force my values on others.
The entire
science of archaeology, today is and will be known in the future as Legalistic and
the Dark Ages of modern archaeology in the Pacific Northwest. Too, turn
this around the present Social Workers, with a PhD must return to
anthropology and archaeology and stop the political correct, whinnying
and anger of "It's my way or no
way" Your way statement sounds like three little boys fighting
over who daddy is the best. Hey, you clowns, and leftists, get
a grip on the real world. American, is not about Socialism. Its about
BALANCE and you guy's are
flunking out on balance. Our entire culture even political system requires some
giving and taking, so how about climbing down from the Ivory Tower and
stop play politics and get back to Anthropology and Archaeology.
Fred Van Ronk
March 2008
Submission of Artifacts:
When submitting artifacts for evaluation,
please wrap each artifact with bubble wrap and enough packing material
to ensure a tight fit in a sturdy box.
Make sure you have a picture of each item,
INSURE EACH PACKAGE, and send through the U.S. Postal service to the
address below. Please include all information you have on each item with
your phone number, return address,
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