The phone rings and your teenage son runs to answer it. His leg brushes against the coffee table and your Tiffany vase ends up in pieces on the floor. Your dog bumps into the curio cabinet and a prized Staffordshire figurine tips over and breaks. The ground shakes and a collection of Dedham Pottery plates slides off a display shelf in the kitchen.
In a world filled with rambunctious children, overzealous house cleaners, family pets and the occasional fire, flood or earthquake, the preservation of antiques and collectibles is not an easy task.
You think your possessions are safe because they are insured. There is legal protection, but also practical protection too. Bump-ons* protection costs less than 20 cents per item and by using them you may never need to file an insurance claim.
Year after year you have spent hundreds for homeowners and fine arts coverage, and yet you are still a little under 20 cents short of full protection. Whatever you own of value should not be subjected to sitting about on a hard surface.
Living near after-shocks, an airport or railroad can cause your items to vibrate fractions of an inch per day. You never know things are on the edge of the shelf until they go over . . . usually at 3 a.m. You will never again need that ticky-tacky green floral stuff to glue your items to the shelf. Bump-ons* do not glue them down. You can lift them – you just can’t slide them.
Your things aren’t stuck to the shelf as with that green floral stuff. You can pick up your items – they just will not slide, even during after-shocks
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