UV Blacklight

Discover Art Fraud and Unseen Secrets

with a UV Black light.

New Info!

INSPECTING AND EVALUATING

ARTWORK (AND MORE!)

WITH A UV BLACKLIGHT Is

REQUIRED Due Diligence For

Art Collectors

Appraisers

Collection Insurance Adjusters

Art Dealers

Antiquing Enthusiasts

FRAUDULENT COVERUP? GOOD CONDITION? RESTORATIONS? VALUE AND APPRAISAL?

Another this 2 minute excerpt from the Instructional Video

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During the 37 minute instructional DVD, I walk you through a dozen or more paintings and talk to you about all the details

of examination with a UV blacklight.

(Several other FREE bonus videos and other great information

from a conservation expert are also included)

We talk details! This instruction will save you BIG bucks.

ALSO

I have tried and tested for you a “new” handheld superpowerful UV flashlights that even works well in a lit room!



Here’s What Is Included In The Package:

High Powered UV Blacklight Flashlight - Max Power $75.00 value

Available only with Instructional DVD

DVD Instructional Video (PLUS a valuable bonus video) $175.00 value

$225.00 Total Value

Package Deal

$147.00

plus tax and shipping

We have only 100 packages available

Or call toll free (888) 704-7757  or email scott@saveyourstuff.com

This is a package deal to meet the major needs

of any art collector…

This will empower you to:

Make a better deal when purchasing. SAVE $!

Encourage “full disclosure” from the seller. SAVE $!

Avoid unknowingly buying over-restored works of art. SAVE $!

Consider how your increased knowledge will sound as you have art discussions

What if you had bought this painting only to find out later that it had these purple lines and blotches through it?

What do they mean? See the 2 minute video!

Every art collector questions the condition (or authenticity!) before a purchase… or should! Appraisers and insurance adjusters also rely on knowing the real condition of artwork.

Ask this question… Did previous art restoration/conservation treatments affect the condition? Retouching/inpainting are details that are most easily seen with the use of a blacklight. How much inpainting affects the value?

So, let’s talk quickly about the use of a blacklight…

An essential, REQUIRED due diligence step for art collectors!

UV (blacklight) inspection makes retouchings show up as purple blotches

(This is a very over-simplified statement)

Of course, UV inspection has been a normal technique for seeing retouching for decades.

Here is a brief technical review on the subject:

An art collector, when inspecting art for purchase and condition, should always have a blacklight handy. But, be aware that you have to learn what you are looking at. When you learn the characteristics of what old paint vs. new paint does (plus other painting materials) and how varnishes react to UV light, you will have learned a diagnostic method that may save you $100,000, if not a lot more, depending on your budget.

Also be aware that all UV lights are NOT the same. The more intense or powerful the light (wattage), the better it does its job for you.

The UV characteristics that art materials give off can be seen as different colors, different types of “glowing”… or not glowing, bright colors or dark. But in every case, the viewing of paintings will always give you valuable information. This makes an ultraviolet lamp an especially useful instrument in checking the condition of all forms of artwork (see below).

Here is more information (below) on ways to use ultraviolet visible fluorescence (UV blacklight). This is in no way comprehensive.

Using Ultraviolet Light to Identify Repairs and Alterations

in Various Forms of Artwork

Oil Paintings:

View artwork under ultraviolet light to see if any previous retouching restoration has been done. Dark purple blotches usually indicate retouchings, repairs, floating signatures. Different kinds and ages of varnish “glow” differently with different colors. Different kinds of varnishes mean varying costs of cleaning!

Porcelain, Ceramics & Glass:

Repairs and cracks in fine porcelain and ceramic art objects fluoresce bright white. Lead glass, with even as little as 1% lead, fluoresces an ice-blue color while flint glass appears white. Uranium-colored glass fluoresces a very bright green or yellow. Clear glass repairs are easily seen with the naked eye but not so in colored glass. Beware of judging the age of glass by the color, because short-wave radiation turns some clear glass to amber or purple in a matter of weeks rather than many years if aged naturally by sunlight. These techniques are particularly important with Asian art.

Art on Paper:

Bright areas in paper art show new patches of paper, residual gesso and bleached areas. Repairs have a variety of ways/colors of showing up. Mildew (foxing) appears yellowish and makes water stains easy to recognize.

Textiles:

New threads will fluoresce differently than old threads (dyes and colors). Bleached materials glow bright.

Marble, Jade, Ivory & Clocks:

To determine the repairs of marble, jade, ivory and clock faces, an ultraviolet lamp is useful. Fresh cut marble will appear as a strong purple, while old marble will be a mottled white. Fresh carved jade will appear as an intense color and old jade will be mottled in color. Newly carved ivory will appear purple, but old ivory will be a yellow tone.

A darkened room is the optimum place to view an object/artwork with a blacklight, as you probably know.

But sometimes that’s not practical.

This brings up the subject of quality or potency of UV blacklights.

Here is my evaluation of the quality of some of the UV lights

frequently used by collectors

Some battery powered blacklights are so weak that they are useless. I can’t tell you how many times collectors (and dealers!) have said they have looked at something with a blacklight and thought that no retouchings were present. Then, when looking at the artwork with a better light, the retouchings showed up like bulbs on a Christmas tree! The hand held battery powered blacklights are a good example of this type of useless equipment. They cost about $10 -40.00 (fyi, at various suppliers)

The next type of light we should talk about is the flashlight type: you should know that there are several look alike kinds in varying strengths of UV light power. Most are useless. So, know what you are buying. Prices range $25.00 – $125.00 (fyi, at various suppliers). However, new technology has helped the most powerful to show up a lot of good details even when used in public settings without turning off the lights. These most powerful handheld flashlight type blacklights are 10 times stronger that other flashlight types that look exactly the same. See below “A New UV Flashlight”.

The next UV light model you have seen used is a plastic housing model with an electrical cord. These are the most common ones used by dealers and auction houses. .. so beware. I have one of these and they are only “OK quality.” I use it to bang around while on the road. Only use this in a dark/blacked out room and let your eyes adjust before you start examining or you will not be getting good enough info to make a good decision. I only use mine if I have no other options. About $175.00 (fyi, at various suppliers)

The model I prefer to use, but don’t carry it around with me on the road, is also a plug-in. It is many times more powerful than the above model and gives me LOTS of additional info. It’s by far my favorite UV light. But it costs $395.00 (s/h included) instead of $175.00 (Ask me about this one. Call toll free (888) 704-7757 )

A New UV Blacklight

I found a really great new inspection tool for art collectors that you are going to love.  I don’t know if the item is newly invented (I think it’s recent technology put to a new use), but I’m newly acquainted with it. It’s a superpowerful UV flashlight that can be very useful for:

1.  looking at restorations (inpainting, retouchings… or worse, repainting on paintings and other items

2.seeing mold spots and differentiating between different types of mold

3. reading faint inscriptions (written on stretcher bars or labels for example)

4.seeing partial varnish removal, or incomplete cleanings, or “funny business” with the varnish

5. looking at items in a lighted room, when a darkened room is not available or practical.

6.being a “hit” at your kids/grandkids Halloween party

All of these line items… well, maybe not #6… should be of great importance to know prior to a purchase! They could all make a difference in what you THINK you are buying and what its value may be.

So, once again, here’s what is included in the

UV Blacklight and Instructional Video Package:

High Powered UV Blacklight Flashlight - Max Power $75.00 value

Available only with Instructional DVD

DVD Instructional Video (PLUS a valuable bonus video) $175.00 value

$225.00 Total Value

Package Deal

$147.00

plus tax and shipping

We have only 100 packages available

Or call toll free (888) 704-7757  or email scott@saveyourstuff.com

This is a package deal to meet the major needs

of any art collector…

This will empower you to:

Make a better deal when purchasing. SAVE $!

Encourage “full disclosure” from the seller. SAVE $!

Avoid unknowingly buying over-restored works of art. SAVE $!

Questions? Call (888) 704-7757