Cleaning and taking care of antiques calls for an extra bit of caution and carefulness. This is because, most of us tend to over clean antique decorative items in a bid to make them sparkle like newly collected articles. What we often forget in the scheme of things is that antiques are valued because of their age and old-world charmIf all these signs and symptoms of age and authenticity are removed, they'll only lose their actual value, which is not intended at all. So how to go about the things Read on.