"How do you know it's real?" Authenticating and caring for historic documents

Join Durand-Hedden as historic document expert Stuart Lutz leads an illustrated talk on antique manuscripts on Sunday, October 12, from 1 pm to 4 pm, at Durand-Hedden House in Maplewood. He will discuss what is available, pricing, and the question he gets most of all: “How do you know it is real?”

Lutz has been in the business, operating from South Orange, for 35 years and makes frequent appearances on the History Channel’s hit show Pawn Stars. He is one of the few experts in the US who can authenticate documents and autographs. Lutz will demystify the work of a professional document and manuscript collector and seller, and display documents related to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Vietnam War, as well as those associated with famous figures. Lutz’s Vietnam collection is the largest in private hands.

Lutz’s oral history book, The Last Leaf: Voices of…