Rates for preservation sittings
Figures below are starting points for conversation by phone or email. This page does not take payment.
How we quote
A sitting is priced by how many pages must be described, not by the token’s public price. A twelve-page backup story is a different afternoon from a seventy-page anniversary giant.
Starting figures
Cover-only notes from £85. One cover file, checksum, crop remarks, and a one-page sheet.
Interior condition sheets from £160 for issues up to twenty-two pages, then £6 per additional page that needs a written row.
Edition ledgers from £70 for a single serial with supporting dates, or £40 for each extra edition logged in the same hour.
Backup coaching from £95 for a single media target. Extra drives or a second naming scheme add time, not a software licence.
Listing walkthroughs from £55 when a prior log already exists. Without a log, we start with cover-file notes first.
What changes a quote
Night-time colour checks, double-page spreads served as separate files, and editions with many variant covers all add reading time. Travel outside central Manchester is discussed on the call.
What you are not buying here
There is no cart, no subscription button, and no card form. If you proceed after a conversation, invoices are arranged off this website using ordinary business methods you already use.
Optional local tracking software, if you choose to run it, is a record-keeping utility. It is not sold as an investment product.