We ship throughout North America (USA & Canada), Western Europe (from Andorra to United Kingdom), Gulf States (from Bahrain to United Arab Emirates), Far East (from Hong Kong to Taiwan) and Australasia (Australia & New Zealand).
With our Nationwide Clean By Mail service (USA & Canada) and Worldwide Clean By Mail service (all other countries), we’re as close as your front door.
Memorabilia with a fabric component – signed or unsigned – vintage or modern – comes in all shapes and sizes. The range is extensive and includes:
At RAVE FabriCARE, we understand the delicate nature of vintage and modern memorabilia constructed of fabric. We respect their value to you and their potential value on the resale market. We’ll do our very best to safeguard them.
Cleaning these items is a skillful process that involves great thought and care at every stage of the cleaning and finishing process.
The guiding principle should always be “Do No Harm”.
At RAVE FabriCARE, our strength is our personalized advisory service. When you bring in or send in a piece of memorabilia to us, a knowledgeable Fabricare Consultant will:
Specifically, we’ll discuss any problems of construction and conditions of use and storage that may limit the extent to which such pieces can be safely cleaned and/or restored and can still yield satisfactory results.
For more information about cleaning and/or restoring your memorabilia, please click here.
In addition to restoring the piece of memorabilia, you might want to consider packaging the piece for long term storage in archival materials. For more information about preserving your memorabilia, please click here.
Every piece of memorabilia presents a unique combination of age, fabric, inks and dyes, trims and embellishments, construction, soil, staining and odor, insect damage, creasing or other fabric distortion, improper storage conditions, etc.
As such, we need to examine each piece in order to provide an estimated cleaning and/or restoration cost.
Please bear in mind that the cleaning and/or restoration of a memorabilia piece is relatively expensive.
To give you a sense of costs, consider these examples:
We cleaned and restored a boxing robe, signed by Muhammad Ali, to as close to original as possible while simultaneously protecting the signature from further fading.
The robe arrived with a certificate from Field of Dreams guaranteeing the authenticity of the signature.
The robe had yellowed in numerous places, the black satin trim had faded/changed color in numerous places and the fabric coating on the reverse side of the black satin had discolored the white fabric and thread in numerous places. The robe was covered in numerous places with double-sided, Scotch tape and adhesive residue from that tape (in those places where the Scotch tape had already been removed). And the fabric was sharply creased in numerous places.
We restored the robe to near original condition at a cost of $300.
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We cleaned and restored three 25+ year old baseball jackets (Yankees, Dodgers and Giants) belonging to a former Major League Baseball pitcher whose career spanned the years 1978 to 1988.
The jackets had been stored in two duffle bags. Unfortunately, rats had burrowed into those duffle bags, and, as a result, the jackets became stained with rat urine and feces.
We restored those jackets to near original condition at a cost of $150 each.
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We cleaned and restored a white summer uniform belonging to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz – the same uniform he wore on the U.S.S. Missouri when he accepted the surrender of the Japanese in 1945.
Because of the historical significance of this uniform and because the uniform was in a public collection, we did not charge for our services.
Had this uniform been sent to us by a private collector, we probably would have charged $300 to $400 for our services.
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We cleaned, restored and preserved two costumes (with provenance) sent in by a collector of Phantom Of The Opera memorabilia. Both dresses had been stored in a California warehouse for over a decade and were in relatively poor condition (tears and heavy soiling).
We charged $500 for the “Think of Me” dress worn by Emmy Rossum (the first Broadway run) and $500 for Carlotta’s “Il Muto” dress worn by Minnie Driver (the 2004 movie).
Our typical turnaround time is about 4 to 6 weeks.
There are numerous factors that could affect the actual turnaround time, such as condition, construction and necessary repairs prior to cleaning and/or restoration.
If you live outside of the metro Phoenix area and are considering the cleaning and/or restoration of a piece of memorabilia, you might want to request a preliminary evaluation and estimate from us.
To provide us with more details about your piece and to upload some photographs (helps us assess the overall condition of the piece and develop a preliminary estimate), please click here.
“RAVE FabriCARE has done the impossible with my once gorgeous white Armani linen sundress and my very best white shirts, all of which had turned grey or yellow after too many trips to franchised cleaners. RAVE made them look better than new. They returned bright white, and properly stuffed with tissue. RAVE can remove any stain; they removed a huge ink spot from a Bottega Venata purse, matching the dye perfectly. They just restored a military uniform that was 125 years old. Magnificent job. Have you spilled red wine down the front of your very favorite dress? If you answered “yes”, this is the place for you. RAVE was recommended to me by the manager of the local Ralph Lauren store; they have “trying on” stains removed from their couture clothing at RAVE. People from all over the country send their clothes to RAVE, and RAVE returns them so perfectly packed that they are wrinkle free, even going so far as Paris. A little pricer than the chain cleaners, but well worth it. Professional and courteous staff, and cleaning is always ready on time. A really superlative establishment.”citysearch.com
“The work you have done with Admiral Nimitz' uniform is beyond belief, a miracle. The entire community will be delighted to see how you restored the uniform. The uniform was a gift to the school from the Admiral's wife, Catherine Vance Freeman. Thank you on behalf of all involved with Nimitz Middle School.”Letter
“I received my mom's Coast Guard Uniform and caps back. They are beautifully boxed, all traces of the musty smell gone, and the color restored. Thanks for doing a great job!”