Marc DuCharme owns a framing store in West Sedona. Framing works of art has been his career for some time, going back to his time as a student.

“I was a starving artist in art school, not being able to afford my own custom picture framing, so I did my own,” he said.

After working several art shows and practicing, he said he perfected the technique.

That led him to a job preserving and framing historical art and documents for the American Museum of Historical Documents in Las Vegas. He said he took care of some rare and interesting documents.

“I did a 16-page letter from Albert Einstein when he was 16 years old,” he said. He also framed a document signed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella before Christopher Columbus made his famous voyage to the New World as well as a handwritten letter from George Washington.

“You don’t come across those things very often,” he said. “Working with the historical documents was kind of a dream-come-true job for a picture framer.”

To read the full story, see the Friday, Sept. 12, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.