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Old 04-15-2015, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by chief38 View Post
JUST A NOTE:

If you really care for this and want to preserve it, frame it properly! It must be framed with acid-free materials and have either a Rag Mat or spacer to get the glass off the actual document. Cotton Rag should be the ONLY THING touching the document both front and back. Conservation glass must be used to cut UV light from fading the document. If the DW License is left as is, degradation is unavoidable. I would suggest a visit to a local Professional Picture Framer - NOT one of the Chain Stores that does framing as they are famous for ruining documents! Do NOT hang it in any direct sunlight or with any light hitting it directly. I am a collector and do know about these things from experience.
Chief38
Thanks for the tip on framing. I have more Smith & Wesson paper professionally framed then most people have ever seen. When I framed all 13 pieces of the 1902 prints, it cost me almost as much to frame them as it cost me to buy them.
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