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Chris-- The lecture involves simply this: telling customers that in most cases, I don't have any way of knowing if their magazine will appreciate in value over time, so I suggest keeping it whole, not glueing it down permanently, and using all conservation materials. Unless it's something really obviously valuable, I back off at this point and let the customer decide...as many don't want the additional expense of doing conservation framing. And most are not concerned about value, but want it look nice at a decent price. I'm guessing the magazines that you have would be considered "collectible". The way to decide is to ask yourself if you ever might decide to resell them. I'm guessing the answer is yes (you never know, given the state of social security...lol), in which case, you should keep them whole. Galen...very nice pic of the Victorian house! Lisa

Yes, I've framed books, open to a certain page, and it is a pain in the neck trying to mount them in a way that would be considered "conservation" mounting. Truthfully, I'm always secretly happy when people have torn the pages out of the book ahead of time, so that I don't have to give them the lecture about leaving the book intact to retain it's value. Of course, also...it's not always the case that a book is extremely valuable either. I'm not a conservation Nazi, and understand that folks frame things for a lot of reasons, but the most important issue usually isn't value, but that the individual really likes the item that they want to frame. those are some nice samples you showed in the photos...especially the etching. LisaV

LOL Galen...I have actually framed a cigar box. It took a pretty deep frame!! Lisa

Chris-- I am a picture framer. I have some vintage magazines, plus have framed many for others, and yes, keep them whole and don't remove the cover. You can do what is called a block up of the magazine, by surrounding it with a thickness of acid free foamboard, backing it with acid free matboard, and then matting it up in an acid free mat. Did you notice I'm into acid free?? lol Also, I'm a big fan of conservation glass, which has a UV coating on it to block out harmful UV light. Best, Lisa V

So sorry to hear about Les. My thoughts are with his family. I only saw and spoke with Les once, at my first marble show in Columbus, about 5 years ago. I bought a few Peltiers from him, as well as a Peltier Comic repo box. He was very nice and approachable. I recall that he told me he was one of the ones (or was he the one?) who convinced ebay to have a seperate catagory for marbles (instead of lumping them in with all the other games). My condolences to his family and his friends. He really seemed like a good guy. Lisa