So when my marriage certificate deteriorates it's like getting a divorce?
There goes my 40 year marriage :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] How to Preserve RR Stock Certificates?
> Bob Weber said -
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> >> Get them laminated at Kinkos or you can buy a pouch laminator like
DocuSeal 95 ($110) at Office Depot. <<
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> And the trained historian/researcher replies "AAAAAAAAArrrghhhhh!!!!"
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> NEVER laminate a historical or collectors' document. You have destroyed
its value in one fell swoop. And with older paper, you are going to lock in
whatever deterioration processes are under way.
>
> Photo shops sometimes have chemically neutral sleeves for preserving photo
prints - you will find similar stuff available through dealers who sell such
things as autographs and other historical documents. As usual, the "store
in a cool, dry place" applies. The private collector can hardly do what the
Library of Congress does . . . sealed nitrogen-filled cases are kinda
expensive.
>
> But PLEASE don't laminate the stuff with historical value!
>
> Marshall Thayer
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