Storing Autographs

[tim timmah27]

I frame every single picture that I have signed and then I put it on my wall. My walls are completely covered with posters and autographs!

[Mattyf1209]

Can someone just quickly tell me if these are ok to get

http://www.caboodle.co.uk/NETCatProduct ... t_Id=48285

[BossC]

Can someone just quickly tell me if these are ok to get

http://www.caboodle.co.uk/NETCatProduct ... t_Id=48285

In the overview it says they are acid free so they look ok to me!

BossC

[Phoebe]

I have been keeping all of my autographs in their original envelopes (my SASE's) on a shelf in my room - is this likely to cause them any damage, and should I move them elsewhere or store them differently?
Thanks for your help.

Phoebe

Your autographs ought to be ok on the shelf, but if you put them in an album, you can look at them easier and enjoy them. What is the point of collecting if you can't enjoy your collection? I put mine in a clear photo sleeve in a photo album so I can go through them and look at them when I want too.

BossC

Thanks BossC, I guess I could put them in an album, but what about ones which have been written on on both sides? And can you take them out again after putting them in the album? Because I just love to hold them! They would look good in an album or on display, but I was going to wait until I had collected some more before framing/sticking them in an album so that I could work out how to order it. How does everyone else do it? By genre or chronologically?

[BossC]

I have very few photos that are written on both sides, but you can put that one in it's own sleeve in an album, so you can see both sides but they are protected.

I have a three ring binder for mine, so it is easy to slip each autograph out and hold it.

As for organization, I really just stick them whereever I have an empty spot. But I do try to keep them together if I have several cast members of a movie/TV show and all my skating autographs are together.

BossC

[nightowl]

It's very important the plastic be acid-free or over time the photos may stick to the plastic and damage the photos. I read of that happening to someone. The photo stuck to the plastic and they couldn't get it out without destroying the photo and it's autograph.

I get the top loading, acid-free, plastic sheets that go into a three ring binder. That way they are easy to store, take up little room, and are neat and organized. I get the 8 1/2"x11" size pockets, that way any size photo fits in there.

I haven't had any problem with the photos slipping as the plastic holds onto the photo with a bit of static cling. If you have a photo that is signed on both sides---I have a few of those---you just put that one photo into a sleeve of it's own and it allows you to see either side easily through the plastic.

For the rest I put a stiff piece of white cardboard in each sleeve---they come with the pack I buy. And that way I can put two photos back to back, one on each side of the cardboard, without seeing the back of the opposite photo. This stops them from bending, helps them look nice, and keeps them neat. It also helps to hold the photo in place---if they are smaller. I don't have too many of them.

I get a pack of ten sheets for about $5, at Walmart, and it holds twenty photos (unless it's signed on the back).

Also, you can just take the photos in their plastic jackets and reposition them somewhere else in the album without having to remove them, unless the photo on the opposite side isn't where you want it to be.

By storing them in three ring binders, in plastic covers, you keep the dust and light off of them, which can cause damage over time. Also it allows you to see your photos whenever you wish, quickly and easily. {thumb2}

[SelenaandDemiFan]

Again. I bought a fifty pack for about a dollar. Haven't had problems!

They rip real easy if your too hard, but if you careful it shouldn't be a problem.

[EastendersFan]

Guys

I have this album - i brought it quite a while ago and ive been storing my autographs in it ever since

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSear ... 27819.html

and i just found out its not acid free

what do you think the best possible solution is?

[BossC]

Guys

I have this album - i brought it quite a while ago and ive been storing my autographs in it ever since

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSear ... 27819.html

and i just found out its not acid free

what do you think the best possible solution is?

I'd recommend you changing albums. When you are removing the photos just be careful. As already stated on this topic, you can buy a three ring binder and clear photo protectors to insert.

Hope this helped. Let me know if you need more advice.

BossC

[Phoebe]

Thanks for your help Nightowl, BossC and SelenaandDemiFan. I shall buy an acid free photo album and I'll look for something a bit like Nightowl mentioned!

Phoebe