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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 37452, member: 78"]Hi Fig,</p><p> I have not checked prices lately but 5 years ago I bought an archival box for some letters and photos from WWl it was 5"x9" and it was $31 and change. I ordered 100 Mylar sleeves from a company selling archival material and paid 12 bucks that was 20 years ago. I have a few of them left. Now I am concerned since they may not be the right ones. They still look clear and are flexible. All my newspaper clips I do with Maalox and club soda even the ones I did 40 years ago are fine.</p><p>At least they are kept clean no added rips or stains. Oh by the way I use the Maalox on cardboard covering the wooden backs of frames to keep it from harming the photos. The only thing I had done professionally was a large vellum land grant receipt from 1848. It has a stamp embedded with a tiny piece of silver to pay the tax. That was 25 years ago and was over 325 dollars.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 37452, member: 78"]Hi Fig, I have not checked prices lately but 5 years ago I bought an archival box for some letters and photos from WWl it was 5"x9" and it was $31 and change. I ordered 100 Mylar sleeves from a company selling archival material and paid 12 bucks that was 20 years ago. I have a few of them left. Now I am concerned since they may not be the right ones. They still look clear and are flexible. All my newspaper clips I do with Maalox and club soda even the ones I did 40 years ago are fine. At least they are kept clean no added rips or stains. Oh by the way I use the Maalox on cardboard covering the wooden backs of frames to keep it from harming the photos. The only thing I had done professionally was a large vellum land grant receipt from 1848. It has a stamp embedded with a tiny piece of silver to pay the tax. That was 25 years ago and was over 325 dollars. greg[/QUOTE]
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