Should this print be reframed?

This drypoint by Richard Haas has been in its frame for 50 years and I just realized that it is backed by cardboard. I don't know if the cardboard is in contact with the print itself. My question is: is the acid in the cardboard likely to be damaging the print? Is it worth getting the print re-framed? Or can the cardboard just be removed and replaced with something archival?

 

If you are selling it, and happy handling it as is, I'd let the buyer worry about it.

Don't know how realistic this is:
https://michaelingbargallery.com/limited-editions/little-singer-building-richard-haas

 

I’m keeping it, but I didn’t think it was worth more than a couple hundred dollars!

 

Other examples can be found online, but the sites require registration and are inaccessible to me. If you can find some sold examples, that's the test of the price.

 

I’m guessing that there is a piece of mat board between the cardboard and the print. I would think if the print was touching the cardboard it would be much darker. That support in the back might be kind of tricky to remove. I would take it to a framer for a consultation, I do that quite a bit to work out framing strategies.

 

Love the print! Frame seems ok, but acid free backing/materials would be the way to go to avoid damage.
I think Lithographer's suggestion is solid advice: "I would take it to a framer for a consultation."
In 2011 Christies sold one for $563 (https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5399800)
2014 one sold on Invaluable for $875 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...EQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2OlYUJ3Ws9QPK9NUNqNaLU)

 

If keeping long-term, I would be inclined to replace both the backing and the mat. There may also be some kind of acid free barriers that could be inserted between the artwork and the original materials to be able to keep it as original as possible.

 

Unless you know for sure, I'd assume that acidic materials are touching the print itself. I believe most paper was still acidic in the late 60's/early 70's.

I recently had Hobby Lobby reframe an Andrew Gunderson I purchased on Ebay. When they removed the cardboard back, the pastel paper was backed with several sheets of crumbling acidic paper. This was painted in the 1910's/1920's though...

I was actually pretty happy with Hobby Lobby's pricing and work quality. Although my pastel is 20"x38" they only charged me $150 for museum glass, proper offset spacers, acid-free mat board mount, foam board, backer dust cover, and new hanger hardware. You may want to give them a call and see if a senior framer works at your location.