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<p>[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4445308, member: 60629"]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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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... </p><p><br /></p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="techbiker, post: 4445308, member: 60629"]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.[/QUOTE]
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