What is the best and cheapest way to store posters besides framing them. I have a few I would like to get out of the tubes I received them in. Thanks for any advice.
before I framed all mine i had an old 42" LCD TV box that i used with lots of cardboard inserts and tissue papers used to seperate the posters, no wear and tear but was unable to view them when i wanted.. if you want to browse them, invest on ebay in a poster/art portfolio, cheap, but effective
Check out bagsunlimited.com. I bought two 27 x 40 hard plastic sleeve things from there years ago. Did the job for what I had. And I had a lot more than just PJ posters. I have a flat file now but I still have some other stuff still stored in one of them. I think they were somewhere around $25-$30 a piece if I remember correctly. It's been a few years since I've been on that part of the site though. I buy poly sleeve for all my vinyl there as well. The 4 mil stuff is great for vinyl.
I went to a frame shop at my mall and they gave me a huge cardboard folder and put the posters in that seperated by Acid free craft paper. Hey it keeps them flat. Do not keep them in the tubes
I use a science fair backboard. You open it up, lay the posters down and put an acid free sheet of craft paper in between each one - then close the two sides up. Very cheap and takes great care of the posters
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1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
Keep in mind that storing long term in anything corrugated can imprint the "waves" of corrugation onto the poster paper. ...foamboard or another perfectly flat surface is a bit safer, and has a smoother surface to not be abrasive against the surface of the poster.
ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
at the minimum you need some sort of acid-free environment to store it. Most of my posters are stored in an acid-free archival storage box. The few that I have that are too large for that box are stored sandwiched between two acid-free pieces of foamcore. For the latter, I just bought two large pieces from americanframe years ago and kept the box they came in.
If you want to go crazy, the best it to buy a flat file and mylar sleeves for each print. Unfortunately, that is a bit out of my price range (though considering I married an architect, I am hoping to one day get a hand-me-down flat file from an office she works for).
You definitely don't want to be keeping it rolled in a tube for any extended period of time.
before I framed all mine i had an old 42" LCD TV box that i used with lots of cardboard inserts and tissue papers used to seperate the posters, no wear and tear but was unable to view them when i wanted.. if you want to browse them, invest on ebay in a poster/art portfolio, cheap, but effective
any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?
Ithaca, NY-11/6/91 SPAC, NY-8/4/92 Rochester, NY-4/7/94 Toronto-9/21/96 Buffalo, NY-10/1/96 Barrie, ONT-8/20/98 Pittsburgh, PA- 8/25/98 Jones Beach, NY-8/23/00 Jones Beach, NY-8/24/00 Jones Beach, NY-8/25/00 SPAC, NY-8/27/00 Buffalo, NY-5/2/03 MSG-7/8/03 MSG -7/9/03 Hamilton, ONT-9/13/05 Albany, NY-5/12/06 Cleveland, OH-5/20/06 Camden, NJ-5/27/06 East Ruth, NJ-6/3/06 Chicago, IL-8/5/07 Bonnaroo-6/14/08 MSG-6/24/08 MSG-7/25/08 Mansfield, MA-7/30/08 Chicago, IL-8/23/09 Philly, PA-10/30/09 Philly, PA-10/31/09 Buffalo, NY 5/10/10 MSG 1&2 5/20-21/10
edit: holy shit, 44.99 for FIVE pages? wowowowowowowoow.can you go "back to back" in these sleeves?
I have to recommend these folders too. This store has coupons and sales all the time and this is by far the best protection you can get. I have two of these binders stuffed with pages and posters and I feel like I have nothing to worry about because the posters are perfectly safe.
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*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
If you want to go crazy, the best it to buy a flat file and mylar sleeves for each print. Unfortunately, that is a bit out of my price range (though considering I married an architect, I am hoping to one day get a hand-me-down flat file from an office she works for).
You definitely don't want to be keeping it rolled in a tube for any extended period of time.
any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?
One local boardmember /PJ poster collector who I frame alot for uses this one:
http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... -Cases.htm
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
i will check it out! thank you sir.
edit: holy shit, 44.99 for FIVE pages? wowowowowowowoow.can you go "back to back" in these sleeves?
I have to recommend these folders too. This store has coupons and sales all the time and this is by far the best protection you can get. I have two of these binders stuffed with pages and posters and I feel like I have nothing to worry about because the posters are perfectly safe.