Newspapers from Tuesday's historic election are becoming collector's items, and proper care will help keep them intact for posterity.
"The main thing to remember is that light is the enemy," said Augusta Museum of History Director Nancy Glaser.
She recommends the use of inert materials, such as commercially available Melinex or Mylar sleeves.
Preserving the newspapers chronicling Barack Obama's victory is on the minds of millions of Americans who grabbed up Wednesday's editions.
In Augusta, copies of The Augusta Chronicle sold out quickly Wednesday, prompting extra press runs to make more copies available Thursday and today.
It was the same story across the nation. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, for example, reported Thursday that it prints 267,000 copies on a typical Wednesday, but printed 417,000 copies of the election issue.
Profiteers quickly began hawking newspapers on auction sites, where copies of The New York Times were being offered for $400.
An audit of completed auctions indicated more than 1,300 election newspapers had been sold on eBay by Thursday afternoon at prices ranging from $400 to $4.95 for the same edition of the same newspaper. Most copies sold were in the $10 to $20 range.
Reach Rob Pavey at (706) 868-1222, ext. 119, or rob.pavey@augustachronicle.
HANDLE WITH CARE
Tips on storing, preserving and displaying newspapers:
- Keep newspapers in an inert sleeve of Melinex or Mylar.
- Store sleeved newspapers in an acid-free box or acid-free folder.
- Display a copy rather than the original, if possible.
- Do not hang near a heat or air-conditioning vent, radiator, fireplace or open window.
- When getting a newspaper matted, first put it in an inert sleeve then ask the framer to use Japanese tissue and water-soluble paste when mounting paper to a hinged matboard configuration.
- Use buffered, acid-free mats and ultraviolet light-resistant plexi or glass for covers.
- Direct other questions to amh@augustamuseum.org
Source: Augusta Museum of History
Comments
Whats really funny is the AC is raking in the dough an the back of a candidate they dislike....funny stuff here!
Jesus is a Rock in a weary land.
is she wearing a red apron??...come on jackfruit....next...LOL
Aunt Jermira apron?
can't wait to see if the iranians refer to him as "buckwheat"........
All of you need to get a life and get over it. He is our new president and that is our new first family. By the way, the dress/Aunt Jermira apron as you call it will make many women go out and look for that same dress. I wouldn't be surprised if it is someone close to one of you.
Typical comments from the minds of the clueless.
So much hatred in your hearts. It must be really hard for you sleep at night...?
mine made a good fire in the fireplace.........burn baby burn! and my mother-in-laws lined the bird cage...all it was good for.
Its called Capitalism. The American way. I do not blame the Chronicle.
Devil probably added some class to both of you all houses.
I collected the same newspapers. I plan to use them to line my parots cage. I also plan to support Osama in the same manner "you folks" supported President Bush. I look forward to the day the media turns on him.
its a newspaper, it says a lot that obombernites think a newspaper adds class..if you think a newspaper adds class to anything you must be one of those that use it for wallpaper!
Unlike you, I live in a house with walls, not a trailer. So I can afford to read the paper and throw it away. However I understand that you need it to cover windows and as decoration.
President Obama 08....
i believe in recycling and for the record i don't engage in a peeing contest with a socialist. I also don't attach value to newspapers, I believe in using money and IRA's and 401K's to pay for college funds and investments. Not Ty stuffed animals and newspapers or Franklin Mint collection NASCAR plates.
I used my Augusta Chronicle headlines for the birdcage, the birds loved him too!
let the hate begin!!!!!! Barack Hussein Obama......your president as well as mine!!!!
Why can't people online realize with comments like these, and know for a fact these people are Cyber Racist... hiding behind a computer they can say anything (to a limit). I know if one was to post anything in reference to killing President Elect Obama, the Feds will be right on it. So let them make their post, it really doesn't effect anyone IMO. Until God changes the minds and heart of people they will act/think this way regardless of race.
to set the record straight, i was merely making a joke, i have accepted ob is mypresident, and we all need to grow up, and realize that the sum is greater than the parts, for those who live by cliches'.
I threw my copy in the trash ... who would really want it???
LOL 0517632 as I'm sure this isn't the first time you threw your copy of the chronicle in the trash.
come on folks...it's a bad picture(from a photographers point of view) and it is not an attractive dress I do not understand the red parts ...all black or all red would have looked better....she could have done better and after seeing this pic I am sure she will.
its truly ashame and terrible that people are so hateful. everyone needs to show respect because whether you want to believe it or not, he is your president too. he is our president and the american people have spoken in a landslide.
Its called Capitalism. The American way. I do not blame the Chronicle.
Posted by HYPOCRITES 08 on Fri Nov 7, 2008 9:01 AM ...yes but hypo it will not be the "American way" much longer...barry doesn't believe in capitalism..... remember?
Uhhhh spurs...where was the respect for our current President? You can't have it both ways.
Petals - do you think the journalists at the AC are Democrats? I don't think so.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Barack Obama from bi-racial parents and his black father left him to be raised by a white mother and grandmother? Furthermore, Barrack attended a high school that had few, if any black students. When you put it all together, Barack is about as "black" as Tiger Woods. If Barack would have stayed with his father, he likely would be living in poverty with his half brother or aunt. So if you want to thank anyone for the sucess of Barack, thank the Dunhams, who by the way, are white.
spurs07: I will show respect to Obama when he shows respect to the American public and APOLOGIZES for the mean-spirited, spiteful, hateful, anti-American remarks that he and his wife, Michelle, have directed to the American public. He may be YOUR president, but he certainly does not represent me! It doesn't matter that the press is of a democratic party line with excessive liberal leanings, it is just a matter of time when the "honeymoon" with Obama is over--and given past history, that is not too distant in the future!
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