[perezfan]

Very cool....

Even if it brought more money to cut/slab it, I would definitely leave it as-is. Especially since a small portion of the "R" goes into the gold background. A cut would look funny with the two-toned gold/white background and no other context provided.

Keeping it in-tact tells an important story, and framing the signed cover with that particular photo is a perfect solution. Strongly suggest that you use mounting corners, as opposed to taping or gluing the signed cover to a mat.

Eager to see how this piece turns out!