Soaking off 1890's Ticket Stub

[vintagesportflips]

Hey guys,

The only thing I have ever tried to soak, was some T206 cards with paper residue attached, but wanted to seek some advice on a couple of tickets I have. They have been removed from a scrapbook, and thus have brown scrapbook paper on back. Has anyone ever tried to soak paper off of these type of tickets? I am hesitant to do so, and I don't have any lesser type of ticket to practice on. One of the stubs show below is an 1894 ticket stub for the final game of the season between Yale and Princeton, which capped Yale's 16-0 perfect seaon and won them the College Football Championship. As you can see, this stub has has some paper loss on the left side anyway.

[prewarsports]

College Football stubs from that era are really hit or miss when it comes to soaking. They are not one piece of paper but are two extremely thin pieces of lithographed paper glued front and back to a cardboard middle. These thin layers often soak off themselves or are easily damaged when soaking. Sometimes they soak out great though depending on the glue because if they are in the water too long they usually end up getting damed far worse than the back glue alone. I would throw it in some warm water and wait about 5 minutes. If it does not lightly pull off the page then I would just forget about it. It looks better how it is than with back damage. If it does not easily come off, just dry it off and leave it on the scrapbook paper.

Bad news, College stubs from that era have REALLY slumped in price with ebay coming along 10 years ago because so many have been found in old scrapbooks. Every now and then you can get a decent price for a specific game, but Ivy league stubs from the 1890's are generally in the $10-$50 range now in decent shape (premium paid for Harvard/Yale game because that one is special). In that condition I would expect a $20 price value.

Hope that helps

RHys

[vintagesportflips]

Thanks alot Rhys - just the type of advice I was looking for. I will give it a shot for 5 minutes, and see how it turns out.