Cabinet Card Storage

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Hello all,

(Please note, that I really did try and use the search function to locate an answer to the question I am about to ask. If I missed the thread, could someone please just link me to it, and I will take it from there? Thanks in advance for helping out a cabinet card noob.)

Short of having SGC grade a cabinet card, how do you store your cabinet cards? I have looked on google and found a couple of options and I am trying to figure out which way to go. Bags unlimited offers a cabinet card storage box that holds their POLYPROPYLENE sleeves. So I might go that way. Although I read on the2buds that the Library of Congress recommends mylar over POLYPROPYLENE, so I am a bit confused. Is POLYPROPYLENE ok for long term storage?

Please help me, if you can. Thanks for reading.

Alan

[sayhey24]

I put a lot of mine in small acrylic frames, and some in wooden frames -- all under five dollars. Here are a few examples.

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Sweet! Thanks for posting. Those display well. If I end up wanting to display them, that is the way I might want to go. But, for now, as I lack the display space, I was looking for strictly storage options. As an aside, when I checked out the link to your site, I instantly craved a finished basement to display my stuff. Nice site.

Alan

[sphere and ash]

Alan,

I highly recommend Talas (talasonline.com). You can purchase mylar presentation sleeves, pre-cut museum board backing and a storage box from them. Gaylord offers similar archival products, but I have been less pleased with their customer service. Cabinet photographs, like all photographs containing silver, are best stored away from light, humidity and wood to prevent the silver particles from oxidizing. If displayed, the photographs should be behind UV glass.

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Thanks for the info.

[drc]

Cabinet cards are usually dried out due to age, so they are much less likely to stick to plastic or whatever than modern photos or baseball cards. You know, how a family snapshot might stick to the plastic in an album-- probably won't happen with cabinet cards. Thus, it's easier to store them.