How To Mess Up Some Nice T206s - 1908 Cubs Display

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

I don't think it would have looked any better to have 110 year old paper tobacco ads in cheap chinese plastic with laser labels and shiny holograms and 1/2" weird font numbers in the corner displayed with a team photo. In the eye of the beholder I guess. To prove that point - this painting sold for $75 million a few years ago:

We have a few Rothko prints hanging in our home. Not a fan, but my wife is. Definitely in the eye of the beholder. I’ll take my Banksy works any day over Rothko. As for the display, I might have a different opinion if they weren’t glued on in a crooked pattern and it wasn’t done recently.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

We have a few Rothko prints hanging in our home. Not a fan, but my wife is. Definitely in the eye of the beholder. I’ll take my Banksy works any day over Rothko. As for the display, I might have a different opinion if they weren’t glued on in a crooked pattern and it wasn’t done recently.

Ah! I thought for sure Rothko would be just obscure and overpriced enough to avoid upsetting anyone here. I never argue religion or art but Rothko.......makes me break the silence. I just the other day thought of his paintings because my daughter pooped a soft mustard yellow diaper in a rectangular pattern. She "made a Rothko". I'm with you on banksy, but faith47 is gaining ground. This is actually a pretty neat thread because aside from damage and value we're talking aesthetics. Display is an important part of the hobby. The artistic value and representation of the card(artwork)preserves the history of the sport and era. It's all opinion and none are wrong as long as it doesn't shred upon my purchase.

[mr2686]

There's different ways to mount cards (magazines...whatever) like that without ruining them. The easiest for the cards would be to leave them in semi-rigid sleeves and attach the sleeve from the back of the matting (just showing the card. You can also attach some archival paper/matt to the back of each opening (again from the back) so that the card sits between the matts so that nothing but the card shows from the front. Worst thing you can do is to just glue or attach the card to the front like the example.
I might add, for those that want to try something like this, you can find many independent framing shops in your city that will just cut the matt openings for you for a reasonable price (much cheaper than aaron bros, michaels etc). Then just get an expensive but nice frame and do all the attaching of cards yourself. Cheaper and more fun that way IMHO.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Ah! I thought for sure Rothko would be just obscure and overpriced enough to avoid upsetting anyone here. I never argue religion or art but Rothko.......makes me break the silence. I just the other day thought of his paintings because my daughter pooped a soft mustard yellow diaper in a rectangular pattern. She "made a Rothko". I'm with you on banksy, but faith47 is gaining ground. This is actually a pretty neat thread because aside from damage and value we're talking aesthetics. Display is an important part of the hobby. The artistic value and representation of the card(artwork)preserves the history of the sport and era. It's all opinion and none are wrong as long as it doesn't shred upon my purchase.

Haha, I always compared my son’s diapers, and the occasional spray to the wall during a diaper change that went too slow, to Jackson Pollock.