Laminated! Noooooo!

[steve B]

Laminating can occasionally be undone, but it's more than a little risky.

If the temp was too low, and/or if it was done to a stock that doesn't absorb the plastic well, heating it back up and removing the plastic can be undone.

The laminator at school was finicky, and some teachers were just bad at laminating, trying to straighten a crookedly fed piece. I got pretty good at saving their stuff. But "pretty good" means I could save maybe half the wrecked stuff, when the other kids could only get maybe 10%
Probably too risky for anything worth any real money.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I have a couple of FDR autographed letters (one as Governor, one as President) which the original recipient laminated to wood backings in the 1940's and hung on their wall. Just wish they would have framed them instead. A great deal of FDR's correspondence was secretarially signed, but these ones weren't. I found them at a country auction as a kid, thrown together with a bunch of worthless frames. Paid $12 each and went into it knowing they were unsalvageable. Still a great find for any youngster.