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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 797440, member: 19065"]If this is real and carries a significant value, at one's expense of course, a paper conservator (such as one retained by a museum print and drawing room) maybe able to advise whether or not it would be possible to remove the piece from the cardboard backer and determine whether or not there was any reversible processes to extract any of the acids likely leached to the note from the cardboard backer. </p><p><br /></p><p>You may be able to contact someone who does 'archival restoration' specializing in prints and art on paper (unless one of the TPGs can handle this) by posting to the members of the <a href="http://www.philobiblon.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philobiblon.com/" rel="nofollow">Book Arts Web</a> or at the very least gather further restoration type information from some of the Academics that contribute there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I love the Sam Houston signature![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 797440, member: 19065"]If this is real and carries a significant value, at one's expense of course, a paper conservator (such as one retained by a museum print and drawing room) maybe able to advise whether or not it would be possible to remove the piece from the cardboard backer and determine whether or not there was any reversible processes to extract any of the acids likely leached to the note from the cardboard backer. You may be able to contact someone who does 'archival restoration' specializing in prints and art on paper (unless one of the TPGs can handle this) by posting to the members of the [URL="http://www.philobiblon.com/"]Book Arts Web[/URL] or at the very least gather further restoration type information from some of the Academics that contribute there. Good luck. And I love the Sam Houston signature![/QUOTE]
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