Magazine Covers Question

[RoninPA]

I recently received some magazine covers and articles dealing with the Ruger Six Series guns I collect. The are all interesting, one in particular is the Jan 1985 American Rifleman with a very nicely engraved Security Six. It happens to be the One Millionth Six series gun to be produced. The other interesting thing about this cover is the address label. It happens to have gone to one Charles A. Skelton of Deming, NM.

What are your thoughts about laminating this and/or other covers to preserve them and to use them in displays?

Edited to clarify: These are single pages only, not full articles or magazines. Full articles or magazines would go into page protectors with something to stiffen them for better presentation (as suggested by several Ruger friends).

[gunman42782]

Wow! A magazine that ole Skeeter himself once read. Pretty neat. I would think if you laminated it it would hurt the value of it, but that's just me. I would put it in one of those plastic bags like they sell for comic books, with a cardboard backer. Then again, if it's just the cover and not the whole magazine, I don't know that it would matter.

[d findley]

For your display, you might make a copy of that cover and have a print or graphic design shop "blow it up" into a poster. That way you can keep your magazine intact.

[RoninPA]

I will edit my original post. These are single pages only, not full articles or magazines.

Don, That's a great idea even being just a single page.

Man, now I think I might need to enlarge my display or go to two tables

[RocDoc]

If they were mine, I would laminate with a heavy grade plastic. You will not need backing if you use a heavy plastic. I did a mineral display using the heavy laminate, was able to attach samples to the surface, worked great. I do like the idea that Don posted, make posters.

Makes me sick I threw away several boxes of outdoor magazines many years ago, wish I had them back.

[Rugerologist]

I would use these. BCW products protect almost everything that I can put in them from my sports cards to other memorabilia and items that I collect. Rigid, acid-free, removable, and UV protected.

http://www.bcwsupplies.com/cat/comic-book-storage

[Rugerologist]

Best of all....Made in the USA!