urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:patrickat All the rants that are fit to print. puck@artchicks.org Patrick 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:patrickat:407530 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z Will I ruin the value of animation cel if I break the seal on the cardboard portfolio that it came in from Disney and have it framed with archival quality materials? Does having Marina Sirtis' autograph on the portfolio change the answer?<br /><br />I've been reading up on how to preserve and display cels, and all the sources say that intermediate mats should be used so that cels never touch the background and multiple cels (such as when there are two or more characters) never touch each other. Yet... all the layers are touching in the packages that Disney puts together to sell them originally.