Lithograph Storage

[Matt16]

Best I've found is

http://www.artsupply.com/portfolio/itoyaartcare.htm

[IAmTheLoneWanderer]

Originally Posted by Matt16

Best I've found is

http://www.artsupply.com/portfolio/itoyaartcare.htm

do you have any of them?

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by IAmTheLoneWanderer

do you have any of them?

Yeah, I've got an 18x24 and 11x17 and they're really good. I'd have preferred the sleeves to be held in with rings but the quality seems really good.

[IAmTheLoneWanderer]

Originally Posted by Matt16

Yeah, I've got an 18x24 and 11x17 and they're really good. I'd have preferred the sleeves to be held in with rings but the quality seems really good.

ill probably pick a few up. how many pages do they have? plus i think with the rings it would be more apt to harming the prints if the portfolio gets turned or even bumped. some prints are very sensitive especially giclees. do you store giclees in yours?

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by IAmTheLoneWanderer

ill probably pick a few up. how many pages do they have? plus i think with the rings it would be more apt to harming the prints if the portfolio gets turned or even bumped. some prints are very sensitive especially giclees. do you store giclees in yours?

I do, my Sam Spratt is in there now. I can't remember how many pages there are but each sleeve holds 2 and I think it held 24 in total but am not completely sure. I think the website I posted tells you on the product page

[IAmTheLoneWanderer]

Originally Posted by Matt16

I do, my Sam Spratt is in there now. I can't remember how many pages there are but each sleeve holds 2 and I think it held 24 in total but am not completely sure. I think the website I posted tells you on the product page

ok sounds good. im just hoping they are 100% acid free backboard and sleeve.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by IAmTheLoneWanderer

ill probably pick a few up. how many pages do they have? plus i think with the rings it would be more apt to harming the prints if the portfolio gets turned or even bumped. some prints are very sensitive especially giclees. do you store giclees in yours?

I've actually been told ring-binders are much better than binded sleeves as the inside of the Iyotas with binded sleeves can bend art prints if the binder is full

Whereas you don't have that problem with the ringed binders

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by IAmTheLoneWanderer

ok sounds good. im just hoping they are 100% acid free backboard and sleeve.

I think they are.

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

I've actually been told ring-binders are much better than binded sleeves as the inside of the Iyotas with binded sleeves can bend art prints if the binder is full

Whereas you don't have that problem with the ringed binders

I can imagine that would be true. I'm getting around it as not all the prints are the max size of the file so they don't go up to the spine. No problems so far

[IAmTheLoneWanderer]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

I've actually been told ring-binders are much better than binded sleeves as the inside of the Iyotas with binded sleeves can bend art prints if the binder is full

Whereas you don't have that problem with the ringed binders

thats a good point. do you know if anywhere sells the binder style ones? i have been looking at the links provided and the binder ones only accommodate smaller prints than most of the ones i own. plus finding ones with acid free materials may be a bit more difficult than what i expected. i would get them all framed but im running into two major problems. i do not have the wall space for all of them and the cost of professional framing is pretty high especially with the large c&b prints (i.e. 36 x 70).

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by IAmTheLoneWanderer

thats a good point. do you know if anywhere sells the binder style ones? i have been looking at the links provided and the binder ones only accommodate smaller prints than most of the ones i own. plus finding ones with acid free materials may be a bit more difficult than what i expected. i would get them all framed but im running into two major problems. i do not have the wall space for all of them and the cost of professional framing is pretty high especially with the large c&b prints (i.e. 36 x 70).

Personally I will actually go for a presentation case over a portfolio when I do buy one

http://www.dickblick.com/categories/presentation/cases/

I'm particular to the Pratt line, maybe the 4 series as they look quite nice too

Only complaint I've heard with the Pratts are that getting artwork in and out is hard due to the backer sheets being thick

Think you could solve that by getting thinner backer sheets somewhere but haven't looked into it

I've discussed this with a more experienced collector in-depth

For my purposes I'm sure the Pratt is the best option