I read on autographmagazines website about a product called Picture Shields. Is supposed to be a cheap alternative to UV glass. take a look a their website: http://www.pictureshields.com/ They had 10% discount code: autograph1 on the website, dont know if it still works though

I have a few hundred photos and I have some on the walls but most are in Itoya art portfolios.

Now if you want to frame some photos or tickets or anything else read below.

Okay first off you want to protect everything and I do all of my own framing and I frame a lot of original artwork and photos and I gues you would call it museum quality. The most expensive thing is the UV glass to protect it from sunlight and even regular light bulbs can even cause stuff to fade after time.

I use the metal frame that you can buy the pieces for at the hobby stores I actually purchase mine through a wholesaler online and buy bulk. Then you will need what they call rag mat it's acid free then you need acid free foam board then of course the UV glass.

The main thing is after time if it's not acid free the acids in the backing and what ever else is there will start to leach in to your photos and tickets and what ever else you have. Plus you do not want this stuff actually touching the glass either so if you don't want to use mat board at least put a spacer between the glass and the mounting area.

Now to mount everything to an acid free foam board or even a piece of acid free mat you can use the acid free clear corners you can pick up at any hobby store and they work great. It's how I mount all of my original artwork to the acid free foam board.

Good Luck

wrong forum. But I have about 100 8x10 and I keep them in hard plastics. To keep them from bending. Also when I frame them I look for the uv protected glass. It gets expensive but it is safe. I am not a big binder fan the rings can can bend the photo.

Tips anyone?