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Cel Bags

Preservation and Conservation

Plastic bags / sleeves made of Polypropylene or Polyethylene are a staple in the storage and preservation of animation art. They are usually referred to as 'Cel Bags' in the collecting community. They are safe to use for animation cels, sketches, and backgroun...

Itoya Binders vs Itoya Folios

Preservation and Conservation

Itoya Multi-Ring Binders Itoya Multi-Ring Binder 11x14 in Inside detail Set of 10 Refill Pages Quick Stats: Each new binder comes with 10 removable pages. Binders tend to be "sturdier" than folios and can stand (like a book) on their own ...

Microchamber Paper / Boards / Boxes

Preservation and Conservation

Microchamber paper with honeycomb watermark MicroChamber Paper is a thin sheet of paper infused with SPZ zeolite molecules which have the ability to absorb and neutralize acids and pollutants such as those released by the collection itself. They are an essent...

Sun/UV Damage Examples

Preservation and Conservation

Like most other kinds of art, production animation art is sensitive to UV light. For art on paper, the damage usually presents as yellowing or other discoloration. These two sketches were held in a double frame (supposedly with archival quality glass/materials...

Removing Adhesive Tape From Sketches Using Eucalyptus Oil

Preservation and Conservation

The bulk of this topic has been copied directly from a post on anime-beta created by Sensei. The original can be found here. Given that anime-beta can go through occasional periods of down-time, it may be prudent to duplicate some of the valuable knowledge sto...

Shikishi - 色紙

Related Artwork and Collectibles

The Basics Shikishi boards are made by laminating Gasen rice paper to a hardboard backing. The edges are generally trimmed in gold, the most common size for collecting autographs and artwork measure: 9 5/8" by 10 3/4".  Shikishi are traditionally used for sum...

Nengajo (New Year's Post Cards) - 年賀状

Related Artwork and Collectibles

The Basics The Japanese have a custom of sending New Year's cards from around the end of December to the 1st of the year.  In most cases if you can get your card in the mail by 12/25 JPost guarantees delivery for the 1st of the Year.  They are meant as a type...

Original Manga Pages - 直筆原稿

Related Artwork and Collectibles

The Basics Original Manga Pages are basically impossible to come by, especially those produced by famous artists.  In fact CLAMP in general still has most of their original pages from the original run of Card Captor Sakura which they exhibited at the Mori Mus...