Many original copies of newspapers we could recover over the years and currently have in our large warehouse located behind our shop in Barcelona. That is why we are obliged to maintain a conservation system that ensures maintaining its original condition best.
Newsprint is made from wood pulp, and is not just a material thought to have a long but quite the opposite, since it is the idea that the life of a newspaper will one day, and with regard to something that is produced in large quantities, can not be of high quality by the increase that would entail.
However, newspapers, its news, its history have been shaped over time by different trends that have represented, and above all be an ephemeris of everything that happened in a bygone era, many of whom have ended up stored in newspaper archives , archives and individuals. In short, those designed for perishable consumer publications have finished temporal becoming museum pieces permanent conservation order or even a great value.
For us, all copies of original papers retrieved in their original condition are valuable because each is unique and unrepeatable, and when you sell a unit will become increasingly difficult (and in many cases impossible) to get them back.
Newsprint is made from wood pulp, and is not just a material thought to have a long but quite the opposite, since it is the idea that the life of a newspaper will one day, and with regard to something that is produced in large quantities, can not be of high quality by the increase that would entail.
However, newspapers, its news, its history have been shaped over time by different trends that have represented, and above all be an ephemeris of everything that happened in a bygone era, many of whom have ended up stored in newspaper archives , archives and individuals. In short, those designed for perishable consumer publications have finished temporal becoming museum pieces permanent conservation order or even a great value.
For us, all copies of original papers retrieved in their original condition are valuable because each is unique and unrepeatable, and when you sell a unit will become increasingly difficult (and in many cases impossible) to get them back.
Noting our newspapers, since their format, design, lyrics, images, his head, his articles and ads among other things, reflects the mindset of every period of our history and the way they lived then. This is one of the many values \u200b\u200bthat is old news. As modern newspapers, so conventional that now seem to see them every day at kiosks, a day will also have the value so special.
Conserving our original copies of newspapers place in a large warehouse with optimal temperature conditions to avoid moisture, light and air, three great enemies of the newspaper. All copies must be straight, never bent, and his classification has been established by fortnights of months within plastic bags to prevent entry of dust.
When a client requests a copy, if this is in fair condition, conservation, restoration will proceed immediately to a minimum, of removing wrinkles using a steam iron for ironing clothes, but obviously dry to avoid spoiling. Although it may seem strange, good ironed miracles and makes a newspaper very wrinkled and haggard pages have a much better looking than the last. As for broken parts, such as the spine, it is then fixed by rice paper strips attached with spray glue. The rice paper is often transparent and even practically invisible, so just be seen patches that have served to reinforce it and prevent future degradation.
Conserving our original copies of newspapers place in a large warehouse with optimal temperature conditions to avoid moisture, light and air, three great enemies of the newspaper. All copies must be straight, never bent, and his classification has been established by fortnights of months within plastic bags to prevent entry of dust.
When a client requests a copy, if this is in fair condition, conservation, restoration will proceed immediately to a minimum, of removing wrinkles using a steam iron for ironing clothes, but obviously dry to avoid spoiling. Although it may seem strange, good ironed miracles and makes a newspaper very wrinkled and haggard pages have a much better looking than the last. As for broken parts, such as the spine, it is then fixed by rice paper strips attached with spray glue. The rice paper is often transparent and even practically invisible, so just be seen patches that have served to reinforce it and prevent future degradation.
As for another kind of restoration procedures are concerned, as the bleaching of paper, we have never been keen to use them as do, for example, archives and documentation centers in ancient records. That is not our If not our aim, but we offer more authentic and original copy was provided in their original conditions of natural aging that has suffered over the years as we have been able to recover. That fading newsprint due to the passage of time, those typical stains caused by moisture and the general image of "old" is what gives an authentic touch old one and only the customer has the privilege of acquiring and must understand. You can not expect at all an old publication that is flawless and intact as if it were fresh out of print. Even that is the case of people who did not want him arreglásemos the newspaper in order that this offered a more aged and older and less neat.
Once purchased, our folders from different models and sizes we offer ensures proper preservation of specimens, as well as offering a more attractive image along with its certificate of authenticity and a short history of the newspaper to the appropriate copy.
Once purchased, our folders from different models and sizes we offer ensures proper preservation of specimens, as well as offering a more attractive image along with its certificate of authenticity and a short history of the newspaper to the appropriate copy.
