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I bought this album page from Tracks a while back, and it came still inside the original autograph album. I carefully cut the strings binding the album together and removed the page with the Beatles autographs. Only, it turns out the pages are double-sized. The opposite half of the page is blank, with glue stains on the back. I'd like to have the page slabbed by DNA so I can display it without worrying about it getting damaged. Do I just trim it in half with scissors? That seems wrong, but I don't want to fold it and have the back of the glue-stained blank half pressing against the back of the Beatles half. Thanks for any suggestions. 

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since you've gone this far... My personal opinion would be to frame it as is, but put a picture over the blank page. Maybe a bit smaller so it acts as a border.

I'm not one for cutting valuable items up even if it is a blank page

Also.. I would be wearing cotton gloves while handling that

Beautiful sigs btw

I am with goodcat. I would leave it and size a photo to put next to it. I also would have left it in the autograph book personally, but to each there own. 

Personally, I wouldn't have an issue cutting the blank page off.  It's all a matter of personal preference.

I would say cut it away. The signed page is what is important.

Cut to fit in a slab? Gooodcat has the right idea here. I see no true upside to cutting such an item.

So if I don’t have it slabbed, would I just have it professionally framed with archival materials? Is that sufficient protection? Thanks.

Eric would be the one to ask.

But make sure you trust the frame shop with an item like that. In fact, I would be present for the work. 

The answer, for me anyway, if to get a high quality color scan printed accurately on flat paper and "cut that" to your liking for framing. No need to go $$$ with framing, and your baby is safe out of of sunlight etc.

What Goodcat says is true if you get work done.

I agree with Eric. None of my original autographs are displayed. Only good scanned copies. 

You have it matted with a nice pic of The Beatles...using acid free matting with UV glass to protect the signatures.

I have a blog about proper framing you might want to read over.

Framing

I agree with Jim,uv or museum glass.no need for slabbing.

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