Ooo, now that's a good idea, about high-quality 
copies. While I agree that it's not *quite* the 
same, it's the closest way to achieve the same 
effect without endangering the real thing. And 
that would also allow for higher-quality pieces 
to be on display, and if damage *was* incurred 
(ie, from light sources, from air particles, etc) 
it's no major loss.

It's what we often did for exhibits. :o) We'd 
often have a perfect photograph to illustrate a 
point, or a wonderful newspaper clip we wanted to 
display in conjunction with such-and-such. But to 
keep from damaging the original by mounting and 
displaying it, we'd make very good copies and 
work with those. That way, the public got to see 
what we wanted to show them, and we didn't have 
to wring our hands in anguish over hacking up 
collection objects. ;o)

What a lovely suggestion! :o)

-Cres