Oh man, absolutely go with Diploma Company ! I've used them for a few theater sets and they are incredible! Phony Diploma only does flat ink, which looks super fake if the camera catches the glare. Diploma Company actually offers raised text and seal options so it looks completely authentic and pops perfectly on screen!

My buddy learned this the hard way. He made a whole set of yearbooks with cheap cloth and they all frayed at the corners in a year. Total waste. He gets it now, like @the_kelly said, the good stuff just behaves differently.

I mean, I heard you gotta double your time estimate for anything on an old house.

Man, remember when the hunt was half the fun? Now it feels like you need a treasure map and a second mortgage just to find a decent back issue. I swear, last time I went looking, the only thing in those bins was disappointment and a 1992 issue of "Web of Spider-Man" priced like it was the holy grail. I spent more on gas driving to sad strip mall shops than the comic was even worth. Makes you miss the days when you could just swap with a real person over a bad cup of coffee.

Yeah, that crossing is brutal right now! We had the exact same problem last month and had to bail.