How to keep a table made of papers from fading in the sun?

My father is making a table top covered with baseball tickets, concert tickets etc. . And he is going to have it outdoors and needs a way to keep it from fading from the sunlight. What can he use to keep it from fading? He has suggested polyurathain (sp?) but that might fade away too. It will have glass on the very top of the table. So what can we do?How to keep a table made of papers from fading in the sun?
I also suggest using conservation glass, but you can also use the non-yellowing UVA/UVB Varathane polyurethane. I would use the spray paint type and many coats. The paint on type could soak into the paper and give you bleed through if there is printing on the backside of any particular item. You can also decoupage the items with 10-15 coats of decoupage medium and then seal it with the Varathane using another 3-5 coats. That should not only protect the print from fading, but also the paper from deteriorating as well.How to keep a table made of papers from fading in the sun?
I would do the polyurathan but you would have to use several layers and make sure the first coat is dry before doing another
For our interior artwork, we use archival (conservation) glass which filters out UVs. While this does an excellent job, anything exposed to the sun will eventually discolor....
light a match to it,just a joke.
Sorry, you can't! Too bad though! It sounds like a really cool project. The ink used to print ticket or baseball cards is not designed to withstand very much UV light and no coating you can apply will change that. Ever see a billboard along the highway faded so much it is hard to read? That ink is designed to withstand ths suns UV rays and even it has a limited life. You also may have hear that to keep photos safe and looking new the best way to store them is in a photo book (closed except at the moments you are looking at them). Don't give up though, from how you described it the table sounds like a conversation piece or a trip down memory lane. That being said I would suggest, making the surface of the table fold ontop of itself,a modern version of a english gaming table if you know what that is. The only time the cards will be exposed to the sun is during use. It is a much more complex process in building the table but it will accomplish what you want. Another thought, if you scan the images in your computer there are many places that can take those scans and transfer them to a variety of surfaces. I have seen people take pics of their pets and put the images on license plates, that may be a better option the your original images can be safely stored and if it fades get a new image created