Restoration has existed in some form or another since the inception of comic books, but it has evolved considerably over the past 50 years. While it is an excellent way to preserve your own issue of history, the fact that many sellers do not disclose that they have had a book restored when selling it is an issue of fraud given how restoration directly changes a comics value. How to determine a value on a restored comic i recently purchased an xmen 1, sent it in for grading and discovered that it was restored. In the last 14 years, thirdparty grading companies have incorporated restoration detection into their examination process in order to determine if any given book has been manipulated from its original printed appearance. Its main goal is to rid a comic book of harmful agents tape, glue, stains, mold, and improve the appearance and desirability through light restorative techniques such as cleaning and rice paper repairs. There has yet to be an industrywide standard as to what exactly comprises restoration. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. Restoration is the treatment that returns a comic book to a known or assumed state through the addition of nonoriginal material for aesthetic enhancement. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995.
In order to provide a quote for work, the book needs to be delivered to hero restoration for evaluation. In order to provide a quote for work, the book needs to. How to operate a heatpress for pressing comic books. Comic book restoration services hero restoration llc. I can help you decide if cleanpress is a right for your book. Cbcs has one classification level for conservation and five levels for. In fact, the restoration lessens the value of a comic book even though it is improved because comics are graded based upon the condition of the unaltered original. Unwanted repairs such as color touch, glue and tape can also reduce the appeal of a comic book. Please know that i bought these comic books way before the days of cgc way back in the 1980s when only the hard core collectors gave a darn about restoration. Make sure to check of the online comic book restoration sites feedbacks and reputation before entrusting your comic collections to them. If restoration or conservation is found, cbcs will include a list of all the work detected on the label, classifying it as either conserved or restored. Many books are automatically flagged for restoration even if not selected.
Comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen collection. Dennis shafer po box 32011 edmond,ok 73003 2020 comic book pressing service all rights reserved. Our pressing and comic book restoration services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. Restoration is the act of adding foreign material to a comic book through. Restoration has a mixed history in the comic book community. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book. Evaluating books for potential restoration is another prescreen service. As an archivist, i decided to share some useful tips as well that will aid in restoring your comic books.
Before a comic book is graded, it is checked for restoration and conservation by our restoration detection experts. If you discover an old collection full of batman comics. Here, cbp brings you up to date on everything going on in the world of pedigrees, including the latest news on newly discovered collections, brand new offerings in our sale section, and the latest update on our forthcoming book on the greatest golden and silver a collections ever. Assuming you keep your comics in near mint condition prices for the infographic were determined assuming that comics were a 9. Click on any of our services below for more information and example work. In addition, the ability to remove paper discoloration and foxing will likely be necessary to elevate the work to a fine condition. Comic book price guides, like overstreet, have a minimum price for comic books.
The archives and rare books library at the university of cincinnati believes the standards used today are more or less the same as the standards literary historian and bibliophile johann vogt recorded over 250 years ago. Comicbook comic book pedigrees, the first and only website dedicated to pedigreed comic books. The caped crusader and his sidekick, robin, have been around since the late 1930s. For this one although very small restoration i would say probably to half but of course you could be lucky. Restoration of a comic book from 1947 the duct tape was holding a piece of the cover, which i managed to release and set the cover in place again. Vass said, beginning in the mid1800s, when growing literacy and a mass market the era of dime novels. Our comic book restoration and pressing services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. Many factors are considered before defining a book as rare. A look at comic prices and price inflation over the years. Restoration is the act of adding foreign material to a comic book through certain techniques to return its appearance to an ideal or original state.
Repairing comic books has been around in our hobby since the first comics were sold to the public. Im a big silver age collectoranything with curt swan interior arti want it. Today, however, comics have become big business, and getting stuck with an undisclosed restored book can really put a. Make your comic grow in value, increase in eye appeal, and most importantly preserve them for the future. When should a collector consider having a comic book pressed. Why pay someone else when you can press them yourself.
As soon as the first collectors placed value on comic books, restoration began to. The rarer the book the less difference in price between a restored and a nonrestored book. How to restore comics fixing damaged comic books, repair. Sometimes a collectible comic is more valuable without restoration even if it has a loose page. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. The restoration of comics has been around in one form or another since the late 1930s and early 1940s. This work involves many different forms of fine art restoration, including lithograph and paper conservation and techniques from silk screen and watercolor restoration. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. The difference can sometimes mean thousands of dollars when discussing high dollar key comic books.
Cgc will charge your card once they receive the books. Turnaround times are approximate and not guaranteed. Dry cleaning is a process used to remove dirt and pencil marks from both the interior and cover a comic book, particularly in the white areas of the comic. Comic book tear sealing the process of sealing tears and dents a comic book with the use of an adhesive. With comic con just around the corner, fans of fiction graphic novels and comics books alike have already started thinking of diy ideas for their own superhero and villain costumes. We are proud of the work we do on comic book restoration and repair. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. These are the most actively sold comics over the past couple months. We only own a few graded comic books, however we wanted to try cgcs mailaway services so we sent off a few books at wizard world philadelphia in june of.
Another low cost service, conservation best suits lower to mid grade comics in the gd to vf range. As well, techniques from watercolor and silk screen restoration have become important parts of the criteria used to restore a comic book. Comic book certification, pressing faq cbcs comics. Books themselves have been changing for an even longer period, mr. He fixes the cracked spines of books, without an understudy. Tips and quick examples of what pressing can do for your books, to make you a better presser. This entry was posted in comic restoration and tagged cbcs, cgc, comic book pressing, comic book restoration, comic pressing, comic restoration on june 10, 2016 by mike dechellis. Ccs offers a screening service to determine whether your comic book is a suitable candidate for pressing, restoration or restoration removal.
In truth, most comic books do not benefit from restoration or conservation, either because the cost outweighs the benefit. How to determine a value on a restored comic comic book. The more the restoration costs, the higher value the book must be. If you plan to sell you book and the color tough is in a very small spot you may wish to consider to scrape off the color touch and resubmit. The best way to evaluate a book for restoration is to have it in hand for a detailed inspection. Each book is then sealed in a protective mylar sleeve, labeled, and placed in a temperaturecontrolled room. Mishandling and exposure to the elements can cause any comic book to suffer from bends.
Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. Comic book pressing is not restoration, more like comic book conservation. Repair of comic books master restorer art restoration. Airbrushing can return a faded comic book to looking very close to new. Gocollect can now put you in touch with highly respected buyers and sellers in the comic book industry. Do third part grading services like cgc and cbcs consider pressing and minor dry cleaning restoration. Restoration comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen. The use of an airbrush can return a faded comic book to appear close to its original version. Kav kaviraj sent me an article on comic book restoration tips.
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