Comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen collection. It isnt totally comprehensive, but it includes just about. This is due to a transfer of oil from the interior pages to the cover stock predominantly in marvels of the silver age. For comic books and magazines, we have introduced a pressing service. Comic book restoration has always been a somewhat controversial. See more ideas about comic book covers, comic books and comic covers. As you can see on the front cover there doesnt seem. Home slabbed comics raw comics vintage photos with comics email me. Unfollow comic book plastic covers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Vintage comic book covers collection by johnny wong.
Despite the severe damage to the spine and the long horizontal tear, the high value and black cover make this a good. Similarly, books missing covers and interior pages are poor candidates for restoration. I can help you decide if cleanpress is a right for your book. Our comic book restoration and pressing services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. A copy of a comic in this grade has all pages and most of the covers.
Comic book binding houchen bindery ltd is a certified library bindery that can transform your comic book collection into durable and attractive hard cover books. Our dedication to customer service and satisfaction, combined with our expertise and technology, ensures a quality investment that lasts through time. Detached cover comic book grading and restoration issues. Dry cleaning and pressing a comic book for the first time. Learn more about the new features of our site here. Over the past several years, i have worked on hundreds of pieces for dozens of clients. Many factors are considered before defining a book as rare. Our mission to preserve documents, create an image and save memories. 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. Comic book artist alex ross possesses a unique, painterly style and a true knack for covers.
How to restore comics fixing damaged comic books, repair. Make your comic grow in value, increase in eye appeal, and most importantly preserve them for the future. This insurance covers your property while it is at hero restoration, and during shipping from hero restoration to its destination. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Classic golden age covers as designated by overstreet. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Before a comic books true value can be assessed, its condition or state of preservation must be determined. Please note that my business is still up and running. Here you can find over 23,000 scans of vintage comic book covers, all unwatermarked and yours for the taking. Comic book re glossing the process of enhancing the comic s cover gloss by applying art fixodent spray. I wanted to show this comic book to you because the store owner did not disclose any restoration, yet charged the gentleman full guide value for the comic. Comic book gimmick covers are usually seen as one of the perils of the speculation boom, but these are the best and most inventive ever made. See more ideas about comic book covers, vintage comics and vintage comic books. Do third part grading services like cgc and cbcs consider pressing and minor dry cleaning restoration.
Restoration has become a controversial issue in the comic book hobby because it is not always disclosed by sellers, but can dramatically affect the value of a comic book. Your favorite rare book seller or ilab member should be able to help recommend a book restoration expert in your area. When should a collector consider having a comic book pressed. Restoration comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen. Just and random posting of comic covers from my collection too cool not to be seen. I remember the first time i submitted some comic books to cgc for. He sent the comic book to me for a quick press and clean before sending to cgc. I quickly realized that the comic had been restored. 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. Home labs az random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. For those who need consignment options you have the ability to remotely list and sell through my website.
As an archivist, i decided to share some useful tips as well that will aid in restoring your comic books. Remove any rusty or damaged staples with a staple remover or straight pin. Comicbook comic book pedigrees, the first and only website dedicated to pedigreed comic books. And in doing so, the court shined a light into a highend and fiercely. After many years of working out of my home to be more accessible to family and children, i now have an office and all i can say is why did i wait so long. Ccs offers a screening service to determine whether your comic book is a suitable candidate for pressing, restoration or restoration removal.
Some site even mentioned using markers to recolor the cover. This answer is a bit of a copout, but try doing a search on comic book restoration techniques. If you have an old comic book that needs repair, you may consider restoring it. Spotting comic restoration comic book boys sell your comics fast. Our pressing and comic book restoration services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. Mar 14, 2020 from the golden age and silver age of comics. Comicconnect the online marketplace for comic buyers. Restoration is certainly one of the most misunderstood areas of the marketplace. With a little effort you will no longer have piles upon piles of comics all over the house allowing for free space for other important things. This week we feature the marvelatlas western titles western gunfighters 1956, western outlaws, and. The two main methods of describing an overall grade are numerical, and symbol. If so is it very dull and does it feel slightly rough.
Classics illustrated, which actually began life as classic comics, was a comic book series that took classic literary works such as moby dick, robinson crusoe and the three musketeers and adapted the storylines into comic panels ideal for young readers the series was the brain child of albert kanter, a russianborn publisher who oversaw the series from its first issue in 1941 until. Books george salters covers giant books gold medal books graphic books greatest book covers greatest novels of all time handi books harmony books hillman books hip hop books. In fact, the restoration lessens the value of a comic book even though it is improved because comics are. First is obvious, terrible stains likely due to smoke damage, although the book did not have an odor, thankfully. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. A book in this condition is worn, ragged and unattractive. 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. Restoration service comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics. I skipped through a few results and did not see anything related to your particular issue. Milliondollar comics collector of rare comic books at c2e2. Comic book grades are given to a book reflecting the quality of printing, storage, and upkeep of a particular book.
How do you clean a comic book cover without damaging the paper. Prescreen we screen comic books to make sure they are good candidates for our pressing services. Learn what is the comic book rating system and how a comic book is graded with cbcs comics grading guidelines. Standard collectors wisdom is never use tape on a book.
Once you are sure that repairing your book is the best course of action find a book binder or restorer who specializes in the type of repair you require. Thomas johnson antique furniture restoration recommended for you. The repair of collectible and rare comics, especially ones you intend to sell in restored form, is best handled by a professional. Too often, repairs to comic books are done by people with good. For many years, steve borock has been well known and respected in our hobby, whether it was as the key figure in introducing thirdparty certification to the comic book hobby, as one of the top restoration detection experts in our field, as a senior advisor to the major comic book price guides and grading guides, as the senior consignment director for the hobbys largest auction house, or as. Restoration has existed in some form or another since the inception of comic books, but it has evolved considerably over the past 50 years.
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. Examine the comic book for tears, holes, rusty staples and smudges. How do you clean a comic book cover without damaging the. 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. Big fudge archival comic book sleeves current size pack of 50 comic book bags for current comic books, or 7.
These comic book storage solutions aim to help store your collection in a manner that will be kept in great condition, while consuming less space. Preventative restoration, widely used and accepted by collectors, consists of nonadditive restoration on a book with one or two major defects. New book covers or spines come in black, brown, tan, burgundy, dark red, green, dark blue, and. In all cases, the better the condition of the comic, the more desirable and valuable the book will be.
The bindings were still intact and strong, but the materials joining. This service includes placing books under colorcorrected lighting to check for fixable defects. Comiclink is the online vintage comic book and comic art auction destination featuring comic book auctions spotlighting the most desirable cgc graded examples of key comics, as well as comic art auctions featuring the biggest names in comic book illustration from the golden age to the present. A comic must be relatively complete to be successfully restored. In this list, cbr looks at 15 of his most iconic comic book covers. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use. High grade comics best place to find buy and sell your.
Welcome to the restoration lab which has been updated for all the world to see. Kav kaviraj sent me an article on comic book restoration tips. With so much hollywood comic book action happening, even we can barely keep up. In fact, they are among the older and more desirable comics on the market.
The restoration of comics has been around in one form or another since the late 1930s and early 1940s. Gently wipe off any dust from the comic cover and pages with a soft cloth. Restoration new covers the following is a series of books that were in need of new covers. A state superior court panel has revived a defamation lawsuit that is rocking the vintage comic book restoration industry. Next up in our examples for spotting comic restoration are a little harder to spot and that is color touch. In some cases, restoration is not readily detectible to novices or inpiduals lacking expertise in restoration detection. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Minor restoration techniques like cover cleaning, slight color touch, and staple and spine repairs were utilized to repair small defects that significantly improved. Even seasoned collectors may have problems attaining comics from this era. Determining good restoration candidates involves envisioning an apparent grade, estimating.
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