Hero Restoration

3 hours ago, KEY ISSUES Comics said:

Thanks for the input gang. That was my fear; covering it up would likely look bad. Fortunately, IMHO, the placement of the "To Eric" isn't that bad. It would have been much worse had it been placed over one of the characters or the text.

As for the signature verification, I shall look elsewhere then. I was hoping CGC could do it.

And yes, the book looks MUCH nicer than 3.0. I'd give it a solid 5.0. The main problems from what I recall are foxing along the top of the FC and a crease on the BC that would be 'fixed' by pressing.

Any other input regarding what resto could do, if anything, before I inform my friend?

Thanks. 

Nope, that's it, press and submit.

Yeah, that cannot be removed, only covered up. I wouldn't recommend restoration, the book looks higher than a 3.0 (much higher really), which will make it worth more unrestored.

CGC will not verify the signature, you would have to send it to the other place for that.

It is official, I am going to ECCC. 

Does anyone know how to reach the facilitator for Stan Lee (Or what they are charging)? I am told it was Excelsior Collectibles, formally Anastasia, but I cannot reach them.

On the old form, it saved all our clients address, but on the new form it doesn't do that, always has our address instead. It would be great if you could include that ability on the new form.

If the book is valuable enough, you could always have the trimmed paper replaced.

We couldn't use them on Tuesday, but they are working today, and they are great!

Smart input, modern look, and so much less paper, the trees thank you!

The thinner the cover stock, the easier to introduce dents. You have to go out of your way to introduce a finger dent on a golden age book while all you have to do is fare menacingly at some moderns for it to happen.

+1 Super thin.

I don't think it was considered tight when I sent them in. Now it seems they are pressing diamonds out of coal. I have a Wonder Woman 184 with these grader notes: "Crease right top front cover, medium bend right center of front cover" I was thinking 9.6 - 9.8 at the time I sent it in, because those issues were not there. Came back 8.0. I'll scan it when I get home.

 

On top of that, I had sent 14 other books in for pressing, most with only minor flaws. Only 1 9.8 came back and most had "finger bends" left and right.

I does sound like poor pressing. One or 2 books could be anything, but the way you describe it, it sound like more than half have press-able defects, that's not a good sign. I frequently check graders notes to see if press-able defects are mentioned, and it is rare.

Nothing back yet. Just shipped out yesterday.

 

I totally understand that the finger bends could have been caused after the pressing but it seems there should be some middle ground for this. If the people that are doing the grading are the ones that are putting them there in the first place, what's the point?

 

I'm more than a little upset at a lot of the grades I have received lately, and between these grades and a pinched nerve in my shoulder/neck yesterday was all I could take.

A pinched nerve can certainly make a smaller issue a big one. ;-)

I hear that CGC is going through a tight phase right now.

Non color break finger bends should come out with a full service pressing.

I should point out that finger bends are easy to create, so it is possible they could have occurred after the pressing.

10 book modern Fast Track

7/18 received

8/11 Shipped/Safe

 

Grading is a smidge tight.

Just got my economy FT grades, and I was thinking the same thing.

TaT's are definitely increasing!

 

Economy Fast Track Rec 6/17, shipped 7/25 (not too bad).

Economy Fast Track Rec 6/27, still scheduled for grading, called and was told 2 more weeks!

Still stuck in scheduled, but no date land. At this rate 1.5 month TAT is not going to happen either.

TaT's are definitely increasing!

Economy Fast Track Rec 6/17, shipped 7/25 (not too bad).

Economy Fast Track Rec 6/27, still scheduled for grading, called and was told 2 more weeks!

Kevin is great, fast, well packed, terrific books!

Sample of different tiers:

Standard

Rec 2/12/2016

Shipped 3/4/2016

9 books

Economy FT

Rec 2/12/2016

Shipped 3/11/2016

2 books

Modern FT

Rec 2/5/2016

Shipped 2/25/2016

9 books

Modern

Rec 1/18/2016

Shipped 3/8/2016

5 books

Economy

Rec 12/11/2015

Shipped 3/2/2016

5 books

Smooth transaction.

I got this for Christmas, very stoked.

Sold him a book, and he paid immediately, don't get any better than that.

I bought a GL 17 and an Action 24, and I couldn't be happier.

Economy fast track

 

Received 8-5

 

Status Grading/quality control

 

43 business days and counting.

 

Really?

Update: Shipped 10-3

Hooray, my slabs that CGC received on June 12th were at the post office today and ready to be picked up! I'm psyched, so I drive the 20 minutes there, and...

 

...the post office can't find the box.

 

Does the word "livid" mean anything to you?

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

Still in carier's vehicle? Did you tell them it was a registered package? Those get stored in a different area.

Economy fast track

Received 8-5

Status Grading/quality control

43 business days and counting.

Really?

Book came fast, and well packed. (thumbs u