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Great report. You mentioned everything that I figured.

 

Now how about someone doing a report on fading. To prove to everyone that displays there comics in the light that its destroying them.

 

We need a special spot for these kind of threads.

 

I believe he has done that experiment over 1 years time, and the results were that there was no noticable difference in the comic that was displayed and the control.

 

Exactly.

 

That experiment was done with a CGC'ed book, displayed in a bookcase in a room that gets plenty of indirect light throughout the day. Even after a full year of being subjected to indirect light, there was no discernible fading - the before & after scans were near-identical (and any variances in those were probably due to different lighting conditions as I was scanning the book).

 

There's no doubt that if the book had been placed in the path of direct sunlight, there would have been noticeable fading, though - perhaps I'll try that next

to be honest, while interesting, that would seem like an extremely limited study. It only covered a single book and science would dictate:

multiple copies

more than a single year

a control

we'd need more data than just that single copy. ok, missed that there was a single control (?), but you'd still want multiple examples, over more than just a year, to draw any real conclusions.

Funny thing is when I typed in "NERD" in Dictionary.com, this came up.

 

 

nerd

   /nɜrd/ Show Spelled[nurd] Show IPA

–noun Slang .

1. Any person hauling 50 lbs worth of E Gerber fullbacks all over the USA and back to Belgium

 

2.

an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.

Use Nerd in a Sentence

See images of Nerd

Search Nerd on the Web

Also, nurd.

 

Origin:

1960–65, Americanism ; obscurely derived expressive formation

I'm in a bar watching the NFL and reading this thread on an iPad.

I'm surprised that lookup wasn't a picture of me...

Thanks for the article. A very insightful experiment.

I recently ordered a large amount of mylars and gerbers. too bad I recently spent close to $100 on polys and traditional backing boards.

Ha, thanks guys,

I was confused by PLOD, but did eventually figure that out.

and yes, I have read through CGC's website to see the other labels.

so all of the comics I previously had signed on the cover (for example, my Sandman #1 & #8 with Neil Gaiman signature and scribbles in metallic ink) would get a green label. What is the general view/pricing of that?

ok, thanks guys.

I'm just getting back into the hobby after getting out in the early 90s and trying to catch up on understanding some of these issues.

thanks. I wasn't sure, since there seems to be a discrepancy with what Overstreet had in their price guide.

so is this seen as similar to pressing, or more like additive restoration?

I was reading through some of the "storing in fireproof safe" threads and was curious about something. When reading through Overstreet's recent guide, it mentions that staples can be replaced, but if the book is gold/silver age, the replacement staples must be from the same age as well.

In those threads, couldn't the rusty staples be replaced? would that be considered restoration and impact the value of the comic? obviously, if rust affected the paper as well, that would be a big problem.