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Regarding restoration, I used to say this right here about 15 years ago, and still, here we are, with Slight P purple labels selling at a dramatic discount to blue labels in the same grade as what the book was before the Slight P work was done. The education hasn't worked. I am pretty sure that serious collectors who spend on books like that know at least the basics of what restoration is, and the values still haven't closed the gap over time. Regarding pressing, I completely disagree. Pressing doesn't exist because of some loophole, it exists because it removes or minimizes defects, and higher grade books sell for more than lower grade books. Too many people chase labels whether they want to admit it or not, and would rather have a 9.8 that they know is pressed over a 9.4 that wasn't. There isn't going to be a magical Kumbaya moment where all of a sudden people en masse prefer books that haven't been pressed to the point where they'll pay the same or more than they (or someone else) will pay for the same book, pressed, and now grades 2 to 5 grade levels higher. As long as the pressed book sells for more than the unpressed book, things will remain as they have for the last 20 years. It's not a loophole; it's the nature of most collectors who chase high grade books.

More likely the purple label Mile Highs have a little more color touch and/or glue than permits a blue label. I'd be sending it in for removal, that's for sure.

You should try to work a trade with Metropolis if you want to swap books for an Action 1. If you sell the books and buy the Action 1, you get hit with capital gains taxes. Not so with a trade. Metropolis probably knows where a couple of lower grade copies are at all times. That's what I would do in your shoes. Ordinarily I would not swap the Detective 1 for anything as that is one of my favorite books of all time and is exceedingly rare in any grade. But if we are talking about it from an investment perspective, Action 1 will appreciate faster into the future.

Great sale, Dr. B. Lots of awesome stuff.

MOAR

per PM!

Great book. I would get it reholdered. I hate it when the inner well is loose.

It's a staple tear until the cover comes loose. It'll be a significant downgrade for the tear as is, but when that cover comes loose, it's a major hit to the grade plus usually a label mention of the detachment beyond that. I would get it graded ASAP since it's a Hulk 181 and pray it doesn't come apart at CGC from handling. And then baby that slab when you get it back.

It's been a real workhorse for me and has paid for itself many times over. I got it for $500 from a local photographer back in 2004 or so. I had a couple of books ruined by a "professional," and it took several months to get my books back even though it was a small project. That was when I decided to learn how to do it for myself and my friends. That said, it took some trial and error and nuking a few books before I figured it out. There was basically nothing on YouTube or anywhere online about how to do it and everyone who knew what they were doing was very tight-lipped. Mike S (Povertyrow) helped me dial in the process and after a lot of practice, I'm really happy with the results I get.

I wasn't crazy about what I saw in the trailers either, but damn, that first episode was slappin'. Definitely exceeded my expectations!