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Kudos to Mr. Schomburg and Esquirecomics for a few nice ASMs to nearly complete my upgrade....for now.

Good idea (thumbs u

I'm sure we would all participate more here, but we have lives.

Or, at least most of us do....

Kudos to Anfield Fox for a nice ASM 159. (thumbs u

Hello. Is it possible that we could ALL start posting non-comic-related stuff in the Water Cooler where it belongs? We are all adults and this would help keep the Boards more organized and quicker to get to the comic-related items.

 

I know we can do this..

 

CAL

Hear, hear (thumbs u

Kudos to drbanner and CycleGirl for quick shipping and good coomunication (thumbs u

Kudos to joeypost for prompt shipping and incredibly secure packaging (thumbs u

Kudos to deamentia for a couple of very nice Avengers! (thumbs u

Kudos to Divad for a nice Avengers 50 tomato boxer.

As always, quickly shipped and nicely packaged

my best guess it 12-15,000 comics and comic-related magazines, but that could be too high. I will have a better sense of things when I set up my comic room!

 

Does anyone think that this could strain the structure of a solidly built, but 100 year old, Victorian, if I spread it out over one room on an upper floor? Would that really weigh more than some heavy pieces of furniture and what not? I guess we're talking about the equivalent of 60-70 long boxes.

I wouldn't reccommend stacking them high...or at all...

It depends on the floor joists span, depth, etc...

My guess would be the depth and spacing on the upper floor of an old Victorian would be taxed...You really wouldn't want to put more than 30 pounds per sqare foot up there MAX; 20 psf better...you can see where a box of comics would quickli approach that figure.

Failure by stacking of boxes of books is actually a pretty common cause of failure in buildings; wharehouses usually.

You should probably get the opinion of a local structural engineer...

Kudos to DetroitMike .

A super-quick payer!

Whats the best tape for Mylites?

That would be..none.

Tape and comics don't mix...several threads here bear out that maxim....

 

And, on the flip side, doesn't the owner of a book have the right to know what - precisely - is being done on his property, not just the intended (un-guarenteed) end results?

 

 

 

To be fair, I dont actualy know, but if a person were to pay Matt for his service, I imagine they would be told what was done to the book. I did not, nor did the people in the other pressing thread pay for his service.

 

Perhaps I will just pay him..

I would imagine Matt's position on something being a trade secret would remain consistent irregardless of the asker being a paying client or not....

For anyone who seems to think they have a right to know the techniques, then on your list of things to do please add goomg down to Coca Cola's HQ and asking them for the secret formula.

It isn't a question of whether he or anybody has the right to not disclose any information. Of course he has the right .

The above was speculation as to the reason somebody might want to keep something a secret.

And, on the flip side, doesn't the owner of a book have the right to know what - precisely - is being done on his property, not just the intended (un-guarenteed) end results?

It would be hard to imagine car mechanics getting away with working on a car behind a black curtain and refusing to expain exactly what they are doing and getting away with it....

As I said, I think par tof the explanation is to keep the masses from knowing how simple some of this is...it's a practice in all fields. The high priests mystify things to, well, keep themselves the high priests....

I admire your attitude. I hope you(we) learn some things from this experiment.

I have a sneaky suspiscion that part of the reason for the secrecy is that some (not all) of the techniques used are so simple they are achievable by nearly anyone. This would, of course, have a detrimnental effect on a presser's business.

Regarding your specific first experiment, it will be interesting to see how the affected book reacts over time - one month, one year, etc. Perhaps you can keep us updated.

The detached centerfold would keep it down to 2.5 per OS. CGC might give it a Qualified grade, if the book is otherwise, say a F or VF...

The pencil marks in the margin should probably not affect the grade much, maybe lower it 0.5 or a full point; maybe not even that if it is in the 4.0 range or lower..

I was once a closet comic restorer. (I might even do it again someday.......)

"Are you now or have you ever been...?"

There are 57 commun- er - restorers in the Collector's Society!

Congrats Peter!

Nice book

Looks better than a 5.0

Are you planning to slabb some of these because you have a small fortunte on your hands.

No plans to slab right now...wouldn't do it unless i was going to sell them, and that's not imminent.

And..as far as protection goes - as Diva pointed out in another thread - they will be as well protected using normal procedures and precautions.

Btw, thanks for the compliment.

Thanks!

If they put "signature on front" or whatever they put on front, then wouldn't it be difficult to say it is not signed by Jack Kirby?

 

Does anyone get what I am asking?

 

Dan

I think I know what you mean: If CGC puts it on the label, it "legitamizes" it;

as that is what CGC does - there essence - they certify .

 

While I can't say definitively it is not authentic, I think the chances are high that it is a forgery. If it was mine, I would operate under the presumption the signature is not authentic.

 

 

That is pretty much the assumption I have been making. In part, I posted this book

to get some reactions to the signature. Like I said, it is the only signed book I own

and I'm no expert.

But, it did come from Sothebys and they did call it out as a Kirby signature in the catalog....

Maybe a lawsuit....

Just kidding!

Anyway, thanks for all the input everybody!

4.5 sounds about right . . . but, are you sure that's Jack's sig? Looks a little too neat to me -- can anyone chime in here?

Interesting points you made in the later post.

All I know is that I purchased this book as part of a lot from Sotheby's in 1994, I believe it was (I can check the year and lot number)...

I've never been keen on signatures (in fact this is the only book I have with a signature); this book just happened to have one.

I've always considered it an oddity in my collection, and wondered about the

signature as you do. I have seen similar signatures of Jack Kirby's, but

I don't know effect of the signature on the grade....it's in not too intrusive a spot..

Thanks!

Yep, I had a letter published. Twice actually.

Once in the Eternals (loved that premise) and another in the Planet of the Apes mag;

both around 1977ish.