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Sold! Closed. Thank you!
Badger replied to Phill the Governor's topic in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only
This is a crazy beautiful book! -
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If I had to guess, I'm going with restoration removal
Badger replied to batman_fan's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
I have 2 books that I really should get the conservation removed but I am too "afeared" as they say.I had removed two tear seals on an internal page that did not affect the grade one way or the other but that is as far as I have gone with removal. Not saying I never will have color touch removed but I haven't yet. You are right about the difficulty to predict a grade after restoration removal. That is why I say they could put an "estimated" grade with their usual caveats about how their grades do not mean anything. -
If I had to guess, I'm going with restoration removal
Badger replied to batman_fan's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Totally agree. CGC should state both grades on the green label and an "estimation" of the unrestored grade. That would help pricing restored books tremendously and would hopefully stop some of the wild variations I've seen in pricing. -
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If I had to guess, I'm going with restoration removal
Badger replied to batman_fan's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
There was an insane dislike for restored books among collectors waaayyy before CGC was even a pipe dream. I'm not sure how much the purple label played a factor with collectors who were around before CGC. Still, it is an interesting thought experiment: what if CGC had chosen green as the restored label and purple as the qualified? Would green be hated as much as the real life "purple label of death?" Green certainly does not seem to help the qualified books, currently, so -
Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
Badger replied to Timely's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Really disappointed I was stuck in OK and not in Dallas to see your collection. Absolutely stunning as always! -
Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
Badger replied to Timely's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Outstanding! -
Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
Badger replied to Timely's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Nice! If you only have one that's a great one to have! -
Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
Badger replied to Timely's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
That is really cool and cheered me up a bit! (Blondes do that to me. ) -
Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...
Badger replied to Timely's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
The one that got away. I had consoled myself for missing the Dallas Collector's Summit this year by buying the last USA Comic I needed to complete my 6 through 17 run. Or at least I thought I did. They cashed my check back in November and told me that it would take a couple of weeks to clear; now MyComicShop tells me they sold the book to someone else and I bought it before they could remove it from their website. *&^&*%&@$#$$! Just heartbreaking. No real blame on Mycomicshop just looking for some shoulders to cry on.Do wish they had noticed it was sold before they cashed my check though. -
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Same here!
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Brittle Pages? How Bad Is It? Is It a Dealbreaker?
Badger replied to Dr. Balls's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
The slightly brittle book is a head scratcher. I bought this book raw through Heritage as a VG. I agreed that it was a VG and page quality was cream to off white (is that still a thing?) Read it with no flaking and did not notice any soft spots.