I collected as a young teen(early 90s) and I held onto a few boxes of books that I had acquired through trades and purchases. About a year ago while downsizing, I finally dedided to have a few books graded. It was my 1st time and I didn't know much about it.
It turms out, the Hulk 181 copy that I had came back as a 4.5 "Restored" grade. C-1 restoration .. "small amount of color touch on cover". I then looked at a bunch of grading videos on YouTube (yea, I know.. I should have done that BEFORE I sent it in) and then I ended up getting a UV light and was able to see the 2 tiny spots of red/orange marker that covered 2 color-breaking stress lines. Also in teh grader notes, they mentioned moderate bends.
My question is this: has anyone had a similar situation and then had a "restoration removal" done? With the screening, restorstion removal, pressing and re-grading, it looks to be around $400 bucks.. not sure if it's worth it. I figured that the restoration removal may drop it a half point, but hoping that the pressing may add that half point back? I don't know how that would work exactly. But even if it were to drop to 4.0 with th erestoration removed, would that be more desireable than a 4.5 restored?
Any ideas?.. THANKS!
