New official CGC Grade: Butt-Copy .1

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Take a gander at this beaut.... FF 3

 

That is just one hideous looking book.

[scottish]

So now here's a question:

 

Does anyone think it would be worth buying this for whatever it ends at and then having Matt or another restoration guru put it back to what it should be?

 

I have no plans to do so...just curious.

[14 of spades]

does that mean i'll finally get that FF3 in 9.4??

 

[archiefan]

Looks like it was baked in an oven

[blowout]

Looks like it was baked in an oven

 

It actually looks to me like a comic that has been read over and over, and enjoyed for what it is by a kid/kids. Which for me is no bad thing.

[CGCMINT]

How much do you think this baby will fetch at the end of the auction?

 

John

 

[supapimp]

just give that book to danny boy, he'll make it look 9.9 and say it's UNRESTORED!

[Bronty]

Nah, as I recall him once saying... "I'm a doctor Jim, I can't raise the dead."

 

That book is not a resto candidate, I shouldn't think. You could never get anything that beat to appear high grade. A better candidate would, for example, be a book that looks NM but has a one inch square missing piece on the back cover. Just graft on the missing piece and you have a book that looks NM.

 

Or, even better, a wider-than-mormal book that has marvel chipping and is otherwise NM. Trim the edge and you've got an apparent NM.... etc etc etc

 

The common denominator is to start with a book that has great eye appeal except for one or two isolated flaws.

 

Dan

[Bronty]

I've got a Spidey 3 that could give it a run for its money...

[supapimp]

dan,

 

if you don't recall, danny boy use to run fantazia collectibles and had ads in CBG claiming to do restoration work. i'm sure he can add pieces, repair tear seals, regloss, clean and press, trim, colour touch, and all that other mumbo jumbo.

 

pimpy

[fantastic_four]

Words out of the mouth of the "surgeon" himself!

 

[supapimp]

thanks FF, case closed!

[HooDeeDoo]

How much do you think this baby will fetch at the end of the auction?

 

 

$43.61

[Bonds25]

LMAO! I'm at work and almost laughed outloud at a customer when I looked at the pic!

[Rocketeer]

LMAO! I'm at work and almost laughed outloud at a customer when I looked at the pic!

 

It's not a bad looking book, It just needs a little Danny-boy love to make it bloom again.

[Bronty]

I hear ya pimpy, but I still think the end product can't help but be nicer when you start with a vf instead of a fair

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

$43.61

 

And you know this Mark, because that will be your high bid?

 

It will certainly pair nicely with your F.F. 16 NM+

[clobberintime]

Personally, I like the description because he tries really hard to make lemonade out of poop. He paints a rosy, cheerful picture instead of over emphasizing the negatives. He is obviously a cup half full kind of guy. My favorite part his where he talks about how fun it is to read the FF fan page - which is still legible I guess! The book looks more wrinkly than Aunt May's behind ( I would guess)!

[joe_collector]

I like these kind of auctions, as it gives collectors (who would otherwise be unable or unwilling to buy a higher-grade copy) a chance to complete their runs.

[drbanner]

This looks a lot like my first copy of FF 3, purchased at a local convention when I was in middle school. I ended up selling/trading it later and the dealer made some kind of "toilet bowl" comment about it, but I was pretty fascinated by the old-ness of the book at the time...