Stacking Curls

[jgallo]

What will otherwise 9.4 and 9.6 books get knocked down to with a stacking curl. I just picked up a large collection of late 70s and early 80s books that are really nice but almost every book has some level of curl as they were bagged but not boarded. Will the take one point hit? More.

 

I have to decide if it is worth pressing them out or not.

 

Thanks

 

James G

[faster friends]

I don't think that era of book is even worth getting graded unless it is a key issue. If it is a key, I would have it pressed and graded.

[Junkdrawer]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

[joeypost]

What will otherwise 9.4 and 9.6 books get knocked down to with a stacking curl. I just picked up a large collection of late 70s and early 80s books that are really nice but almost every book has some level of curl as they were bagged but not boarded. Will the take one point hit? More.

 

I have to decide if it is worth pressing them out or not.

 

Thanks

 

James G

 

Sell them to me

[JediTrix]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

 

If they are bagged and boarded, does front/back really matter?

[DR.X]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

 

If they are bagged and boarded, does front/back really matter?

 

Yes, you want to alternate the spines.

 

 

DR.X

[JediTrix]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

 

If they are bagged and boarded, does front/back really matter?

 

Yes, you want to alternate the spines.

 

 

DR.X

 

Interesting.... I'll start another topic to discuss.

[Hero Restoration]

I don't think that era of book is even worth getting graded unless it is a key issue. If it is a key, I would have it pressed and graded.

 

+1

[DiceX]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

 

Just be sure you disclose that you did this when you decide to sell as you are artificially altering the condition of the book and it could cause a rift in the space/time continuum.

 

 

[Conan_Aficionado]

stacking curls, is that the same as spine roll?

 

can you get spine roll by vertically storing comics the traditional way in comic boxes, or is spine roll more a phenomenon related to horizontal stacking?

 

and can you mitigate spine roll stored horizontally by using boards, or does it not make a difference?

 

 

[DiceX]

Stacking curl is the precursor to spine roll. It's when you lay the book on a flat surface and the spine has the slightest curve up or down.

 

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

 

 

[Conan_Aficionado]

thx

 

they don't explain it this well in the OS grading guide.

[DiceX]

Unfortunately they don't explain a lot of things well in the OS.

...and they don't like changing things when brought to their attention, either.

 

 

[divad]

Stacking curl is the precursor to spine roll. It's when you lay the book on a flat surface and the spine has the slightest curve up or down.

 

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

 

(thumbs u

[DrWatson]

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

I always thought a spine roll was the result of the reader folding back the cover and each page as the book was read. Therefore, rolling the spine as he went.

[Junkdrawer]

good point!

[DiceX]

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

I always thought a spine roll was the result of the reader folding back the cover and each page as the book was read. Therefore, rolling the spine as he went.

 

Not necessarily. I have books from my childhood that have spine roll just from the way they were stored.

 

Stack a pile of books with the spines on the same side for 30 years and I'll guarantee you'll have books with spine roll as a result.

 

 

[DrWatson]

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

I always thought a spine roll was the result of the reader folding back the cover and each page as the book was read. Therefore, rolling the spine as he went.

 

Not necessarily. I have books from my childhood that have spine roll just from the way they were stored.

 

Stack a pile of books with the spines on the same side for 30 years and I'll guarantee you'll have books with spine roll as a result.

 

Then that would be a pronounced stacking curl. Besides, I'm not as old as you.

[Jeffro.]

Spine roll is when the stacking curl has gone on for a long period of time and has actually altered the spine point of the book. It's so bad that the front half and back half are not the same size and one protrudes farther than the other.

I always thought a spine roll was the result of the reader folding back the cover and each page as the book was read. Therefore, rolling the spine as he went.

 

It is. People confuse the two.

[rodan57]

option: bag'em, board'em, alternatly store them front/back. try to work it out over time and proper storing.

 

Just be sure you disclose that you did this when you decide to sell as you are artificially altering the condition of the book and it could cause a rift in the space/time continuum.

 

 

This is the clearest statement of the dangers of pressing that I have ever read. I thank you.