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Need 30+ books pressed. Who all presses????

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solarcadet

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most of my stuff has waves and non-color breaks. Most of my books from 1950's-60's don't lay completely flat...

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i think i can get some of these little non-color break stress marks out.....

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book does not lay flat

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Both but i will submit personally to CGC later after i cherry pick the pressed books plus non pressed....

 

Im trying to press and cgc books that are zero in the census w a few exceptions. ..

 

Interesting. I was curious if this was for selling the books and would have CGC encapsulation follow the pressing.

 

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most of my stuff has waves and non-color breaks. Most of my books from 1950's-60's don't lay completely flat...

20131228_220009_zpsb40f6cbd.jpg

 

i think i can get some of these little non-color break stress marks out.....

20131226_173504_zps5c170f68.jpg

 

book does not lay flat

20131017_193716_zps1c5676f6.jpg

 

These are pretty cool. Thanks for sharing the pics. I find the Cap 100 reprint most interesting, as they have kept the basic image while still changing it some.

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this Mexican Cap is near and dear to me. My girlfriend (from Chiapas Mexico) got on Facebook and networked to locate it in Peru. She paid $150. I later found another person in Argentina with a worse condtion copy but he wont break up his enire run of the La Prensa published Captain Americas....

 

When your girlfriend gets you a rare comic you know you have a good woman lol

 

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No mainly personal. I can find the books you might be interested in. Im not a dealer.

 

Anything particular you are searching????

 

My interest was to save you money. Don't press unless you are selling is my opinion.

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No mainly personal. I can find the books you might be interested in. Im not a dealer.

 

Anything particular you are searching????

 

My interest was to save you money. Don't press unless you are selling is my opinion.

 

true but i want to press as i dont like looking at all the shine levels of the the book. I want them to lay flat...

 

its like telling a model not to wear makeup. it is the enhancement....

 

i do not intend to sell but never say never right?

 

Everything is for sale except the Mona Lisa,

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have you had any books pressed?

 

No, I can't justify the expense of paying for shipping+ insurance, then a pressing cost then return shipping + insurance/ tracking especially for a book I am keeping in a mylar.

I can see doing it if I am going to CGC the book and sell it. If the process of press/ CGC takes a book from say a 6.5 to a 9.0 and I recoup the cost of doing all of that and make a profit it is worth doing.

 

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but the difference is i have no interest in profit or recoup

My mentality is not of a dealer or collecting for financial gain

 

the beauty of the pressed rare book is its own reward to me

 

my profits are from daddy's Berkshire Hathaway

 

 

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It would likely be different for me if I was in the US.

Being in Canada the cost to send books for pressing is expensive.

-Currency exchange

-Shipping costs

-Insurance ( required on more valueable books to avoid loss if the book is damaged ). Not quite sure how to deal with insuring rather expensive books. I have a Hulk #1 that would benefit from a press / re-submit but the cost of insuring such a book is astronomical.

-tracking ( required or the book is very likely to be stolen )

 

or...I just enjoy the book for what it is flaws and all and I choose that route.

I definitely see your perspective though, a pressed book is a much nicer book to behold.

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