To restore or not to restore?

[Iceman399]

I'm not one that normally even considers restoration however several in passing have suggested it might be worth doing. I have never done it so I have no idea as to the cost or what the final grade could be. So here is the book in question:

 

 

 

So my questions are:

What grade can this be pumped up to for a full restore?

What is an approximate cost as I have 0 knowledge of this?

[Artboy99]

not my area of expertise but I can see several areas that need leaf casting, once leaf cast you would need to decide if going conserved OR full restored.

 

Full restored will be more time consuming as it includes recreation of image, text/ color addition.

 

Expect more than $1000

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I'm not against restoration/conservation, but I'd leave it alone.

[Iceman399]

I'm not against restoration/conservation, but I'd leave it alone.

 

Care to elaborate why? I normally only buy universal so when would you restore/conserve?

[Mio]

I would opt for leaf csting so I could at least read it worry free.

[Vorpal]

You can see how tape has destroyed (and is continuing to destroy) the paper. The chemical reaction needs to be stopped. I also suggest you send it off for neutralization and leafcasting, but no art recreation. Just preserve the book. All of the important art is still there.

[Sauce Dog]

Fire off an email to Mike at www.herorestoration.net and perhaps he can give you an idea of what can be done and at what cost.

 

I've used him for a variety of restoration projects of varying stats of damage and they have all come out amazing.

[kinzebac]

My guess is that this will cost over $2000 to restore. It will come out as a EP probably 5.0 to 7.0 range. I have had several books in this condition restored and that has been my experience.

[Mystafo]

Mike gave me a preliminary quote of around $2000 to restore an ASM 1 with much less deterioration and less leaf casting necessary. Of course, the quote included recreating some cover art as well, so maybe just the conservation would be less. But that seems like a lot of pulp needed on this baby!

[Vorpal]

Leaf casting only (without art recreation) is much less expensive -- at least that's what the guys doing it (Mike, Kenny) have said in the past.

[Hero Restoration]

My guess is that this will cost over $2000 to restore. It will come out as a EP probably 5.0 to 7.0 range. I have had several books in this condition restored and that has been my experience.

 

This is a good guess!

[Iceman399]

Thanks guys very much appreciate the insight and information