X-men #101 Restored value and opinions 0

[Celt Highwind]

So, 2 years ago for Christmas my wife bought me a raw copy of X-men 101 on ebay as a gift. The guy claimed it was a 9.0-9.2. She messaged him informing him that she didn't know a lot about comics and was going to buy a 9.0 CGC graded copy, but was talked into just getting this raw copy. This Christmas I decided to send it in and get it graded. Unfortunately it is coming back as restored for some light touch up and only graded a 7.5. We're both pretty upset, so was trying to figure out how to get a good idea of it's value range now and what to do from here.

1.) What is the estimated value range of X-men 101 restored 7.5?

2.) How hard are restored comics like this to sell?

3.) If this were you, what would you do with this graded copy?

[revat]

I'd break it out of the shell, put it in a nice mylar or frame/case and just display as a fun gift next to other posters/comic stuff i own.

Value is low enough that any attempt to sell will just make you mad. 

[Deadpoolica]

On 12/28/2020 at 12:45 PM, revat said:

I'd break it out of the shell, put it in a nice mylar or frame/case and just display as a fun gift next to other posters/comic stuff i own.

Value is low enough that any attempt to sell will just make you mad. 

[shadroch]

I'm not sure why people are telling you to take it out of the slab.

I'd value it as is in the $175-200 range. Selling it raw without disclosing the restoration would be scummy, and I'm sure you are better than that. 

Leave it in the slab and be thankful you have a wife willing to enage in your hobby.

[revat]

5 hours ago, shadroch said:

I'm not sure why people are telling you to take it out of the slab.

I'd value it as is in the $175-200 range. Selling it raw without disclosing the restoration would be scummy, and I'm sure you are better than that. 

Leave it in the slab and be thankful you have a wife willing to enage in your hobby.

Of course don’t deslab to sell raw without disclosing issues, I would deslab just for display.  It’s a nice gift from the wife, but I wouldn’t want a reminder that she got ripped off, which the purple 7.5 label would be, at least to me.

 

[Celt Highwind]

Thanks for the feedback. Might end up selling the slabbed book. It pains me, but it reminds me of the bad experience. Learned a lot from the experience and hope it can inform other new collectors that this can happen. I'm glad my wife puts up with me wanting comics. It was a sour experience, but I will still continue to collect. Thanks.

[shadroch]

35 minutes ago, Tony Ellis said:

Thanks for the feedback. Might end up selling the slabbed book. It pains me, but it reminds me of the bad experience. Learned a lot from the experience and hope it can inform other new collectors that this can happen. I'm glad my wife puts up with me wanting comics. It was a sour experience, but I will still continue to collect. Thanks.

Its still a precious gift from your wife, and as such is priceless. I'd keep it.