Restored Corners: Cut 'em or leave 'em

[Sween-migration]

I just purchased a Green lantern 1 SA on ebay and it arrived with the corners replaced and glued and repainted with what looks like colored white out. I was wondering would it be better to remove the corners or not for grading purposes. The top corner would need about a 1/2 inch taken and the bottom about 1 inch. The comic on its other merits would be about a 4 - 4.5. Thanks for any help.

[rob_react]

This was sold to you as unrestored? Return it.

 

If it was sold to you as restored... unless you're a restoration expert or want to pay one for their time and expertise, just leave it alone.

[Mr. Zipper]

Definately return it if it was sold as unrestored. It doesn't even sound like professional restoration... more like a Richie Muchin spackle job.

 

Also, tearing off the restored corners probably won't remove all the restoration on the book. So, you'd still have a PLOD but with torn-off corners.

 

The only real options are 1) Return it, 2) send it to a real resto professional for evaluation and/or resto removal, or 3) leave it alone.

[FFB]

Definately return it if it was sold as unrestored. It doesn't even sound like professional restoration... more like a Richie Muchin spackle job.

 

Also, tearing off the restored corners probably won't remove all the restoration on the book. So, you'd still have a PLOD but with torn-off corners.

 

The only real options are 1) Return it, 2) send it to a real resto professional for evaluation and/or resto removal, or 3) leave it alone.

 

Ditto.

[Artboy99]

To me the book is not worth getting any professional restoration work done to as it starts at to low a grade point.

Return it if it was sold to you as unrestored.

 

Artboy99

[RDK]

I looked up the auction yesterday and the book was noted as having restored corners. Not a good pic though.