Daredevil 1... should I have restored?

[Artboy99]

If you were somewhat willing to spend 500 dollars on the restore, why not simply buy a 4.5 or even 5.0?

Heck I bet you might even get a 6.0 for that money. Then sell your ripped DD1 to recoup a little of the money back.

 

Artboy99

[FFB]

It would be good to have the spine split sealed and have the piece reattached to the front cover, but don't kid yourself into thinking that it would be a wise financial decision. The only silver age book I can think of that is worth the cost of moderate or extensive restoration is Amazing Fantasy #15.

[october]

Get some archival tape and do it yourself. It will cost you very little, the book will look much better, the process is reversible, and it will mitigate the potential for future damage.

[FFB]

Get some archival tape and do it yourself. It will cost you very little, the book will look much better, the process is reversible, and it will mitigate the potential for future damage.

 

And it'll keep him from potentially losing that big honkin' piece of the cover that he has sliding around in the bag.

[benz]

Get some archival tape and do it yourself. It will cost you very little, the book will look much better, the process is reversible, and it will mitigate the potential for future damage.

 

The advice of October and FFB would work out Its not worth it to spend $500 to restore the book when you can easily buy a midgrade copy for that price. If you want a mid grade unrestored copy, i suggest you use the $500 to get one and do what October said with the book. Afterwards just keep it ( did you buy it off the rack? ) or sell it so you could add money to the $500 and get a F/Vf copy!

[benz]

It's tough because when you have a book like this you want it to be all it could be. Point Five, is there a reliable percentage for the value of a restored book one could expect to get. i mean a percentage of Overstreet.

 

Example:

 

Unrestored daredevil= 1000.00

Extensivly restored daredevil= ?

 

I have a formula which I use, you are welcome to use it for fee, i mean for free

 

extensively restored comicbook =20% of unrestored

moderately restored comicbook =30% of unrestored

slight restorec comicbook = 40% of unrestored...hence forth i call it Benz formula of comics

[SuperBird]

I'm with October: I'd save the $500, and just use archival tape to reattach the torn piece. Something like that would make the book present 100X better, and would not adversely affect the resale value. Not on a G- book.

[Carterofmars]

Question:

 

Where can I learn basic comic restoration? Is there a good Book or Site? where can I get Archival tape?

 

Thanks guys.

[Point Five]

Archival tape at http://talas-nyc.com. Since you're in NYC, you can go there in person and pick up a roll.

[gozer]

 

>> where can I get Archival tape?

 

Art supply places. Or online - do a google search for document repair tape

or archival tape.

 

gozer

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[SuperBird]

I'd personally not mess around with amateur resto on this- that WILL adversely effect the resale value!

[Carterofmars]

http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm?ClientID=15&ProductID=21129

 

This looks good... anywhere cheaper I wonder?