Post your favorite RESTORED book from your collection!

[FFB]

Absolutely gorgeous book, HarveyDude! I especially like the fact that the restoration professional left the pencil marks on the book. It gives the book more of that "natural" look, and the work itself looks very professionally done. Do you have any idea who did the work? In any event, it's a book I'd be thrilled to own.

 

I love all of my restored books that I knowingly purchased as restored so it is difficult to

limit the list to one. I would have to go with the All-American Comics #16. It was my

first CGC graded book purchased in the summer of 2000.

 

 

[FFB]

Gorgeous. Assuming the staples were only loose (not popped or detached), that was probably a 6.0 or better before the work was performed. Amazing book.

 

My only restored book:

 

I don't think I would buy another restored book unless it saves me 60K like this one. I don't think I would ever buy a trimmed or pieces added book either.

[Harvey Dude]

... I especially like the fact that the restoration professional left the pencil marks on the book.

It gives the book more of that "natural" look, and the work itself looks very professionally done.

Do you have any idea who did the work? In any event, it's a book I'd be thrilled to own.

 

Thanks

 

I bought the book from Harley Yee but he had no other information to provide me.

The Green Lantern #1 that Harley sold me came with the before photos and grading

information but this book did not have any information to go with it. I believe the writing on

the book is "Fischer" written upside down.

[Harvey Dude]

There have been a lot of beautiful books posted so far.

[buttock]

Cleaned & pressed. Larson copy.

 

Win, I'll consider a trade for your Action 1 and AA 16, but you'll have to throw in some cash...

 

[Harvey Dude]

Another great post.

[sacentaur]

Mouse chew on bottom spine filled in and large corner piece replaced on back cover. This is one of the very, very few books (one of maybe a half-dozen over the past 20 years) that I've purchased because it was a perfect resto candidate and was so beautiful otherwise (natural off-white to white pages, too):

 

 

STEVE (make mine Larson)

[ciorac]

Mouse chew on bottom spine filled in and large corner piece replaced on back cover. This is one of the very, very few books (one of maybe a half-dozen over the past 20 years) that I've purchased because it was a perfect resto candidate and was so beautiful otherwise (natural off-white to white pages, too):

 

 

STEVE (make mine Larson)

 

[batman_fan]

Here is my Batman #1, definitely my favorite.

 

[PUNYHUMAN]

Nice book!!

[ciorac]

Here is my Batman #1, definitely my favorite.

 

 

Sweet copy!!!

[thedarkknight]

Here is my Batman #1, definitely my favorite.

 

 

Sweet copy!!!

 

That is a beautiful copy.

[batman_fan]

Thanks, actually slight restoration is fine with me. I will buy them all day if I can find them. This one has tape removed from the spine and slight color touch.

[TheEyeSees]

Great books, people. Although I have been into GA books for some time, I've only got on board with serious buying in the last two years... I am not yet jaded towards restored books, as long as they still maintain eye-appeal. In many cases, the restored copies are as close as I will ever get to certain books.

 

For instance... (slight color touch, top staple reinforced)

 

 

[The Black Hand ®]

Great books, people. Although I have been into GA books for some time, I've only got on board with serious buying in the last two years... I am not yet jaded towards restored books, as long as they still maintain eye-appeal. In many cases, the restored copies are as close as I will ever get to certain books.

 

For instance... (slight color touch, top staple reinforced)

 

 

 

That's a nice book. What percentage of unrestored did you pay for that book with only minor resto?

[TheEyeSees]

Great books, people. Although I have been into GA books for some time, I've only got on board with serious buying in the last two years... I am not yet jaded towards restored books, as long as they still maintain eye-appeal. In many cases, the restored copies are as close as I will ever get to certain books.

 

For instance... (slight color touch, top staple reinforced)

 

 

That's a nice book. What percentage of unrestored did you pay for that book with only minor resto?

 

I ended up paying VG price, the seller graded it at a apparent FN/VF ... sounded fair to me. Is there some kind of a rule of thumb about what restored books are worth, based on the amount of work done ? I guess its not science ... I suppose a resto book is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

[The Black Hand ®]

Sounds like a great price for a nice book with a cool cover and so little restoration.

[TheEyeSees]

Thanks BH! It was a perfect book for my collecting level. Could never afford an unrestored coopy that looked like that. The page quality is nice.

 

Dang!! That is a SWEET BAT #1!!!

[Silver Surfer]

Mouse chew on bottom spine filled in and large corner piece replaced on back cover. This is one of the very, very few books (one of maybe a half-dozen over the past 20 years) that I've purchased because it was a perfect resto candidate and was so beautiful otherwise (natural off-white to white pages, too):

 

 

STEVE (make mine Larson)

 

Very nice looking book, looks fresh as a daisy.