Questions about Pressing

[esquirecomics]

 

Making The Grade - The Responses Keep Rolling

 

What strikes me about the posts to the above Overstreet thread/page are the number of people taking the easy way out and saying that "pressing that is undetectable should not be considered restoration; pressing that IS detectable should be noted as restoration." Nice, easy argument, but when the company doing the grading is also doing the pressing, or having an affiliated company do the pressing, they would KNOW in each case that the book has been pressed. So there's no question that CGC could note pressing in each of those instances, but they won't because they realize that would undermine the value of their blue labels considerably.

 

Quite true.

 

I will continue to stand by my pledge that for those who believe pressing is not restoration because it can't be - assuming for puposes of this statement to be true - detected (duh, I can't see it so it can't be there, which way did he go, which way did he go ), then I will be happy to sleep with their good looking wife and simply keep the secret from them. After all, if you don't know it happened, why should it be of concern?

 

Seems like getting the wife to agree might be your biggest hurdle there, Romeo.

 

I'll pretend to be you, it'll be a snap.

 

I was talking about YOUR wife.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, well, yes, that could be an issue. Might be worth the risk to prove that no one will agree to the challenge!

[Sal]

 

Making The Grade - The Responses Keep Rolling

 

What strikes me about the posts to the above Overstreet thread/page are the number of people taking the easy way out and saying that "pressing that is undetectable should not be considered restoration; pressing that IS detectable should be noted as restoration." Nice, easy argument, but when the company doing the grading is also doing the pressing, or having an affiliated company do the pressing, they would KNOW in each case that the book has been pressed. So there's no question that CGC could note pressing in each of those instances, but they won't because they realize that would undermine the value of their blue labels considerably.

 

Quite true.

 

I will continue to stand by my pledge that for those who believe pressing is not restoration because it can't be - assuming for puposes of this statement to be true - detected (duh, I can't see it so it can't be there, which way did he go, which way did he go ), then I will be happy to sleep with their good looking wife and simply keep the secret from them. After all, if you don't know it happened, why should it be of concern?

 

Seems like getting the wife to agree might be your biggest hurdle there, Romeo.

 

chortle

[Sid]

I know that comic restoration is very expensive and is pressing that's done correctly expensive?

Thanks, fay

 

Not really. Matt quoted me at ~$60 for the service, not counting shipping costs.

[FFB]

 

Making The Grade - The Responses Keep Rolling

 

What strikes me about the posts to the above Overstreet thread/page are the number of people taking the easy way out and saying that "pressing that is undetectable should not be considered restoration; pressing that IS detectable should be noted as restoration." Nice, easy argument, but when the company doing the grading is also doing the pressing, or having an affiliated company do the pressing, they would KNOW in each case that the book has been pressed. So there's no question that CGC could note pressing in each of those instances, but they won't because they realize that would undermine the value of their blue labels considerably.

 

Quite true.

 

I will continue to stand by my pledge that for those who believe pressing is not restoration because it can't be - assuming for puposes of this statement to be true - detected (duh, I can't see it so it can't be there, which way did he go, which way did he go ), then I will be happy to sleep with their good looking wife and simply keep the secret from them. After all, if you don't know it happened, why should it be of concern?

 

Seems like getting the wife to agree might be your biggest hurdle there, Romeo.

 

I'll pretend to be you, it'll be a snap.

 

I was talking about YOUR wife.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, well, yes, that could be an issue. Might be worth the risk to prove that no one will agree to the challenge!

 

You say that now, but I would pay good money to see that azz kicking when she found out.

[Fazybones]

I know that comic restoration is very expensive and is pressing that's done correctly expensive?

Thanks, fay

 

Not really. Matt quoted me at ~$60 for the service, not counting shipping costs.

 

 

Thanks! As usual these boards never cease to amaze me with the wealth of comic

book knowlege most of you gentlemen have. I might wind up divorced but I can't pry myself away from these boards. WTH (want this Husband) must collect comics and have a higher grade Spider-man collection than me.

[Sid]

I know that comic restoration is very expensive and is pressing that's done correctly expensive?

Thanks, fay

 

Not really. Matt quoted me at ~$60 for the service, not counting shipping costs.

 

 

Thanks! As usual these boards never cease to amaze me with the wealth of comic

book knowlege most of you gentlemen have. I might wind up divorced but I can't pry myself away from these boards. WTH (want this Husband) must collect comics and have a higher grade Spider-man collection than me.

 

Now there's a comic book nut if there is one. I bow down to you.

 

Now only if my girlfriend felt as strongly.

[esquirecomics]

 

Making The Grade - The Responses Keep Rolling

 

What strikes me about the posts to the above Overstreet thread/page are the number of people taking the easy way out and saying that "pressing that is undetectable should not be considered restoration; pressing that IS detectable should be noted as restoration." Nice, easy argument, but when the company doing the grading is also doing the pressing, or having an affiliated company do the pressing, they would KNOW in each case that the book has been pressed. So there's no question that CGC could note pressing in each of those instances, but they won't because they realize that would undermine the value of their blue labels considerably.

 

Quite true.

 

I will continue to stand by my pledge that for those who believe pressing is not restoration because it can't be - assuming for puposes of this statement to be true - detected (duh, I can't see it so it can't be there, which way did he go, which way did he go ), then I will be happy to sleep with their good looking wife and simply keep the secret from them. After all, if you don't know it happened, why should it be of concern?

 

Seems like getting the wife to agree might be your biggest hurdle there, Romeo.

 

I'll pretend to be you, it'll be a snap.

 

I was talking about YOUR wife.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, well, yes, that could be an issue. Might be worth the risk to prove that no one will agree to the challenge!

 

You say that now, but I would pay good money to see that azz kicking when she found out.

 

I suppose I could use a confidentiality agreement to prevent that.

 

Or I could use one of the young single guys on the boards who have nothing better to do since they have no dates on weekend nights to act as my substitute and sleep with the person's wife. Anyone interested?

[FFB]

I know that comic restoration is very expensive and is pressing that's done correctly expensive?

Thanks, fay

 

Not really. Matt quoted me at ~$60 for the service, not counting shipping costs.

 

Here is his rate schedule. The price varies depending on the book.