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[Jaylam]

You may be able to re-coop a good chunk of your money if you sold it as is. For reference a 2.5 Restored grade sold for $251 and a 5.0 sold for $795 back in February.

[Terry E. Gibbs]

Small resto does not hit low or low/mid like high or mid as much in $$$$$. At a 7.0 even small resto can knock off 70%. For a 5.0 maybe 50% for a 3.0 maybe 30% or less. Seen some books 2.0 and under that are barely discounted.

 

On SC4 maybe 25%- 30% have some resto.

[Terry E. Gibbs]

The one cardinal sin in resto is trimming. Once trimming is involved it gets hit, or "pieces added"  which usually means in a decade as glues dry out the cover  starts to fall apart etc

[kagemusha7s]

On 9/15/2021 at 11:27 AM, innocuous said:

BTW: there are several threads on how to spot restoration, read them. And, watch some videos on YouTube.

I would love to find a thread on spotting resto, but I am terrible with the search on these boards.  

[innocuous]

On 9/16/2021 at 1:07 AM, kagemusha7s said:

I would love to find a thread on spotting resto, but I am terrible with the search on these boards.  

Literally, an entire sub-forum on this topic...

• Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

The sub-forum contains a thread pinned to the topic on how to spot restoration...

• How to spot restoration....?

There's also an active thread (last post yesterday) discussing the very topic above regarding glue...

• Glue Removal from Spine

 

[Robot Man]

On 9/15/2021 at 1:44 PM, JohnH19 said:

I agree with the poster above. Crack it out, read it and enjoy owning it. A little bit of hard to detect glue shouldn’t  detract from owning a personal grail.

I agree. Odds are in will never go down in price. In fact, it will only go up. So if you want one, you have one. Look at it this way, you loved it before you sent it in. If you decide to keep it, crack it out and put in a shiny Mylar. 

[kagemusha7s]

On 9/16/2021 at 10:34 AM, innocuous said:

Literally, an entire sub-forum on this topic...

• Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

The sub-forum contains a thread pinned to the topic on how to spot restoration...

• How to spot restoration....?

There's also an active thread (last post yesterday) discussing the very topic above regarding glue...

• Glue Removal from Spine

 

Ty!

[frozentundraguy]

I had been thinking about obtaining a G.A. issue of Flash for a while, when @eschnit posted his copy of Flash #86  a while back that inspired me to save up and get an GA issue. I searched quite a few comic book sales site before deciding on issue #81 from Dale Roberts site. I must also credit @flashlites for aiding me in my selection.

 

[flashlites]

On 9/17/2021 at 6:54 PM, frozentundraguy said:

I had been thinking about obtaining a G.A. issue of Flash for a while, when @eschnit posted his copy of Flash #86  a while back that inspired me to save up and get an GA issue. I searched quite a few comic book sales site before deciding on issue #81 from Dale Roberts site. I must also credit @flashlites for aiding me in my selection.

 

Love, love, love this issue!!! You should also post in my GA Flash thread! 

 

[jeffreyk]

A few recent additions to my Flash collection.  I love the silver age Flash books!

[innocuous]

On 9/18/2021 at 6:14 AM, jeffreyk said:

A few recent additions to my Flash collection.  I love the silver age Flash books!

That 123 is the best looking of the bunch. Congratulations.

[Terry E. Gibbs]

Very nice books, all keys and hard to find. Congrats. Can we ask after these what is next, 139, SC13, or 106 (or are they already in your cupboard)

[jeffreyk]

On 9/18/2021 at 7:15 PM, Terry E. Gibbs said:

Very nice books, all keys and hard to find. Congrats. Can we ask after these what is next, 139, SC13, or 106 (or are they already in your cupboard)

Thanks!  I have SC13 in 7.5.  I am looking Flash 139 now.  I would not pass on a nice 106 though!

[Terry E. Gibbs]

On 9/19/2021 at 10:15 AM, jeffreyk said:

Thanks!  I have SC13 in 7.5.  I am looking Flash 139 now.  I would not pass on a nice 106 though!

You are obviously going hi-grade, what grade are you after in the 106

Did you see that HA SC13 9.2 last week?

 

 

[jeffreyk]

On 9/18/2021 at 9:50 PM, Terry E. Gibbs said:

You are obviously going hi-grade, what grade are you after in the 106

Did you see that HA SC13 9.2 last week?

 

 

For the 106, prob 7.0 and up.    Thr sc13 last week went for a crazy price!

[Math Teacher]

Double post.

I picked this up off Ebay last week. I now need only SC #8, SC #13, and Flash #139 to complete my Flash Rogues' run.

[flashlites]

On 9/19/2021 at 4:44 PM, Math Teacher said:

Double post.

I picked this up off Ebay last week. I now need only SC #8, SC #13, and Flash #139 to complete my Flash Rogues' run.

Love this book! That's worth a triple dancing bananas!  

[Terry E. Gibbs]

On 9/20/2021 at 8:20 AM, flashlites said:

Love this book! That's worth a triple dancing bananas!  

Has one of the best covers. Also great SA story.

[Terry E. Gibbs]

On 9/19/2021 at 12:42 PM, jeffreyk said:

For the 106, prob 7.0 and up.    Thr sc13 last week went for a crazy price!

106 in 5.0  to even a 6.5 come around occasionally but over 7.0 is very hard to find. Happy hunting, hope one pops up for you.

[bocabill]

Here's one of my favorite Trickster covers that I am very proud to have in my collection.