Restored 6.0 or Unrestored 3.0?2921

Originally Posted by CopperAgeKids
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Originally Posted by poka
Congratulations with the purchase. There is always a risk buying raw - especially for key comics, so if you hope for the best and expect the worse you would be ok.

My key concern if I were you is whether restored so I would submit immediately (you can always get it pressed later) so if it turns out to be restored you can revert to the seller within reasonable time or within the timeline stipulate if purchased through an intermediate (don't believe you purchased through eBay)

Likely a good buy, but the situation the OP is in may present problems.

The problem with this book is the spine integrity looks to be pretty weak.There is a fair amount of oxidation on the edges of the inner front cover.Oxidation along the edges of the cover of a book, os not unusual, considering the edges of the cover is where the paper is most vulnerable to environmental factors/subpar storage.

The pic supplied shows the book was bagged in a regular silver age polybag and board, basically a 10 to 15 cent investment on the sellers' part.That makes me think the seller does not know how to handle books.If packed like that, odds are that the cover will suffer further tearing at the weakest point, and possibly detach from the staples.

The OP better make sure the book is bagged & boarded in a Mylite2 with TWO full back boards, with the flap of the Mylite 2 completely creased so there is no air bubble between the baxking board,book and Mylite2 flap, after the flap is taped.I would than have the book slid into a magazine sized top loader, with 1-2 magazine board(s).Than you have to consider pressure being exerted on the spine via compression from the top loader, so the spine has to be safe from compression, but still supported with no wiggle room in the top loader.

I will post pics of how this actually looks, later today.

Far as possible resto, have Steve Ricketts press the book.Ask for any resto to be removed, before the book is pressed, if there is any resto detected.Pro resto can be removed, amateur resto, not so much.

Originally Posted by poka
Sending a $1000+ book in an envelope? Hope I won't buy from that seller.

Hope all goes well

Originally Posted by shrewbeer
Awesome book, congrats!

There's a bad case of foxing (almost looks like rust). I've never seen it go all the way through a book like this, but I had a book with a healthy spattering of it grade 7.0.

What's concerning is the whitish ring around it, I've never seen that. It could be that someone tried using solvent , im really not sure