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X51 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have a cover that got dented on the corner. It's an embossed card stock cover with gold foil on it. I assume that pressing is out of the question to make the corner look better. I don't have the comic available to scan. It's just something I remembered having in my collection. | ||
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DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
| No, it isn't out of the question. | ||
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| It does limit the extent of what can be done, but it's not necessarily a lost cause. | ||
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Scorpion private msg quote post Address this user | |
| pics of it??? | ||
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| It can be done. I pressed up a Batman: Killing Joke with scratches and a blunted corner...got a 9.8 | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Scorpion Too many comics and not enough hours in the day to find it. I bought too much stuff in bulk (dirt cheap) for about a 5 year period while stores were closing and going out of business. While in the middle of a major project to sort and organize everything, a disaster struck. I had about 15 minutes to get thousands of comics out of a downstairs office as it started flooding. I saved 99.99% of everything because I acted fast, but it completely undid all my organizing and just made things worse. |
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X51 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke I assume you only pressed an area that wasn't embossed. One concern is that the pressing would flatten out any embossed detail if you pressed the whole comic. The other concern is that if you just pressed the damaged portion and had part of the comic hanging out of the press that there would be a noticeable seam where the comic wasn't pressed. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 Without getting into any real detail, books can be spot pressed. There are techniques and tools that can be used that avoids a full press or using a standard press to spot press a book. You need to contact your presser of choice for specifics. Plus, any presser worth their salt isn't going to leave any line of distinction. Pete the Amateur Presser on the other hand... |
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X51 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I quite often notice things that other people don't notice. I get paid to inspect nit picky details for a living. The joke at work is that I have a calibrated eye. (That being said, I make a lot of typos and I'm too lazy to proofread since I'm not getting paid to do it.) |
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| The hallmark of the best press job is that you never know that the book has been pressed. | ||
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X51 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I bought a book from Metropolis and I have no doubt that it was pressed. I didn't care, because I felt the overall appearance looked good. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 If you have no doubt it was pressed, then odds are it wasn't pressed correctly. One of the best giveaways, even of a good press job, is when you have creases that are no longer really creases but are still lacking the surrounding color. |
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| Here's my Spider-Man 2099 newsstand variant. From what I can see with my eyes, holding it up to the light by every possible angle the only things standing in the way of a 9.8 is the slight crease in the bottom left (front spine, 2nd pic) and another sort of indentation on the cover (3rd pic). The crease near the bottom does break color for a very small distance, but if the non-color breaking portion can be salvaged...well, I've seen worse accepted as 9.8. Keep in mind this is really zoomed in. The indentation is not color breaking, I just angled the flash so it would stand out...very hard to see unless at just the right angle. If this were regular cover stock no problem...but not sure with this embossed red foil. Thinking I'll give it a shot either way...even a 9.6 is a nice copy to have of this as a newsstand variant.    |
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 9.4 maaaaaybe 9.6 | ||
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X51 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson There is only so much you can do with a press. On older books, there can be evidence of prior defects but no way to hide them by simply flattening them. That would be the logic for seeking out good candidates. On the other hand, pressing a book can still make it look better even if it wasn't a good candidate. What you say makes sense about the color. |
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