Did Our Comic Book Conservation Projects Impress CGC?!

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I took the opportunity of attending the Collectors Summit to submit some comic books to CGC, including two in the “Vintage” Tier. Today we'll find out if our dozens of hours of work on our Golden Age America's Best Comics 12, from 1945, which came to us graded as a 1.5 Restored, paid off! Also included in this unboxing: the outcome of our Hulk 180, the first appearance of Wolverine, clean and press project!
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20 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 35

@FlyingLComics 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful job done on both books! I was especially interested in the results for the America’s Best Comics book as this was the video series that inspired me to get my feet wet with my own conservation projects. Dr. Paul, it always a pleasure to watch you work your magic! You are definitely an inspiration for all of us here. Keep up the awesome work! 😊

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

I appreciate the kind words Captain Larry, especially from you. Watching the growth of your channel and in turn learning from you has been one of the highlights of 2023 for me. Looking forward to all of us doing great things as a community this year!

@sms3037 7 месяцев назад

🍾 Best wishes for 2024 and congrats for the grades! Well done Paul 🍾

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! You too Casper!

@Johnny-dz6vl 7 месяцев назад

Love the original comics.ahh such memories 😊😊❤

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Me too!

@timmarshall2062 7 месяцев назад

wow you have opened my eyes on a lot of stuff with old comics pretty amazing how good you know your comic books

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Tim glad to hear it!

@peteralachi3888 7 месяцев назад

Excellent outcome for both books!Congrats on a job well done!

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Sincere thanks Peter!

@batdadwholaughs 7 месяцев назад

Happy New Year indeed!!! Nice outcome. Making me want to CPR my Hulk 180. Well done my friend.

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Bat Dad! If you crack it, good luck!

@upnorthcomics 7 месяцев назад

Hey Dr. Paul happy new year! I’m glad you are happy and satisfied with the America’s Best as well as your hard work on hulk 180 Can’t wait to see what you have lined up for 2024. Take care 👍

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

My sincere thanks Up North, and same to you!

@ricknestor8930 7 месяцев назад

very nice job on the America's Best . you really have to love Zela's artwork !

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thank you. The guy was a genius!

@ricknestor8930 7 месяцев назад

i typed too fast , it should've read Xela !

@Anybodiesguess1001 7 месяцев назад

I've been learning how to CPR comics from your channel. Thanks for the good content

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Glad to hear it Trevor!

@pbales8951 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations on the grades for these two books. A job well done. Nice joke about the alternate name for Wolverine. 😂

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Paul and happy to entertain! 🤣

@micpar2 7 месяцев назад

Ill be here!!

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for joining the premiere Mike!

@comicbossone2411 7 месяцев назад

Given the current climate you should have told them they were a pair of AF15s in need of a reholder, there’s a chance you’d have got them back with that on the label.😂😂😂 Seriously though, love what you do,

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words and sage advise! Crazy world for sure.

@kahnlives 7 месяцев назад

✋👍

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Kahn!

@jcp4162 7 месяцев назад

Nice job with those submissions! I would like to see the community reevaluate conserved and even restored comics. I personally would prefer a comic that had been carefully cleaned and deacidified over one that had not, all things equal. CGC gives universal labels to comics with scotch tape on them, which is terrible for conservation, while giving a PLOD to comics which have minuscule changes that actually improve the book. And yet people pay less than half for purple labels as a knee jerk reaction. Granted some restoration is ugly and badly done and should lower the value. But the devaluation should be much less for an A-1 than a C-3. And knowing that there is still tape eating away at the comic should be much more of a concern to buyers! What do you think of the notion that slabbing is bad conservation since conservationists seek to make the object accessible?

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words! I completely agree with you regarding tape, i'm always saying it gets a free pass and really shouldn't, it's one of the most destructive things you can do to a paper object. CGC did a major overhaul of the definition of restored when they created the conserved category. They are taking their time reacting to the chemical and photo bleaching that are rampant now in our hobby, but will certainly react officially at some point. Perhaps at that point we can get them to re-address how tape is categorized, but i doubt it. I suspect it just is too prevalent for them to try to take on. For one, if they changed their stance on it, you'd have all of the old books with tape treated one way and new ones not consistent. I don't think that would be great for their business. Regarding slabbing and not being able to access the document, that is a great question! Of course one of conservators' main concerns is preservation and weighing that versus access is always a primary concern. More fragile collection items are going toward making digital copies made for regular access and locking down originals to preserve them and only make them available to serious scholars with good reason to access the originals. I think you have to tailor the approach to the item. For comics, there are digital copies available (many free in the public domain now) so i feel for rare books especially locking them down in slabs is a reasonable approach--we all know how easy it is to get them out if you have a good reason to!

@micpar2 7 месяцев назад

Paul what type of tape do you use on your Mylar comic bags?

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

Just regular old Scotch tape!

@daushaus89 7 месяцев назад

Painters tape works great. I find it's easier to take off.

@DrPaulKosnik 7 месяцев назад

@@daushaus89 that’s true Dagny but it’s also thicker and can leave imprints on comics that are stacked tightly in a box or stacked vertically over time. For the same reason I never leave price stickers on comic bags either…

@markryan893 2 месяца назад

Personally, I think a conserved copy of a book ought to be worth more than an unconserved copy - I would be much more comfortable leaving a conserved book to my 10 year old son

@DrPaulKosnik 2 месяца назад

There are some who are in that camp, and I get it. It will be interesting to see how the market prices them over time…