So, 2 years ago for Christmas my wife bought me a raw copy of X-men 101 on ebay as a gift. The guy claimed it was a 9.0-9.2. She messaged him informing him that she didn't know a lot about comics and was going to buy a 9.0 CGC graded copy, but was talked into just getting this raw copy. This Christmas I decided to send it in and get it graded. Unfortunately it is coming back as restored for some light touch up and only graded a 7.5. We're both pretty upset, so was trying to figure out how to get a good idea of it's value range now and what to do from here.
1.) What is the estimated value range of X-men 101 restored 7.5?
2.) How hard are restored comics like this to sell?
3.) If this were you, what would you do with this graded copy?