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[AJ0605]

Any help is appreciated!

[James J Johnson]

8.5 /Exceptional

Edited January 10, 2018 by James J Johnson

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

the back looks great and that helps but there's some issues on da front ...there's a line coming down to the right of Sea it looks like...there r some tics and a color break to the left of Ocean. Bottom front left corner looks rounded. A 7.0 has to b relatively flat and clean so i'm guessing it's around there somewhere.

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

i'm a newbie so what do i know

[Murphman13]

7.5

[AJ0605]

So I actually went through the book and found that the centerfold and the adjacent 2 pages are detached from the bottom staple. It's a great looking book and was still good at the price point that I paid, but was wondering what people's thoughts were on if I should send it to CGC or not. Would I get a green label or would it be downgraded a lot?

[James J Johnson]

10 hours ago, AJ0605 said:

So I actually went through the book and found that the centerfold and the adjacent 2 pages are detached from the bottom staple. It's a great looking book and was still good at the price point that I paid, but was wondering what people's thoughts were on if I should send it to CGC or not. Would I get a green label or would it be downgraded a lot?

Can you post a picture of the book showing the centerfold's staple areas? Don't open it flat and risk stressing the paper of the underlying areas any more than already. It would be good to see what we're dealing with to try to factor your best options here.

[Spawn1709]

On 2018-01-10 at 11:07 AM, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

the back looks great and that helps but there's some issues on da front ...there's a line coming down to the right of Sea it looks like...there r some tics and a color break to the left of Ocean. Bottom front left corner looks rounded. A 7.0 has to b relatively flat and clean so i'm guessing it's around there somewhere.

I agree with this, except I would go a bit higher. Maybe 7.5? However, this depends on how serious the detached staple are. Pictures are your friend!

Edited January 19, 2018 by Spawn1709

[Bomber-Bob]

10 hours ago, AJ0605 said:

So I actually went through the book and found that the centerfold and the adjacent 2 pages are detached from the bottom staple. It's a great looking book and was still good at the price point that I paid, but was wondering what people's thoughts were on if I should send it to CGC or not. Would I get a green label or would it be downgraded a lot?

Without the centerfold problem, I think the book is 7.5/8.0 range. With the detached staple on the centerfold, it probably lowers it to 6.5/7.0 territory. You should get a Blue label, not Green.

[jevlnuts]

7.5

[ender]

7.0 with the staple issue (assuming the centerfold is still held pretty snugly by the other staple).  Nice book.

[AJ0605]

[Alf Pogs]

Is it just me or are DC silver age staples just soooo tight? I got lots of nice Adventures Comics and the paper is pounded to dust around the bottom staple.

[James J Johnson]

9 hours ago, AJ0605 said:

This is such a quick fix and it's not restoration. If that's just popped at the center or second centerfold, simply open the staple carefully, but do not remove or dislodge it. The paper should all be there, the staple puncture during manufacturing doesn't punch a hole in the paper, it pushes it aside, forming sort of a paper crater rim around the staple hole. Open the staple up and reinsert the leaf(s) over the staple, then using something very blunt, push the paper back to surround the staple tines and reclose the staple taking care to close them all the way, at the ends of the tines. When finished, the centerfold should be held fast in place, not necessarily as tight as normally expected, but attached nonetheless, still blue label worthy, nothing added, nothing subtracted, all original parts.

Edited January 20, 2018 by James J Johnson
typo

[AJ0605]

Oh wow I didn't know that was possible. Thanks I'll have to try it out and hope for the best 

[James J Johnson]

6 hours ago, AJ0605 said:

Oh wow I didn't know that was possible. Thanks I'll have to try it out and hope for the best 

 

Just go slow and you'll be able to do it.

[mdean2437]

A Qualified 7.0 maybe 7.5 

[Spawn1709]

On 2018-01-10 at 11:07 AM, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

the back looks great and that helps but there's some issues on da front ...there's a line coming down to the right of Sea it looks like...there r some tics and a color break to the left of Ocean. Bottom front left corner looks rounded. A 7.0 has to b relatively flat and clean so i'm guessing it's around there somewhere.

I agree. I think the colour breaking ticks bing it down to about a 7.0. Book would probably benefit from a press.