Opinions on House of Secrets 92 please! 0

[robert frey]

bought this book an eternity ago- it was tough to get back then in high grade (talking 1990 or so) and it is still tough today.

 

 

[kimik]

Is that a tiny tear along the bottom edge in the right corner on the FC?

[robert frey]

I am going to say no- doesn't look like it to me. here are more pics

[davet75]

Beautiful book!  the defects are the back cover spine corners creases and slightly blunted spine corners, mild foxing / discoloration of the back cover edges, dust shadow of the front cover left upper spine edge, and minimal wear of the front cover right lower corner.

8.5

[comic girl]

9.2

[davet75]

For reference here are links to graded slabs below.  Your book has a better front cover than the listed 8.5 and maybe as nice as the 9.2, but your back cover is worse than both.  With a press and clean, you're probably looking at a 9.0 IMO.

8.5: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-OF-SECRETS-92-CGC-8-5-New-Slab-Swamp-Thing-first-appearance-Rare/153212544664?hash=item23ac2de698:g:0OsAAOSw1u9bxh7T:rk:20:pf:0

9.2: https://www.ebay.com/itm/House-of-Secrets-92-CGC-9-2-OW-W-Bronze-Age-Key-Comic-1st-Swamp-Thing-IGKC-L-K/292760107139?hash=item4429dcb883:g:q7IAAOSwJjNbuRMI:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true

9.4: https://www.ebay.com/itm/House-of-Secrets-92-CBCS-9-4-Like-CGC-1st-Swamp-Thing-VHTF/153207410784?hash=item23abdf9060:g:3r8AAOSw8U9bt66T:rk:16:pf:0

 

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by davet75

[robert frey]

thank you- I have been out of the game for a while. what is involved with getting a book press/cleaned? having that kind of work these days is not frowned upon, correct?

 

[davet75]

2 hours ago, robert frey said:

thank you- I have been out of the game for a while. what is involved with getting a book press/cleaned? having that kind of work these days is not frowned upon, correct?

 

There are many professional services for pressing/cleaning comics.  This is not considered restoration or conservation and is fairly common these days, especially for valuable and key books.  You basically contact the company and they will give you a quote and then you send your books.  Some of these will even submit the pressed/cleaned book to CGC for you to save an extra step.  CGC has it's own partner service CSS that is essentially an in-house pressing/cleaning service, and even professional restoration and conservation services if you so desire.  There are also several professional pressing/cleaning experts on these boards that offer the same service and have a large following among boardies.  You can do a search to find these individual and companies, or go explore the restoration and grading subforums on these boards.  I would say that your copy would definitely benefit from a press and clean, and the cost for such a book is minimal while the upside is potentially very large.  good luck!

Edited November 4, 2018 by davet75