These four Strange Tales books are badly water damaged... quick question... UPDATE: back from a joeypost pressing... 0

[oldrover]

Would a pressing make any difference?

I’m guessing not.

Edited July 19, 2019 by oldrover

[mysterio]

May help the eye appeal by eliminating/reducing some of the rippling, but it won't help the technical grade.

[oldrover]

6 minutes ago, mysterio said:

May help the eye appeal by eliminating/reducing some of the rippling, but it won't help the technical grade.

That's what I'm thinking... I would do it for eye appeal and sell them raw.

EDIT: If I did it... have an inquiry in to @joeypost.

Edited March 30, 2019 by oldrover

[Rodell]

I'm curious too if the dry cleaning will help clear up water damage issues. I have a few books that are in nice shape but have a little water damage.

[oldrover]

I doubt water damage can be ameliorated by even Joey. But these books can look one heckuva lot better. 

[JollyComics]

5 hours ago, oldrover said:

I doubt water damage can be ameliorated by even Joey. But these books can look one heckuva lot better. 

Nope. Unless you don't mind the restoration for the cover cleansing.

[KobaltDog]

The slab might smooth them out a little.

[oldrover]

4 minutes ago, KobaltDog said:

The slab might smooth them out a little.

Yeah... they’d look real smooth next to that 0.5 rating. 

[The Lions Den]

While these books may not be great for the discerning collector, they're perfect reading copies (as long as there's no mold, fungus, toadstools, alien spores, etc.) Personally, I'd keep these just for that purpose. And the storage is simple, too...just throw 'em in a cardboard box...

[oldrover]

 

[oldrover]

Well, here are the results...

 

 

Just a fabulous job, under the circumstances. He got out ALL of the actual creasing... the ridges shown on the left side of each cover are actually flat... just the residue of the staining.

Compare to the original photo I posted... where the rippling over the rest of the comics is now GONE. The back covers are remarkable compared to before.

I mean, the grades on these will still stink... I'm thinking they are in the 3.0 range... but what an improvement! Kudos to joey!

Edited July 19, 2019 by oldrover

[James J Johnson]

4 hours ago, oldrover said:

Well, here are the results...

 

 

Just a fabulous job, under the circumstances. He got out ALL of the actual creasing... the ridges shown on the left side of each cover are actually flat... just the residue of the staining.

Compare to the original photo I posted... where the rippling over the rest of the comics is now GONE. The back covers are remarkable compared to before.

I mean, the grades on these will still stink... I'm thinking they are in the 3.0 range... but what an improvement! Kudos to joey!

 

[oldrover]

Next step, improve the covers...