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[SOTIcollector]

I just got a really fugly "restored" book in the mail this week.  So why not a thread with really ugly restoration?  I have a couple entries to add. What do you have?

 

 

[SOTIcollector]

Here's the one I just got.  It was advertised as "Poor condition, restored, trimmed and taped."  Oddly enough, it's not really trimmed, at least not trimed any more than your average Fox Giant.  But it sure is poor condition, taped, and I guess you could call it "restored", kinda.  Or is it conserved? 

The person who "restored" it chose to put on a back cover that very clearly doesn't belong.  The back "cover" is actually the front cover to a Photoplay magazine! And the front of the photo cover is on the inside of the book.  Then at some point, after some unkonwn person took care to rebuild the book with a new back cover and taped spine, the book lost a big chunk of its ugly back cover.   That's my best guess as to the sequence of events anyway, but maybe the "restorer" put on a back cover that was pre-damaged?

 

[SOTIcollector]

And here's my favorite poorly restored book.  Somebody had an Action 64 with no cover.  So they decided to create a new cover.  So they drew the cover.  In crayon.  Well, the blacks are magic marker and ballpoint, I think.  The rest is crayon.  I can't imagine how many hours somebody spent creating this thing, only to end up with a book that's Action 64 with a crayon front cover.  And of course, the back cover is original to some book, but not to this one.  That X-acto ad is on the back of Super Duck #9 (1946), so the back cover used here is probably off by a few years.

 

 

Edited May 4, 2019 by SOTIcollector

[Spyder!]

This book recently posted on eBay.

[OtherEric]

2 hours ago, SOTIcollector said:

And here's my favorite poorly restored book.  Somebody had an Action 64 with no cover.  So they decided to create a new cover.  So they drew the cover.  In crayon.  Well, the blacks are magic marker and ballpoint, I think.  The rest is crayon.  I can't imagine how many hours somebody spent creating this thing, only to end up with a book that's Action 64 with a crayon front cover.  And of course, the back cover is original to some book, but not to this one.  That X-acto ad is on the back of Super Duck #9 (1946), so the back cover used here is probably off by a few years.

 

 

That's not poorly restored. That's awesomely restored!

Here's my personal favorite from my collection.  They sewed the spine back together.  Not so much worst as interesting, honestly:

[The_Captain]

6 hours ago, SOTIcollector said:

And here's my favorite poorly restored book.  Somebody had an Action 64 with no cover.  So they decided to create a new cover.  So they drew the cover.  In crayon.  Well, the blacks are magic marker and ballpoint, I think.  The rest is crayon.  I can't imagine how many hours somebody spent creating this thing, only to end up with a book that's Action 64 with a crayon front cover.  And of course, the back cover is original to some book, but not to this one.  That X-acto ad is on the back of Super Duck #9 (1946), so the back cover used here is probably off by a few years.

 

 

Wow! I love this. The cover seems pretty accurate. Either the creator had a great memory or this turned out to be a cool art project  😎

6 hours ago, SOTIcollector said:

 

 

 

[gino2paulus2]

Like @SOTIcollector I too have a book in my PC with a cover that was fully hand drawn. It is attached very firmly that part is nicely done I will say that. I believe this was done by Raymond Miller the famous Fanzine creator known for his love of comics and piecing them back together. He didn’t quite use the original colors which makes it to me at least very interesting and one of a kind. 

 

[telerites]

I would say a Pop Holligner book with the colored duct tape on the spine and often pages from different issues on the inside but they have a certain charm to them and he called them rebuilt comics not restored.

[Artboy99]

these are great! 

[walclark]

I guess this kind of qualifies.  Note the restoration.  It's trimmed, got tear seals, pieces reattached, been cleaned, reinforced.  But they drew the line at color touch. 

Because, you know, color touch would be just too much restoration for this comic. 

[szav]

Bought this Planet 65 from a blurry picture, thank goodness from a dealer who takes returns no questions asked...umm...maybe use a stencil or something whoever tried to pull this one off?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/4/2019 at 2:46 AM, Spyder! said:

This book recently posted on eBay.

Quite a famous restorer actually. Here's some more of her work:

[woowoo]

Pics from cheap flip phone but I got this navy copy.

[Ameri]

[Primetime]

2 hours ago, Ameri said:

great re-creation 

[Ameri]

Valiant effort.  Here's the same book with a color zerox replacing the amateur art...advantage of better technology.

[Ameri]

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, Ameri said:

Despite everything it's still great isn't it. And I do like your avatar Ameri. Very gentle. 

[Robot Man]

Only on  the spine and was very cheap...

[Get Marwood & I]

4 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Only on  the spine and was very cheap...

Nice cover - and a nice handwritten issue number too