Comic Book Restoration lawsuit. Cards Next?

Hankphenom · #1 08-22-2024, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by campyfan39

I always found it odd to grade comics. They're different from cards or coins in that when they're encased, you can't actually read the thing or see its pages�which is the purpose of them! To me, it would be like having a binder of a set with a front and back page showing encased.

This.

packs · #2 08-22-2024, 12:28 PM

I agree as well. I think of things like illuminated books. Imagine if you had a copy of one of William Blake's illuminated books and you slabbed it. How could anyone ever appreciate what's inside and what ultimate purpose does slabbing it achieve? There are better ways to conserve things you're meant to look at.

samosa4u · #3 08-22-2024, 02:38 PM

How can cards be next?? In the comic book world, restoration is acceptable. But with trading cards, the opposite is true. So how can a card doctor sue a grading company when he is NOT supposed to be restoring cards in the first place??

Exhibitman · #4 08-22-2024, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by samosa4u

In the comic book world, restoration is acceptable.

CGC even does some of it: pressing.

Balticfox · #5 01-19-2025, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

CGC even does some of it: pressing.

That's been very controversial from the start. The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (which had served as the Bible for comic collectors since 1971) had been including a page on restoration techniques and therefore what constituted restoration since at least the late-1970's.

But CGC had its own less strict opinion of what constituted restoration - and pressing didn't qualify as restoration on its list because no extraneous substance/material was being added to the comic by the pressing process. But, CGC didn't let everyone know that it didn't consider pressed comics to be restored. Only a few friendly dealers who were in cahoots with CGC to bid up the prices of comics in CGC slabs (and thus their own inventories) initially knew that pressed comics could still get blue unrestored labels.

Yes, that really smelled.

Casey2296 · #6 01-19-2025, 10:25 PM

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A slippery slope indeed, seems that an auth/alt grade would make things more simple.

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