Classic collectible services ccs is a leading comic book pressing, restoration and restoration removal company. From a blue labelpurple label standpoint, the answer is still always the same screw the label color, remove the tape. We make flexible leather covers for personal bibles, and we use old world techniques to restore treasured old tomes and family bibles. We insist that the customer gets their moneys worth. Kav kaviraj sent me an article on comic book restoration tips. Strother bookbinding call 8646760126 for an appointment. Its better to lose the thin layer of paper fibers that will stick to the tape if you can do it without losing text or too much paper. Jun 10, 20 i recently found an old xmen comic given to me by my older brother when i was young. Now this page is completely empty aside from the ink. Followed by binding and rare book conservation training and career. Continuity of style and binding material is very important.
In addition, the ability to remove paper discoloration and foxing will likely be necessary to elevate the work to a fine condition. So, i was wondering if there is any way to get the ink off, or at least make it less noticeable without damaging the page. Tape remove it or leave it tape remove it or leave it 0. Many bags have tape on the cover flap and if you are not careful, the tape can catch the cover. The reason is that a loose cover gets damaged every time the comic is handled. It has been discussed at length why it is ok to put nasty scotch tape on a book and have it sit in a blue label as opposed to placing a thin strip of japan paper with wheat glue that can easily be removed and it would get a plod. Book repair tape, also known as book binding tape and occasionally referred to as bookbinders tape, refers to several different kinds of tape used in preserving and making repairs to books and other paper publications. In fact, the restoration lessens the value of a comic book even though it is improved because comics are. Eddie has a library of tapes to restore from his days as italian heavymental crooner, fred zeppole. And you can find bestine at your local arts and crafts store. A bit of humidity and a weighteddrying process are employed. For comic books and magazines, we have introduced a pressing service. Best 30 antique book repair in spartanburg, sc with.
This week, your challenge is to design your own comic book e learning template. The use of solvents to remove adhesive tape andor residue adhesive. Comic art restoration service a graphic state of mind. How to remove adhesive tape from old, collectable comic books. Does restoration or rebinding affect the value of my book. This week, your challenge is to design your own comic book elearning template. Marianne hanley, assistant conservator manages circulating collections rehousing and repair unit, trains and supervises workstudy students in repair, and is learning further aspects of conservation. Comicbook comic book pedigrees, the first and only website dedicated to pedigreed comic books. Types of damage that place a comic in fr range include. It is quite literally the pressing of a comic book, similar to what you would do to a shirt or pants, to remove blemishes such as wrinkles and creases. Attached, it holds up better so the fix is preventing future damage and also allowing you to read the book. Providers of professional conservation and restoration services for paper items.
While these guidelines may seem obvious to the veteran collectors, those new to the hobby need to learn these important lessons. Your bookbinding and restoration questions are answered. Comic book dry cleaning tutorial and conservation tips. Contact john french, at jrf magnetic sciences 9735795773 for further details on magnetic tape head restoration and storage, and other related services and products. I can help you decide if cleanpress is a right for your book. It comes in a variety of sizes and thicknesses and is used for several different purposes. Start peeling the tape by carefully lifting one end with a knife blade.
Spine leather or cloth under such tape, being more deteriorated than the cover material, is usually a writeoff. Mar 23, 2012 kavs quick tips for comic book restoration editors note. This department treats damage to the pages, covers, spines, and bindings of early to modern books and bibles, as well as historic scrapbooks and photo albums. This entry was posted in comic restoration and tagged color touch, comic book pressing, comic restoration, leaf casting, tape removal on may 2, 2015 by mike dechellis. Comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen collection.
Airbrushing can return a faded comic book to looking very close to new. Comic book dry cleaning is the process of removing stains or production roller marks. Apr, 2014 a journey into the milky way galaxy the most interesting galaxy in the universe documentary touch your heart 2,796 watching live now. Many bags have tape on the cover flap and if you are not careful, the tape can catch the cover of the book. Once the block is squared again, the process of rebinding can begin. Try to include multiple slides so you can show how the template will carry through your content. Book restoration is the renewal and repair of books. While most of the folios were completely split, there were a few interior folios that were still joined at the spine and so removal of the staples was necessary to allow access to all of the interior folios. I would rather have a comic with small hardly visible inside tape than a comic with a loose cover or loose pages. Because comic books were often, at certain points in their history, published on low quality. The wide clearvinyl adhesive tape that some libraries have used to reback leather and even cloth volumes is trickier to remove. If you have an old comic book that needs repair, you may consider restoring it. Restoring books damaged with tape, crayon and gum can be started at home. From a pure conservation standpoint, the answer is always the same remove the tape.
Scotch book tape is excellent for repairing, reinforcing, protecting and covering bound edges and surfaces. The restoration of this book began by separating the folios through removal of the staples. Previously, pressing was done as a part of a complete restoration treatment. Unless a cloth binding is of particular value for artistic or historical reasons, it will often increase the value of a book to. Part of our mission is to present reference material to help you make to informed choices in the care of your comic book collection. Comic book grades are given to a book reflecting the quality of printing, storage, and upkeep of a particular book.
Rebind in entirely new cover we make a new cover for your book with your choice of cover material and hot foil embossing possibly the most durable option if buckram is chosen. Does anyone know how to remove tape from fragile, collectable comic books safely, without damaging the comic book. A quality book repair is a specialist project and does take great skill and patience, but this does not necessarily equate to it being prohibitively expensive. We are proud of the work we do on comic book restoration and repair. Ccs offers a screening service to determine whether your comic book is a suitable candidate for pressing, restoration or restoration removal. Here, cbp brings you up to date on everything going on in the world of pedigrees, including the latest news on newly discovered collections, brand new offerings in our sale section, and the latest update on our forthcoming book on the greatest golden and silver a collections ever. Use it to protect, repair, reinforce, and cover bond edges and surfaces of books and other paper materials.
Popular services include comic pressing and spine roll removal, magazine restoration. I was looking it over, and opened it up to find i had written my name on the inside of the book. As an archivist, i decided to share some useful tips as well that will aid in restoring your comic books. Comic grading submission we offers both cgc and cbcs submission services as a convenient way of getting your books graded and encapsulated. The use of pressure usually in combination with other processes to flatten and return to an original state, an object that has been damaged.
Assistant to the chief paper conservator at the museum of modern art, paris 1980. Aug 07, 2014 the restoration of comics has been around in one form or another since the late 1930s and early 1940s. A journey into the milky way galaxy the most interesting galaxy in the universe documentary touch your heart 2,796 watching live now. One thing i recommend if you never seen color touch is take a garbage book with a black cover and color touch it yourself with a black marker and. Learn how to grade comic books and spot a restoration. Too often, repairs to comic books are done by people with good intentions without a better understanding or training in the field of conservation.
That depends, first on the quality of the work done by the bookbinder. Conservation comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics, crippen. Didnt expect the cost of tape removal to be as high as it might end up being, but i think its too good a book not to do it. All of these defects can contribute to the comics degradation if not removed or neutralized. Cleaning and pressing of major topps and bowman cards from the 40s, 50s and 60s. The rare books department preserves bound materials and takes great care to ensure the structural integrity of each volume. These defects are difficult or timeconsuming to repair, particularly the tape removal and color touch. Common book restoration problems tape removal alibris. How to remove pen ink from a comic book yahoo answers. Some comics just need a little love and a cleaning. The text block, the pages, needs to be squared to eliminate the fold in the middle of the book.
Repair of comic books master restorer art restoration. Food, tape, gum, boogers do not press books until you have removed or scraped. We create new hard cover bindings for one book or several. We offers both cgc and cbcs submission services as a convenient way of getting your books graded and encapsulated. What i first thought may have been a water stain in this video was the bestine moving the dirt around the white part of the paper. Technically speaking, a fully restored comic should be nm, because the book exhibits no tears, missing pieces, spine splits, tape, or loose centerfolds.
Marianne hanley, assistant conservator manages circulating collections rehousing and repair unit, trains and supervises workstudy. R epair of leather bindings, cloth bindings, albums, and other items. Alibris has book mending tips from an antiquarian book restoration expert. Eclipse paper conservation leaf casting to repair missing. Glue and tape both contain chemicals that break down paper over time. Comic book grading and restoration may 19, 2016 scott robertson 25 comments comic book grading is one of the most important parts of speculating. For a quotation and to discuss your requirements, please contact us. Assistant to william sarill, owner of the restoration lab 19811985 restored comics and memorabilia such as postcards and original comic art. We will take the exact same care to rebind or repair your book. Our comic book restoration and pressing services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. Repair of leather bindings, cloth bindings, albums, and other items. Mar 14, 2008 good luck, you may some of value, just remember that if you do have some collectible of value the comic book shop will want to buy it at a low price and turn it around for a profit. Comic book dry cleaning is not restoration, more like comic book conservation.
This work involves many different forms of fine art restoration, including lithograph and paper conservation and techniques from silk screen and watercolor restoration. While tape could be considered restoration because it is usually used to repair defects, its prevalence on comic books has led collectors to accept tape as a defect rather than restoration. Because as with rusty staples, tape will continue to harm the book if left on even if stored properly. I usually go in this order bleed through, light the area up good and check at different angles, black uv flashlight and last i inspect the book with my loupe. This site is devoted to presenting issues in the preservation and conservation of the physical structure comic books.
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I read these books so many times to my two sons as they were growing up, as well as to numerous other children in my care that i almost have them memorized and i still get tearyeyed when i read them. The use of an airbrush can return a faded comic book to appear close to its original version. I recently found an old xmen comic given to me by my older brother when i was young. Restoration is the story of robert merrivel, the son of james the seconds glovemaker and a man very much of his age, dedicated, as the book opens, to little more than pleasure and idleness but doomed to experience a series of triumphs and disasters that will develop in him a greater understanding of both himself and society he inhabits.
My background in the graphic arts, as well as my knowledge of the comic book field, enables me to take a less than desirable piece of original art and transform it through stat reproduction, cleaning, tape removal, tear seals, and image reconstruction into a product that displays all of the merits that the work was originally intended to. Scotch book repair tape prolongs the life of your books. Starring emily roya obrien, adrian gaeta, zack ward, sarah ann schultz and anna harr. I registered my saveyourbooks account last night and couldnt refrain from sending you a message. In the last 14 years, thirdparty grading companies have incorporated restoration detection into their examination process in order to determine if any given book has been manipulated from its original printed appearance. Restoration by rose tremain meet your next favorite book. Verheyen, head of preservation and conservation began with circulating collections repair while workstudy student at johns hopkins. If a binding is leather, it is best to make the new binding leather also.
Acidfree andor archival quality tape is available in a variety of styles as well. Restoration service comic book, marvel comic, cgc comics. A comic book in fr condition may have nonstory elements such as coupons, ad pages, or marvel value stamps cut or torn out of the book. The two main methods of describing an overall grade are numerical, and symbol. In 1984 i began restoring books in institutional special collections first at the university of saint thomas in saint paul, then, after a few years, moving on to carleton and saint olaf colleges in northfield mn, where i worked for five. Further significant developments occurred as a result of specific events including the. Be careful removing or inserting a comic book into or out of a bag.
The repair of collectible and rare comics, especially ones you intend to sell in restored form, is best handled by a professional. As well, techniques from watercolor and silk screen restoration have become important parts of the criteria used to restore a comic book. The restoration of comics has been around in one form or another since the late 1930s and early 1940s. Book restoration essentials book restoration youtube. Because comic books were often, at certain points in their history, published on low quality paper, they often dont age very well. A spine split of up to 23 the length of the book, a missing back cover provided the front cover is still attached, severe water damage or residue damage. The archives and rare books library at the university of cincinnati believes the standards used today are more or less the same as the standards literary historian and bibliophile johann vogt recorded over 250 years ago. As such, cgc does not recognize tape as restoration, rather downgrading a comic book accordingly if it is present. Many factors are considered before defining a book as rare. Solvents and heat will drive some of the adhesive into the paper, leaving a sticky residue. In order to accurately grade a book or to examine it for restorations, collectors need to know how to properly handle comic books. The tape is thicker and the adhesive seems more invasive.