Comic Book Restoration lawsuit. Cards Next?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

In the comic book world, restoration is acceptable.

CGC even does some of it: pressing.

[Balticfox]

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 advertise thus letting 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]

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