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While searching the Web, ran across this section of the Collectors Societywebsite. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.ph p?Cat=0&C=5features a gathering of comics collecting forums, discussing subjects suchas grading, restoration, original art. Visually pretty painful - emoticonsrun amuck - after the clean austerity of the TCJ message board, but youmight find something informative ...

What creeps me out most is that these collectors oppose the restoration ofold comics. I used to think their obsession with "condition" came from adesire to own nice things, like you'd want your carpet to be unstained, oryour dishes unchipped. But I've since learned that what they really want isfor comics to remain totally unchanged, even if that means leaving theprinting/binding flaws untouched. ...

Did you mean Norman Bates from Psycho (as played by Anthony Perkins)?

*LOL*I did mean Norman Bates, thanks.But now I see that an elliptical reference to "Norman Perkins and histaxidermy" is even creepier, so I'm sticking with that version.

I don't know...Trimming the edges off of old comics sort of creeps me out.

Jesse-Hamm:"...What creeps me out most is that these collectors oppose the restorationof old comics..."You might have seen those "Antiques Roadshow" experts telling a crestfallenperson, "If you hadn't cleaned the patina off this, it'd be worth twice asmuch!" There's certainly an aesthetic quality about yellowed old comicsthat many appreciate, hence many artists carefully duplicate that ...