Susan Cicconi / The Restoration Lab

21/10/2024

TOS 39. Classic 1962. Personal collection. Tape, tears and holes. Aqueous float bath to remove aging discoloration. Traditional methods of conservation using Japanese papers for mending and filling. Color touch using acrylics and watercolors. Nice interior pages. Iron Man Restored! Happy Collecting!

14/10/2024

Happy to be back on my FB page! I'm learning how to navigate posting from my iPhone! Thank you to all who are watching ! 1K followers! I am so grateful. Here is a fun photo of me 30+ years ago at the 1st Sotheby's auction! How about those relics and the white gloves! ✅
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14/10/2024

Hulk 181 ! Rescued and Facelift 🤩

18/12/2023

24/09/2021

Some nice work this week!
Avengers 4, severe spine roll and dirty.
FF 19, some moisture damage, rippling on cover.

Clean and Press both candidates!

08/09/2021

Superman #30 Cleaned, spine roll removal and press.
All buffed up for BLUE label !

15/07/2021

Bound volume, trimmed X-Men 1. Why not make it look as nice as possible! Perforated holes up and down the spine and interior pages. Lots of patient pressing, reinforcing, filling and color touch. Used vintage silver age staples. Pressed intact.

14/07/2021

Some Super Golden Age candidates!

27/06/2021

Here's a treat! My own personal copy signed to me by Al Feldstein back in 2008 !

27/06/2021

TMNT ! RAPHAEL !

27/06/2021

Green Arrow 87

27/06/2021

Tomb of Dracula 10 - another severely rolled book and dirty back cover. Lots of dry cleaning and detailed spine roll removal.

27/06/2021

Bat 170 - double cover! This is the correct back cover! Super rolled spine roll - double the trouble!

19/06/2021

The 'ubiquitous' Hulk 181. They're everywhere these days! From a 4.0 to 4.5. Lots and lots of cleaning and detailed pressing.
And for something completely different!
New Mutants 98 This was a challenge. Sticky tape on the cover removed and cover perforations (did not break paper) pressed. Customer and I were very happy!

19/06/2021

Some heavyweights! I can handle it!
This Captain America 37 was going in the dumpster and was miraculously resurrected!!! Happy customer ! Each page was realigned and spine roll removed. Top cover was detached at staple but book held together on the back. Gotta love the missile with the words "To Hilter" written in pencil.
Another FF 1. Tough book but cleaned and pressed presented much better.

19/06/2021

Hey Everyone! I finally got around to posting some fun work!
It's been such a busy spring and YEAR !
Hope you are all feeling OK and enjoying life again!
The comic book world is going crazy!
Here are some rewarding examples of my latest jobs.
Hawkman 4
Captain America 155
FF 67
Never underestimate the power of a good dry cleaning!!!