Is comic book pressing considered a restoration process?
The question of whether comic book pressing constitutes to restoration is one that is controversial within the comic book community right now. As far as I’m concerned, pressing is restoration. It’s the most minimalist form of restoration, but any universally accepted definition of restoration, which is to try and restore a comic book from one grade to its original state, must include pressing, because what pressing is, is pressing out wrinkles or defects that have detracted from the grade. But some people view it as non-restorative because they say it doesn’t add anything to the comic book. You’re not doing anything to change the nature of the book. If you want to uphold a true form of definition with respect to how books are considered archival papers, then it would fall within restoration. But the question then comes: should it, as restoration, have any diminished value? And because of being a minimalist form of restoration, it may have little or no change in the value of a comic boo
