Restoration Experience
Owner and sole operator of The Restoration Lab 1986 - present.
Sotheby's chief restoration consultant for their historic collectible auctions 1991-1998
Restoration of all of the key Golden Age Comics including:
• Marvel No. 1, 1938
• Action No. 1, 1938
• Superman No. 1, 1939
• Flash No. 1, 1940
• Detective Comics, No. 27, 1939
• More Funs 52, 53 and 54
• All American Comics
• Adventure Comics
Restoration of all of the key Silver Age Comics including:
• Amazing Spiderman
• Fantastic Four
• The Incredible Hulk
• Journey Into Mystery
• X-Men
• Showcase
• Amazing Fantasy No. 15
Assistant to William Sarill, owner of The Restoration Lab 1981-1985
• Restored comics and memorabilia such as postcards and original comic art.
Restoration work included:
• Dry, solvent and aqueous cleanings.
• Tape removal.
• Mending of tears.
• Missing piece replacement.
• Color touch.
• De-acidification of interior pages.
• Staple cleaning if necessary
(Photo by Shawn Henry, USA Today, February 1993)
