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    Highest grade with rusted staples

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

    Posted · Edited by ChrisAL

    On 8/1/2020 at 8:34 AM, jeffreyk said:

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering what is the highest grade a book can get with rusty staples?  I have an X-MEN 3 in 9.0 with rusty staples.  I bought it already slabbed and since it was graded in December 2019, the rust must have been there when it was graded.  Its a beautiful book other than the rust on the staples.

    What have you all seen out there?

    Jeff

    I also had a similar problem when evaluating a book. I contacted a specialist. I think you need to find a professional appraiser. The book may have various damages (rust), which are only on staples or also on paper. I doubt that the forum will be able to give an accurate assessment of the book. Several articles have been written on this topic, with the help of the plagiarism check service fixgerald.com I even prepared one article for an online magazine. But this is all theory, only a specialist will help you understand whether the book needs to be restored (sometimes restoration will be more expensive than the book itself). Although if the book is valuable and after many years you sell it for a lot of money, then restoration can be profitable.