What's the highest CGC grade that allows rusty staples?

[Loki]

The title pretty much says it all... What's the highest possible grade that CGC will assign to a book that has rusty staples?

 

I've called for notes on a few 7.5s that had them, but that's the limit of my personal experience.

 

Thanks in advance! :hail:

[comicdonna]

There's an 8.5 Action Comics #1 with rusty staples.

[nearmint]

[paperheart]

find the ask steve borock thread. i believe he'd answer that one.

[zuckuss2003]

This is good to hear, I have an X-men 66 with slightly rusty staples that looks 7.0 I assumed it was a 4.5/4.0 because of the staples. So maybe the downgrade would only be to a 6.0?

[Rosland]

 

I have a double cover 9.0/9.4 that was given the overall grade of 9.0

due to rusty staples.

[VintageComics]

I have a double cover 9.0/9.4 that was given the overall grade of 9.0

due to rusty staples.

 

I think it depends on the amount of rust.

 

If both staples have rust over their entire surface area I'm guessing that 8.5 is max from what I have read and seen.

 

Migration to the paper will drop the grade, less rust may increase the grade.

[comicwiz]

I've owned several books - 9.2 being the highest, and two other copies in 9.0.

[comicdonna]

I have a double cover 9.0/9.4 that was given the overall grade of 9.0

due to rusty staples.

 

I think it depends on the amount of rust.

 

If both staples have rust over their entire surface area I'm guessing that 8.5 is max from what I have read and seen.

 

Migration to the paper will drop the grade, less rust may increase the grade.

This is a good point. (thumbs u

[Paratrooper]

I have a double cover 9.0/9.4 that was given the overall grade of 9.0

due to rusty staples.

 

I think it depends on the amount of rust.

 

If both staples have rust over their entire surface area I'm guessing that 8.5 is max from what I have read and seen.

 

Migration to the paper will drop the grade, less rust may increase the grade.

This is a good point. (thumbs u

 

Only restoration on this book was the replacement of the staples. To me, it's worth it in the long run to replace the staples in order to prevent migration. It's a purple label, but I don't care if it means the preservation of the book.

[comicdonna]

It's a nice book to preserve. BTW, the signature is placed in a very good location.

[G.A.tor]

there was a 9.7 in a recent ebay auction that I am pretty sure had rusty staples

[slym2none]

there was a 9.7 in a recent ebay auction that I am pretty sure had rusty staples

 

That 9.7 didn't look anywhere near as good as the 8.8, though...

 

 

 

-slym

[G.A.tor]

there was a 9.7 in a recent ebay auction that I am pretty sure had rusty staples

 

That 9.7 didn't look anywhere near as good as the 8.8, though...

 

 

 

-slym

thought the 9.3 was undergraded by cgc too

[Paratrooper]

The only people that buy keys with rusty staples and don't do the necessary replacement surgery, are flippers.

[Bomber-Bob]

I submitted a copper book in a large prescreen lot that received a 9.8 .

When I get any newly slabbed books in the mail I like to stare at each one for a while. It was then that I noticed the book had rust spots on both staples. I didn't notice the rust when I sent it in, structurally it looked perfect and it was a prescreen so I guess I missed it. As there are no grader's notes on a 9.8 I can't really say what happened. It could have been a 10.0 downgraded to a 9.8 ?!?

[lizards2]

I have a 9.0 with rusty staples - when I called for grader's notes, they told me they would never note it in the grader's notes for a book of that low of a grade.