Sticker residue & CGC

[El Toro Rojo]

Got a nice book recently and for some godforsaken dumb reason, a previous owner had placed a tiny red circle sticker on the back cover which easily peeled off.

 

Will this result in a PLOD if I send it in? If so, putting a new sticker over it seems pretty dumb just to get a Blue label.

[seanfingh]

 

CGC treats stickers as defects, not as resto. You will not get a PLOD.

[El Toro Rojo]

Even removed stickers? - awesome. Thanks!

[Conan_Aficionado]

I hope you don't mind if I borrow your thread rather than start my own.

 

But, what if....

 

...you remove a tape that's holding a tear together, the tape residue that is left you roll it 'til you get a 1/4 inch long tread of glue and since the torn paper has a bit of an overlap, you place the tape residue between the overlapping tears and seal it.

 

Would that be considered restoration?

[Spiderphill]

If its regular tape I don't think so. Archival tape is considered resto though.

[TheLiamSturgess]

I may be wrong, but I believe regular tape can be considered resto, but it's mostly been noted as a defect from what I've seen.