Highest grade attainable with cover detached from one staple?

[Chip Cataldo]

Looking for the general rule here, thank you.

[rjpb]

 

I sold some 9.2-9.6 looking SA books with a blown staple as FN+ copies and no one complained. The buyer was happy to get such nice looking books at a cheap price.

 

A single staple book ( like many war era GA books) I'd grade lower as the cover is completely detached.

[AJD]

I think when this came up before there were examples of otherwise 9.4 books getting 6.0 (or qualified 9.4).

[Bomber-Bob]

I assume you mean a Universal Label grade as opposed to a Qualified Label grade. This gets a little tricky = more complicated than it sounds. I don't remember the particulars but there was a thread discussing this. There are degrees of detachment.

[Chip Cataldo]

I'll post the book in the PGM forum and see what people think overall. I'm inquiring about Universal Label and not Qualified.

[jimjum12]

I no longer have the book, but it was a CGC 7.0 that was otherwise consistent with slabbed 8.5's......the staple was only popped on the front side. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Chip Cataldo]

This is completely detached from the cover at the bottom staple. I put it up in PGM.

[Harley Troy]

I think this is a good example of your question:

 

[Bomber-Bob]

I think this is a good example of your question:

 

Doesn't really answer his question. The question is for the highest grade in a Universal Blue Label. Now, if CGC would tell you what they would grade your Qualified 9.6 in a Universal Label, that would answer his question.

[NinjaSealed]

Overall 6.0-7.5 will grade in the 6.0-6.5 range. A really clean 9.0+ book with a clean detached staple can grade from 7.0-8.0 universal. Of course that is assuming you are going by CGC's grading system.

[Harley Troy]

I think this is a good example of your question:

 

Doesn't really answer his question. The question is for the highest grade in a Universal Blue Label. Now, if CGC would tell you what they would grade your Qualified 9.6 in a Universal Label, that would answer his question.

 

 

You're correct Bob, sorry, I misunderstood, I was thinking what is the highest possible grade for a DBS.