Rusty Staples...Highest grades you've seen? 1 1

[bounty_coder]

Is there a general consensus on the max grade a book with a Rusty staple can get?  Are we talking no higher than VF+ 8.5 type of thing?  

Curious to know general rule of thumb and what you have observed.  Thank you.

[N e r V]

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/177871-whats-the-highest-cgc-grade-that-allows-rusty-staples/

[Sqeggs]

Isn't there a GA key (semi-key?) that's a 9.2 with a seriously rusted staple?  I'm drawing a blank on which book that was, but I remember seeing it a few years ago.  I can't recall, though, whether the rust happened post slabbing.  Vague, I know ... 

[N e r V]

Rusty staples are a defect I don't feel comfortable in slowing down.

PQ can be maintained if you store your books correctly but I keep thinking about the term "rust never sleeps"...

[Bomber-Bob]

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

Isn't there a GA key (semi-key?) that's a 9.2 with a seriously rusted staple?  I'm drawing a blank on which book that was, but I remember seeing it a few years ago.  I can't recall, though, whether the rust happened post slabbing.  Vague, I know ... 

I still have nightmares over that picture. It was a Hulk 181 in 9.8 I believe. The staples weren't just rusty, there were turning to dust. It was post grading and led to the gun safe discussion. I still say something, above and beyond, must have happened there. Even with high humidity, no way the staples look like that only months after slabbing.

[Bomber-Bob]

1 hour ago, N e r V said:

Rusty staples are a defect I don't feel comfortable in slowing down.

PQ can be maintained if you store your books correctly but I keep thinking about the term "rust never sleeps"...

Yes, I agree. I do not feel comfortable with rusty staples. I have received a 9.8 on a copper book that had a touch, and I mean a tiny touch of rust. I didn't catch it until I got it back. I suspect it was also missed @ CGC also. 

[Sqeggs]

10 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said:

I still have nightmares over that picture. It was a Hulk 181 in 9.8 I believe. The staples weren't just rusty, there were turning to dust. It was post grading and led to the gun safe discussion. I still say something, above and beyond, must have happened there. Even with high humidity, no way the staples look like that only months after slabbing.

I remember that one, but this was a different book -- definitely GA.  I kinda remember it as a key, but it may have been a single-digit Batman or Superman.