GreatCaesarsGhost Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I’ll apologize in advance, because I’m sure this must have been covered somewhere. But my question is about all the big books out now that have blue labels, but note “Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover”. Isn’t this restoration? Has CGC relaxed their standards? How does the market place judge these books? How do we view this compared to a blue label book, same grade, but without the glue? faster friends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) Pretty sure this has been the case for GA books for several years. Same applies to a small amount of color touch on GA books (I think). Edited December 1, 2017 by comicquant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 As a follow up... While doing my nightly eBay perusal I found an example of a GA blue label with CT... Captain America Comics 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PovertyRow Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 6 hours ago, fleepunyhumans said: I’ll apologize in advance, because I’m sure this must have been covered somewhere. But my question is about all the big books out now that have blue labels, but note “Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover”. Isn’t this restoration? Has CGC relaxed their standards? How does the market place judge these books? How do we view this compared to a blue label book, same grade, but without the glue? It is something that has been acknowledged for years. Same with the minor color touch you bring up in your next post. And it is not just "big books". It is Golden Age books. Nothing new here at all and well documented here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradleyX2 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 11/30/2017 at 7:56 PM, fleepunyhumans said: I’ll apologize in advance, because I’m sure this must have been covered somewhere. But my question is about all the big books out now that have blue labels, but note “Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover”. Isn’t this restoration? Has CGC relaxed their standards? How does the market place judge these books? How do we view this compared to a blue label book, same grade, but without the glue? The glue in those instances is non-functional, meaning it isn't being used in a way that it attaches/restores anything. Normally when you have glue on a book, it's being used in a way that it seals, reinforces, or re-attaches something, but occasionally you have a situation where glue is on a book that is not serving a purpose. It's essentially no different than any other "substance" that might be seen as a defect on the book (e.g. crusty food particles, mud, or any other kind of "schmutz"). In theory, since it non-functional, it wouldn't have to be listed on the label at all, but glue (like tape) is something that will always be noted on the CGC label whether it is serving a purpose or not. The term "dried glue" on the label is what is used to disclose that the glue is non-functional (i.e. not used as restoration). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 1 hour ago, BradleyX2 said: The glue in those instances is non-functional, meaning it isn't being used in a way that it attaches/restores anything. Normally when you have glue on a book, it's being used in a way that it seals, reinforces, or re-attaches something, but occasionally you have a situation where glue is on a book that is not serving a purpose. It's essentially no different than any other "substance" that might be seen as a defect on the book (e.g. crusty food particles, mud, or any other kind of "schmutz"). In theory, since it non-functional, it wouldn't have to be listed on the label at all, but glue (like tape) is something that will always be noted on the CGC label whether it is serving a purpose or not. The term "dried glue" on the label is what is used to disclose that the glue is non-functional (i.e. not used as restoration). Thank you so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
