Ozonetv Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) I have a nice GA book that seems to have archival tape along the spine of pretty much each wrap at the spine - but not on the cover (I assume it was taken apart at some point and reinforced).It was done very well and hard to tell its even there. I dont see any real repair tho...it seems applied as a precaution. Got a couple questions: -Is this an automatic Green Label? Or Purple? I know CGC says it disregards tape and just grades as if it weren't there - but not sure what they'd do in this case. -Is it possible to ask them to give it a Blue and take the hit in grade? -Is it common for GA to have 1 staple in the center (this is my only GA book, so I cant tell). Thanks! Edited December 6, 2020 by Ozonetv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 archival tape will get a conserved label. No way around it. A single staple in the center is common on books printed during WW2. theCapraAegagrus and Ozonetv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Gray label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozonetv Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 20 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said: Gray label. explain please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ozonetv said: explain please. Conserved = grey https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/labels/ theCapraAegagrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, Ozonetv said: explain please. What comicdonna said. comicdonna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozonetv Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, comicdonna said: Conserved = grey https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/labels/ got it...for some reason I always thought Green was conserved. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...