Golden Age Book with after market staple. Blue label or green label? 2 2

[notfromthisearth]

I have a golden age Detective Comics that would probably grade around a 3.0  The original staples are missing and one non-manufacturer staple has been added. Would this book get a blue label or green label if submitted for grading?

[MattM CS]

Hello,

Unfortunately this book would need to be reviewed by our graders in hand to come to a final decision on its grade and label color. If a book has staples replaced it will generally receive a conserved grade. However, if there is tape present on the book in addition to the staples being replaced, then it will only receive a qualified grade.

[Readcomix]

Why does the presence of tape shift it to a green label? 

[Sauce Dog]

On 7/10/2022 at 12:42 AM, Readcomix said:

Why does the presence of tape shift it to a green label? 

From another Ask CGC thread a user asked about two different books with replaced staples...one was Conserved and the other was Qualified:

 

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Tape cannot be present on conserved books so, in this case, that pushes the staple replacement from conserved to qualified.