Small amount of glue and not a blue label ?? 0

[Terry E. Gibbs]

Saw a Showcase 4.0 had gone for $17k and thought that must be a market blip, but when scrolling through ebay, I saw it and it had a blue label but with notation " small amount of dried glue on spine". I am guessing this has been asked before, but when is that a blue label   And that explains what looked like a market dip.

 

Thanks

[zzutak]

On 2/15/2024 at 7:34 PM, Terry E. Gibbs said:

when is that a blue label

Exceptions for a "small amount of dried glue" date back to the founding of CGC.  Initially, books from pedigreed Golden Age collections and other well-preserved GA specimens were the most likely candidates to receive this exception.  Then came the occasional Silver Age mega-key and other unusual SA specimens.  I've even seen a Bronze Age mega-key with this blue label notation.  Smart money knows to buy the book, not the label. 

 

[PovertyRow]

On 2/17/2024 at 9:54 AM, zzutak said:

Exceptions for a "small amount of dried glue" date back to the founding of CGC.  Initially, books from pedigreed Golden Age collections and other well-preserved GA specimens were the most likely candidates to receive this exception.  Then came the occasional Silver Age mega-key and other unusual SA specimens.  I've even seen a Bronze Age mega-key with this blue label notation.  Smart money knows to buy the book, not the label. 

 

[Mr. Zipper]

I have an early issue of Superman with this notation. It appears to be a pinhead smear of glue over a small edge tear. It really doesn't fix / restore anything, so I presume that is why it doesn't get a purple label. 

[Paul Kosnik]

On 2/15/2024 at 9:34 PM, Terry E. Gibbs said:

Saw a Showcase 4.0 had gone for $17k and thought that must be a market blip, but when scrolling through ebay, I saw it and it had a blue label but with notation " small amount of dried glue on spine". I am guessing this has been asked before, but when is that a blue label   And that explains what looked like a market dip.

 

Thanks

The answer ought to be:  when the small amount of glue was not used to attempt to fix a defect, then the small amount of glue is just a defect, not an actual restoration attempt, and should not be labeled as restoration.  Just like doodling on a comic book or an incidental pen mark is not color touch and is graded as a defect rather than restoration.