I think at the price I paid I thought we were sort of splitting the risk between 3.0-5.0.
I actually think the dealer himself didn't know the situation, feels like he too was duped, we were talking and he pulled out a few interesting books and I'd never seen a DD#1 with that good a cover in real life ... which in hindsight makes total sense lol. He mentioned he too was impressed by the cover, but he's more of a collectibles dealer than a comic book one. He came across this thing at a sale and thought it was interesting.
Hopefully CGC doesn't think I'm a criminal, I just wasn't aware you could make covers look that "real" with a printer. Again, in hindsight all this seems like "well, duh" but I guess I was caught up in the find.
After reading all the comments I'll pay him a visit and mention the situation. When I told him I was getting it graded he said to let him know because he was interested in the result. Do I have a tale for him now or what? Sigh.