How the hell does Jason Ewert do it?!?!

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

I am going to puke....

 

Auction

 

This book is INSANE.

 

[buttock]

Clean, press, repeat

[g-man]

I have an idea where that came from....

[Zanarkand]

Clean, press, repeat

 

Maybe. Doubt it in this case. That book is just plain overgraded. Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow, a stain/smudge of some kind over the L in the Finish Line banner, various other bits of discoloration in the yellow area, particularly around Flash's legs. If someone cleaned this book, they did a terrible job. Or Ewert needs to clean his scanner bed. Bottom left corner is also a little soft. No way in hell that's a 9.8.

[g-man]

Clean, press, repeat

 

Maybe. Doubt it in this case. That book is just plain overgraded. Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow, a stain/smudge of some kind over the L in the Finish Line banner, various other bits of discoloration in the yellow area, particularly around Flash's legs. If someone cleaned this book, they did a terrible job. Or Ewert needs to clean his scanner bed. Bottom left corner is also a little soft. No way in hell that's a 9.8.

 

as long as that label says 9.8 there will be $1500-2500 waiting......

[ArAich]

Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow,

 

Can you say...pube....

[valiantman]

Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow,

 

Can you say...pube....

 

Looks more like an eyelash.

 

(At least I HOPE it's an eyelash.)

[kahml]

Of course, waiting for several minutes (even with DSL) for his idiotic logo to load is a PITA.

 

I've given up on most of his auctions simply because I don't have patience to wait for the images to load.

 

Larry

[buttock]

Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow,

 

Can you say...pube....

 

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

That reminds me of a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is hacking the entire show from a pube on his tongue.

 

That's gonna sound awful to anyone who hasn't seen the show.

[deathlok]

Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow,

 

Can you say...pube....

 

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

That reminds me of a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is hacking the entire show from a pube on his tongue.

 

That's gonna sound awful to anyone who hasn't seen the show.

 

[ghengishahn]

For us newbies, whats a double cover? I can guess what it means, but why in the world have 2 covers?

[Ron_Nasty]

Maybe Hammer's right.

[buttock]

Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow,

 

Can you say...pube....

 

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

That reminds me of a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is hacking the entire show from a pube on his tongue.

 

That's gonna sound awful to anyone who hasn't seen the show.

 

 

Going through the 2nd season now on DVD. One of the few shows that can actually make me laugh out loud.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

For us newbies, whats a double cover? I can guess what it means, but why in the world have 2 covers?

 

It is a printing defect. Once in a while, the printer will attach two covers onto a book by accident. Most collectors do not find this to be a bad thing as the top cover provides a significant amount of protection for the bottom cover. Some collectors (like myself) specifically look for books like this. Sadly, this book is already way out of my price range. It is a gorgeous book and I wish I had a shot at winning this thing.

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

Clean, press, repeat

 

Maybe. Doubt it in this case. That book is just plain overgraded. Obvious pen or pencil mark under Batman's elbow, a stain/smudge of some kind over the L in the Finish Line banner, various other bits of discoloration in the yellow area, particularly around Flash's legs. If someone cleaned this book, they did a terrible job. Or Ewert needs to clean his scanner bed. Bottom left corner is also a little soft. No way in hell that's a 9.8.

 

It is hard to tell whether those marks come from the scanner or the book. His other auctions do not seem to share the same marks, so it could very well be from the book (or maybe the encapsulator rubbed his/her eye while working on this book). The white cover certainly makes these defects stand out, but that bottom cover must be beautiful.

[LordRahl]

How can you tell that it's not a 9.8 when you can't see the inside cover? You know, the cover that was graded a 9.8

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

How can you tell that it's not a 9.8 when you can't see the inside cover? You know, the cover that was graded a 9.8

 

, I can't even tell when a regular book is a 9.8! Everything beyond a 9.6 looks the same to me. Still, in my experience, double covers are absolutely fantastic for white covers and especially black covers. It isn't so much that the book has been graded a 9.8, but the fact that this beautiful key book, with a white cover, has been preserved in such pristine condition.

[ghengishahn]

It is a printing defect. Once in a while, the printer will attach two covers onto a book by accident. Most collectors do not find this to be a bad thing as the top cover provides a significant amount of protection for the bottom cover. Some collectors (like myself) specifically look for books like this. Sadly, this book is already way out of my price range. It is a gorgeous book and I wish I had a shot at winning this thing.

 

Learn something new everything. Thanks!

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

Learn something new everything. Thanks!

 

No problem. There also exist triple cover books, quadruple cover books, and even quintuple cover books. I have not seen, nor heard of more than 5 covers on a book though. If anyone has, I would love to know!

[Bronty]

I've never heard of a quintuple... (this is starting to sound like a seinfeld episode) :0

 

..which quintuples have you heard of?