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[WEBHEAD]

Congratulations for how long this thread has lasted.....I finally have a few double covers again I love them everytime I see one  thanks to everyone for showing yours 

Edited November 29, 2022 by WEBHEAD

[Spawnfreak]

On 8/31/2004 at 8:47 PM, cosmic-spider-man said:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/images//graemlins/hi.gif I thought I would go ahead and post a scan of one my favorit ASM Double covers #154 http://boards.collectors-society.com/images//graemlins/cloud9.gif even though it is not CGC graded it is a very nice comic!

This is my double cover, mark jewelers (sorry no pic of 2 covers., cannot find).

[trademarkcomics]

On 11/29/2022 at 4:24 AM, Spawnfreak said:

This is my double cover, mark jewelers (sorry no pic of 2 covers., cannot find).

Hmmm, don't have any DC Double MJs...

 

You will give it to me now...

[Spawnfreak]

On 11/29/2022 at 12:19 PM, trademarkcomics said:

Hmmm, don't have any DC Double MJs...

 

You will give it to me now...

Just remember what happened to him, he split.

[g-man]

On 11/28/2022 at 7:15 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

What do you think this hammers at? 

just over $14K 

[trademarkcomics]

On 11/30/2022 at 10:18 AM, g-man said:

just over $14K 

Not surprising unfortunately. It's the problem with auctions versus fixed price; with fixed you only need ONE interested buyer, with auctions you need at least TWO... you often need a heck of a lot more than that. I would NEVER put a high-priced rare error book on auction. 

[Chief1332]

Right book, right place, right time... big win.

[FoggyNelson]

On 11/29/2022 at 6:45 AM, WEBHEAD said:

Congratulations for how long this thread has lasted.....I finally have a few double covers again I love them everytime I see one  thanks to everyone for showing yours 

Cool book to have a double cover of👍‼️

[trademarkcomics]

On 12/4/2022 at 8:23 AM, Chief1332 said:

Right book, right place, right time... big win.

If you're talking about the GL #87, it may be a big windfall for the seller, but it should have sold for more. There are 36 9.8s out there but probably only ONE double cover. A regular 9.8 sold for just over $14.5k in November...this should have went for $20-25K. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 12/4/2022 at 7:12 PM, trademarkcomics said:

If you're talking about the GL #87, it may be a big windfall for the seller, but it should have sold for more. There are 36 9.8s out there but probably only ONE double cover. A regular 9.8 sold for just over $14.5k in November...this should have went for $20-25K. 

I've been looking for an affordable copy in the fine range for a long time. It wouldn't be the 1st time a book took off towards 1k in low grades to leave me.

Several single issue spidey, wwbn32, and ff52 being the big ones!

[Chief1332]

On 12/4/2022 at 7:12 PM, trademarkcomics said:

If you're talking about the GL #87, it may be a big windfall for the seller, but it should have sold for more. There are 36 9.8s out there but probably only ONE double cover. A regular 9.8 sold for just over $14.5k in November...this should have went for $20-25K. 

Yes, but I suppose I'm talking about any book.  A different book, with same grade and characteristics may bring a 50-75% premium.

Steadier market may have helped this book realize that much of a bump?

 

[trademarkcomics]

A few recent pick ups...

This one is a classic to me! Original Cap vs 50s Cap! "Two Into One Won't Go!"

My first Spidey Super Stories double, I also have a Spectacular, all I need is Marvel Team Up. 

This one always reminds me of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way"! 

My 30th ASM double! 

Edited December 13, 2022 by trademarkcomics
Typo

[icp004]

Question for those familiar with the binding process.  Do multiple covers usually occur in bunches (like ASM 361) or are they just as likely to occur on a single copy of a print run? 

[OtherEric]

On 12/13/2022 at 4:44 PM, icp004 said:

Question for those familiar with the binding process.  Do multiple covers usually occur in bunches (like ASM 361) or are they just as likely to occur on a single copy of a print run? 

They are MORE likely to occur in bunches, if something goes wrong to create a double cover it's more likely to continue happening.  Single copies are less likely but do happen.

[trademarkcomics]

More fraud being perpetrated on eBay. 0 feedback seller just out on a bunch of homemade turkeys. The Turok #1 is LAUGHABLE. I love how he takes multiple pictures to prove how fake these are. 

Yeah, that doesn't line up. 

Thrashed spine.

I have no words...

[trademarkcomics]

Still throwing them up(as in vomiting). Obviously, he got these out of the dollar bin at his local comic store then took an afternoon to put them together.

A "quadruple cover". Someone needs to tell him that the more covers you put on a comic, the more fake it's gonna look. You see, when an extra cover is placed on the comic, it gets trimmed with the rest of it. Which would preclude the "feathered" look to the covers seen in his excellent pictures. 

[trademarkcomics]

Here's an odd duck. A CBCS graded 9.8 "Double Cover", but there are no grades for each cover and the grader notes are empty...other than the "pedigree", which I know from submitting myself is put there by the submitter, NOT the grader. I think this is a label error or something and don't think this is a legit double cover...do you? 

 

Grader notes:

Thor #337

• Marvel
• 11 1983

Variant: Direct Edition
Pedigree: Double Cover

 

9.8

Certified
White

 

Signees:
 

 

Notes:

Usual double cover CBCS label:

Grader notes on this copy:

Firestorm #82

• DC
• 2 1989

Variant: Direct Edition
Pedigree: Double Cover

 

9.6

Certified
White

 

Signees:
1st cover 9.2, interior cover 9.6

 

Notes:
1st cover
few spine stress breaks color, tiny tear top staple, tiny chip bottom spine
tiny corner & edge wear to cover breaks color front cover
interior cover
couple spine stress barely breaks color

 

WEIRD.

[trademarkcomics]

On 1/16/2023 at 7:01 PM, trademarkcomics said:

Here's an odd duck. A CBCS graded 9.8 "Double Cover", but there are no grades for each cover and the grader notes are empty...other than the "pedigree", which I know from submitting myself is put there by the submitter, NOT the grader. I think this is a label error or something and don't think this is a legit double cover...do you? 

 

Grader notes:

Thor #337

• Marvel
• 11 1983

Variant: Direct Edition
Pedigree: Double Cover

 

9.8

Certified
White

 

Signees:
 

 

Notes:

Usual double cover CBCS label:

Grader notes on this copy:

Firestorm #82

• DC
• 2 1989

Variant: Direct Edition
Pedigree: Double Cover

 

9.6

Certified
White

 

Signees:
1st cover 9.2, interior cover 9.6

 

Notes:
1st cover
few spine stress breaks color, tiny tear top staple, tiny chip bottom spine
tiny corner & edge wear to cover breaks color front cover
interior cover
couple spine stress barely breaks color

 

WEIRD.

Bump. I found another on MCS.  I broached the subject on CBCS forums and most think it's probably a label error. If evil CBCS submitters start taking advantage of some crazy loophole in CBCS's flawed submission system, then this could potentially drive the prices down on double covers, since there would be a major influx of faux doubles into the market causing them to not seem so rare after all. 

[trademarkcomics]

On 1/16/2023 at 4:35 PM, trademarkcomics said:

More fraud being perpetrated on eBay. 0 feedback seller just out on a bunch of homemade turkeys. The Turok #1 is LAUGHABLE. I love how he takes multiple pictures to prove how fake these are. 

Yeah, that doesn't line up. 

Thrashed spine.

I have no words...

This "triple cover" Thor #369 was his biggest seller. Some unsuspecting buyer spent $124.50 for a book the still 0 feedback seller probably spent $3 and maybe a staple nick on his finger for. If you look closely you will see the back cover doesn't line up and there is the EXACT SAME amount of dirty scuffing(probably from being in the dollar bin for a while) on the bottom of the back covers. Yeah, pretty sure the inner covers would have been spared from the scuffing. 

Can't want to see what kind of feedback they get.

 

Edited January 24, 2023 by trademarkcomics
My original word was censored

[srezvan]

On 1/23/2023 at 6:31 PM, trademarkcomics said:

This "triple cover" Thor #369 was his biggest seller. Some unsuspecting buyer spent $124.50 for a book the still 0 feedback seller probably spent $3 and maybe a staple nick on his finger for. If you look closely you will see the back cover doesn't line up and there is the EXACT SAME amount of dirty scuffing(probably from being in the dollar bin for a while) on the bottom of the back covers. Yeah, pretty sure the inner covers would have been spared from the scuffing. 

Can't want to see what kind of feedback they get.

 

A bunch of new ones popped up on ebay. I have a saved search and something didn't seem right. Guy has 10+ raw double covers for sale? 0 feedback? Fishy.