The influence of writing on the cover

[hammer-migration]

FF 48 CGC 9.0

 

Never underestimate the negative influence that cover writing on an otherwise desireable book has on it's resistance to sale. Without the 12/6 the Buy It Now would have been utilized within the auction's first few moments.

[thecomicsheet]

I don't know what it is about this issue, but it seems like a lot of these copies have writing on the cover. I have a beautiful copy of this issue except there is a big, ugly date written on the cover in grease pen.

[seank]

Perhaps I'm the exception, but arrival dates don't bother me all that much. I object more to the plastic coffin the book is encased in.

 

However, if the book was a 9.0 with a subscription crease, I wouldn't touch it raw or cooked. Just my preferences.

[yertle]

Heh, I have two copies that are in worse shape then that but I guess I can sleep easy knowing they don't have the date written on the cover.

[thecomicsheet]

Thinkin about it! Thinkin! 2 minutes to go!

[vic6string]

I don't care how nice a book is otherwise, I would never put big money into a copy with writing on the cover or a subscription crease. To me, those are reading copies. Now, I wouldn't throw away a detective 27 or an AF 15 cuz of a cover date, but I would never ever pay 9.0 price for them (of course, I could never pay for them anyway, but that isn't the point)

[Crackandpresstoan11]

...or maybe it's because there are so many high grade copies of this book floating around, a 9.0 is no longer good enough. I laugh at the fact that some people have such a hard time with such a small insignificant date on the cover of this book. Your collections must be very small....

[clobberintime]

I think it may be more the value of FF 48s in general - hell a very nice 9.2 sold last night for a mere $835! I think that is below the Overstreet high price. Almost went after it but too much else going on. But there may be lots of good deals on ebay in the next few weeks - I am betting on a real buyers market. But if a 9.2 with no writing etc goes for $835 that puts the 9.0 at about $500? A small date stamp or writing doesn't bother me a lot either - unless it's on the middle of the cover or on a characters face or something. I have seen people complain about dates on the first page and on the back cover!

[COI]

From what I've seen, there isn't too much of a price spread between 9.0 and 9.2, but $835 for a 9.2 is quite low.

 

But, as has already been mentioned, there are so many slabbed copies available above 9.0 that anyone who really wants this book can afford to be picky.