Triple Cover Avengers 112

[fantastic_four]

It's a general indication, yes, but I assume over half of all dealers never open up a comic as they're grading them, so it could just be that 90% of the triple covers go unnoticed by dealers. Collectors are more likely to notice it, so we may see more triple covers identified as such by collectors selling to collectors on E-Bay than we've seen in the past.

[COI]

I recall hearing of a comic with 4 covers! It may even have been slabbed. But don't quote me on that because I can't remember exactly where, or when I may have seen or heard of it. Double/triple covers don't interest me much, so I wouldn't have made a note about it.

[COI]

but I assume over half of all dealers never open up a comic as they're grading them,

 

That's true actually...and it has always bothered me. I think that books have to be open up for acurate grading. I bought a "NM" ASM book once, and from the outside it looked great. But as I inspected the interior, I found that glasses and goatees were drawn of the faces in some of the panels. Not to mention the possibility of clipped coupons and missing/loose pages. But grading interiors is another topic all together.

 

 

[BachelorOfComix]

Alright, Alright!!! I suppose I was wrong to assume that anyone with 30 years of comic collecting experience would know about the scarcity of triple covers.

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[greggy]

MUST OWN ONE!

 

I have one! Granted, it's a Neals Adams Continuity issue but at least it has his art!

[supapimp]

i just picked up a avengers 46 triple cover NM/NM+

[greggy]

NM/NM+

 

Your grading or CGC grading?

[supapimp]

neither, but i will submit the book and let you all know.

[BachelorOfComix]

i just picked up a avengers 46 triple cover NM/NM+

Is that rare?

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[fantastic_four]

How much, and from where? Just curious because I've never seen a dealer list a triple-cover book for sale.

[BachelorOfComix]

Your grading or CGC grading?

Superworld grading. Probably 8.5-9.4

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[greggy]

Probably 8.5-9.4

 

Tell me about it! The NM copy of Marvel Feature 1 that I bought was probably only a 9.2. The price was fair so I decided to keep it!

[fantastic_four]

Ah! Guide is $35, so $125 is 3.5x guide. Not bad, unless he gave it a NM/NM+ because the innermost cover is that good but the outer two covers are G/VG.

[fantastic_four]

The NM copy of Marvel Feature 1 that I bought was probably only a 9.2

His grading can be off by two notches or more at times, but there's no way to argue about a 9.2 vs. a 9.4. We're all off by that much at times, including CGC.

[BachelorOfComix]

Yep, they're hit & miss. Ted's a nice fellow, I just wish his grading was more consistently on the mark.

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[greggy]

Like I said, I kept it because the price was right because I won it on eBay. However, his prices as per his website is quite high for raw copies and usually a 0.2 difference means that you lose money if you decide to grade it!

[fantastic_four]

Have you found a dealer who doesn't have a standard grading deviation of at least 1 notch on the 25-notch scale yet? Or for that matter, a professional comic certification company?

[greggy]

Yeah, but most dealers don't price their raw NM copies near the price of a CGC 9.4 copy! So...you have less wiggle room to work with if you want to come up at least even.

[notch_top]

I LOVE the double and triple cover books..especially when the outer cover is close to the interiors grade..

 

Like this copy here.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=17082&item=2166590938&rd=1

 

 

 

 

[murph0]

Hey...who let Gman log on under Notch_top's name?

 

Brian