katorga12 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) Hi there, i have been working in buying some issues for my collection and I bought this Wonder Woman 15 from 1988 for 3 dlls, when i opened it, i noticed that it has a double cover, so i know it multiplicates its value, but i dont know how much, any guess, or do I really need to send it to CGC to have an estimate? Edited August 8, 2017 by katorga12 Misplace of words JcomicJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 CGC will grade each cover, note in on the label, and give it an overall grade of the higher of the two. However, not sure if it's worth sending to CGC as the book appears to be in rough shape, not a key, poor page quality, etc. Unless it's a major key, I don't think double covers go for big multiples. DO a keyword search on E-Bay for double cover and see what you can find. Make sure you look in the Sold category, asking prices on E-Bay are often unrealistic. You paid 3 dollars, maybe it's worth 5 or 6 dollars, not a big score here. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Its not worth having it graded. If you get lucky, it might go for $10 on ebay. Almost definitely no more than that. I've bought some 80s and 90s double covers for less than you paid. My biggest concern is why you paid $3 for a beatup copper age book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katorga12 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 9 hours ago, shadroch said: Its not worth having it graded. If you get lucky, it might go for $10 on ebay. Almost definitely no more than that. I've bought some 80s and 90s double covers for less than you paid. My biggest concern is why you paid $3 for a beatup copper age book. Great thanks for the info. Well as to why i bought it, I'm a 90's Valiant fan, I have read all of it and collected around 45% of all Valiant comics, i'm no expert but looking to that. So when it comes to DC i havent read that much, so i was in Vegas and entered an antique store, i know that most of the things there are overpriced but i dont care, im not a rich guy, i live in Mexico and buy comics in english and sell them here in Mexico, good profits , anyway i prefered to buy that overpriced comics along other ones from the copper and silver age, instead o letting them rot in the store, they were on the far side of the store around a corner and very well hidden, so I think i saved them and now i can sell it here in Mexico. If i can double it, sell it at $6 or $10 bucks I already made a win for me, so I don't I lost anything. So thanks for sharing that info and good luck with comic research Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/8/2017 at 2:23 PM, Bomber-Bob said: CGC will grade each cover, note in on the label, and give it an overall grade of the higher of the two. No. The overall grade is what the book will grade out as. Not the highest of the two covers. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: No. The overall grade is what the book will grade out as. Not the highest of the two covers. I've only seen one example of a double cover that did not have an overall grade of the higher of the two. In that case the page quality was tan or something and the overall grade was actually lower than either cover. So perhaps you are correct but in most cases, it is the higher of the two covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 In general, the grade of the highest cover will be what the book receives, but if there are conditions within the book,- torn pages, a stain, coupon missing or filled out, the book will be treated like every other book and judged as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypost Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 31 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said: I've only seen one example of a double cover that did not have an overall grade of the higher of the two. In that case the page quality was tan or something and the overall grade was actually lower than either cover. So perhaps you are correct but in most cases, it is the higher of the two covers. I believe they were light tan, and 8.5 was the highest grade assigned. Even though the covers graded higher than the 8.5 given. Bomber-Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 13 hours ago, Bomber-Bob said: 15 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: No. The overall grade is what the book will grade out as. Not the highest of the two covers. I've only seen one example of a double cover that did not have an overall grade of the higher of the two. In that case the page quality was tan or something and the overall grade was actually lower than either cover. So perhaps you are correct but in most cases, it is the higher of the two covers. There's no "perhaps" about it. Below is my book. 1st cover 9.0, inner cover 9.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
