Double Covers 0

[Shadow Images]

I thought CGC used to list the highest grade of the two covers not the top cover?

[ADAMANTIUM]

Highest grade on the label yes, usually the covers underneath get the higher grade. It might make a difference the gap in grades of top and bottom cover, also how many covers are we talking.... got a pic or a link?

[ADAMANTIUM]

Come to think of it I've seen 8.5 and 9.2 covers and I think that the label was 8.5 ....

[Shadow Images]

Its a double cover with the top being 3.5 and the bottom being 4.0. The grade listed on the case is 3.5

[Shadow Images]

Also what does double covers usually add to the price of books?

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

Just now, Shadow Images said:

Its a double cover with the top being 3.5 and the bottom being 4.0. The grade listed on the case is 3.5

That's weird...

I thought they always took the higher, maybe they couldn't justify the outer looking bad and a 4.0

I'm with you, that's not a big enough gap to justify a lower label.

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

5 minutes ago, Shadow Images said:

Also what does double covers usually add to the price of books?

 

Depending on whether it is a key...

If not one then I'd say $50-75 bump on top of whatever grade it is in. Maybe with a best offer option if possible

Edited December 6, 2017 by ADAMANTIUM

[ADAMANTIUM]

13 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Depending on whether it is a key...

If not one then I'd say $50-75 bump on top of whatever grade it is in. Maybe with a best offer option if possible

Actually it may not be as simple as stated above, but I would say a certain percentage of the the sale price of the book and grade in question....

Maybe 25% these are all just estimates of what I've purchased and what I've considered to be be reasonable when shopping for double covers.....

Take with a grain of salt? 

[ADAMANTIUM]

[lizards2]

[shadroch]

CGC doesn't only grade the cover. Defects to the interior affect the grade. A book might have a 3.0 outer cover, a 6.0 inside cover but the interior book would get a 2.0

In a case like that, the assigned grade may differ than that given the covers alone.

[Bomber-Bob]

There was an example on the Boards where a double cover graded lower than either cover. The Reason.................Page Quality. The PQ was Tan to Off White, something like that, and in that case CGC has a grade threshhold. I believe the threshhold is roughly 9.0 .  I'm sure someone can find it and show us this example again. 

[Artboy99]

1 hour ago, Shadow Images said:

Also what does double covers usually add to the price of books?

 

depends a lot on the book.

How rare is it?

Is it a key?

Golden age, Silver, bronze, copper modern?

Grade of the book?

 

 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

18 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said:

There was an example on the Boards where a double cover graded lower than either cover. The Reason.................Page Quality. The PQ was Tan to Off White, something like that, and in that case CGC has a grade threshhold. I believe the threshhold is roughly 9.0 .  I'm sure someone can find it and show us this example again. 

That's my book.  Outer cover = 9.0, inner cover 9.6

Edited December 6, 2017 by BlowUpTheMoon
greggy is a dork

[Pitboss]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-181-CGC-3-5-4-0-DOUBLE-COVER-CR-OW-Pages-1st-Poison-Ivy/302555949580?hash=item4671bd6a0c:g:d0QAAOSwa0VaJ~au

Those staples 

 

[lizards2]

greggy. 

[nepatkm]

The cover is not the only thing CGC grades, maybe other factors inside?

[Marvel Maniak]

If the two covers are different, i.e, the inner cover is the standard and the outer is a variant. what should it be listed as?

Standard, with a variant outer cover?  or Variant with standard cover inside?