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What To Make Of This?
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silversurfer275

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18 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said:

Saw this online for sale

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I am not sure what this is implying. Is it a true double cover? I was under the impression a double cover was always blue? Is this one that someone just replaced the staples on? If so, why the mention of marrying covers?

looks like a fake double cover which is weird Idk how cgc would allow that 

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7 minutes ago, silversufer27 said:

looks like a fake double cover which is weird Idk how cgc would allow that 

Right? I am curious if that is the case. Maybe that is what the green label is for but still I would not have put double cover on the label at all to give the person the chance to sell as such (if it is a fake)

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6 minutes ago, B2D327 said:

Maybe they gave the owner the option of a purple label for the staple replacement or green for marrying the 2nd cover so they chose the lesser of the reselling evils

I messaged the seller. He said he bought it as a double cover, had it slabbed and it came back as what you see. To me, sounds like someone screwed him over by making their own double cover.

 

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The why confuses me though. Presumably the person who did this had two solid copies, an 8.0 and a 9.0. Unless both had interior flaws that hurt, like missing page or cut coupon. I suppose that could be the case and they decided to make a double cover out of them. 

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9 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said:

The why confuses me though. Presumably the person who did this had two solid copies, an 8.0 and a 9.0. Unless both had interior flaws that hurt, like missing page or cut coupon. I suppose that could be the case and they decided to make a double cover out of them. 

Greed most likely. A high grade double cover is a rarity that fetches quite the premium over a regular copy. Using the right key words in the description is a good way to lure potential buyers to get their hands on it

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On 10/22/2020 at 1:26 PM, comicginger1789 said:
On 10/22/2020 at 1:20 PM, B2D327 said:

Maybe they gave the owner the option of a purple label for the staple replacement or green for marrying the 2nd cover so they chose the lesser of the reselling evils

I messaged the seller. He said he bought it as a double cover, had it slabbed and it came back as what you see. To me, sounds like someone screwed him over by making their own double cover.

If I remember correctly, the seller is that scam artist that is selling "The Hillside Collection" on eBay.

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On 10/24/2020 at 5:51 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

If I remember correctly, the seller is that scam artist that is selling "The Hillside Collection" on eBay.

That's a slippery slope........... The Hillside?

on another note anyone in the market for a triple cover copy i just whipped up?

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9 minutes ago, silversufer27 said:

is that real? lol 

Yup

The tale of this book was woven back in 2017 or so. Guy bought it for $100, had it graded and sold for over $8000 if memory serves. There were a couple topics on here at the time. 

To my knowledge, ASM #361 has an 8 cover and a 12 cover copy floating around that CGC has graded. 

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