I have no more details than this beautiful scan (and the crazy thread on the CGC Forums.) ComicConnect.com is listing the book in their for sale section. There is much speculation as to the price.
Is this a $1,000,000 book? I think a realistic price is closer to $750,000-800,00, but who knows what they're planning to do with it.
Clearly, more info as I get it 
The bid came in last night at $358,500. How much further will it go from here? I feel like the book is valued at around $500,000 to $550,000, so that would be my ceiling. Thing is, with books like this it's all just uncharted territory. Maybe the optimists at the CGC Forum will finally be right about a book and this will do $750,000? I'd love to see it.
Here's the top five right now:
1 Detective Comics #1 CGC 8.0 Heritage $358,500 (and counting)
2 Marvel Comics #1 CGC 9.0 Pay Copy Private Sale $350,000
2 Flash Comics #1 CGC 9.6 Church Private Sale $350,000
4 Action Comics #1 CGC 6.0 March 13, 2009 Comic Connect $317,200
5 Batman #1 CGC 9.0 late 2007 ComicLink $280,000
If you have to ask what book, you're on the wrong blog
As of right now it's the 4th highest price ever for a comic. And there are 21 days to go.
Pedigree sold the 3rd nicest Fantastic Four #1 tonight for $143000.00. I really had no idea where it would end up, so I'm not sure what my reaction is. I would have liked it to sell closer to the record for an AF15 (190k), but that's just because I'm an unrepentant Fantastic Four fan boy.
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Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC VF 8.0
From the Heritage newsletter:
This exceptional copy of the comic featuring the very first Batman story will be auctioned by Heritage in our February 25-27, 2010 event in Dallas. It's being sold without reserve.
CGC has graded the comic Very Fine 8.0. It's one of two in this grade on CGC's census, with none graded higher.
"This is probably the most desirable comic Heritage has ever auctioned," said Lon Allen, Director of Sales for the Comics division of Heritage. "The eye appeal is absolutely outstanding. Most comics from 1939 are smudged, torn, creased, and so on — this one's got really bright colors and looks fresh. It has no restoration which is a major plus as well. We've never handled a copy that's anywhere near this nice."
This amazing book is part of an excellent collection of highly desirable Golden Age known as the Pinnacle Hill Collection. Look for more on the book and the collection in the weeks to come!
If this book doesn't set the record for a price paid for a comic book it will be a bitterly disappointing result. Personally I'll be disappointed if it doesn't crack $500,000.
Put another way, this book is good enough that it should really give us an idea of what the ceiling is for comic book sales. If this sells for the $500,000 it deserves then all the talk of seven figures for the Allentown Detective 27 and the Church Action #1 become that much more realistic. If it fails to break that level, then maybe we have to set our sights a little lower.
(And Happy Thanksgiving for those of you in the States)
Scoop is reporting that Doug sold a CGC VF/NM Hulk #1 for $100,000. With all of these Marvel keys getting into six figures my head is starting to spin.
Behold, the glory:
The new book is the ridiculous Amazing Spider-Man #5 that sold for 97k at ComicLink and there's new data on the following books:
From the "better late than never" department, the latest Heritage auction produced two new official members of the $100,000 club.
The The Incredible Hulk #1 CGC NM- 9.2 sold for $125,475.00 and the Amazing Fantasy #15 Biljo White Copy (Marvel, 1962) CGC VF+ 8.5 sold for $104,562.50.
Now I just need to update the actual list…
Oh, look, another list. This one is based off of a Google search I saw, so there's at least one person out there wondering what the most valuable slabbed books are. As always, I want to hear feedback on these books. Is there anything I missed? How would you rank them? Please feel free to share in the comments.
