INCREDIBLE HULK #181 CGC 9.8 OW/W
Winning bid: US $13,351.01 Seller:cary8655 ( 167 )
INCREDIBLE HULK #181 CGC 9.8 OFF WHITE/WHITE PAGES
FIRST FULL WOLVERINE APPEARANCE
CGC CERT # 0967181002
And the book:
While we were all busy geeking out about the Action #1, the Comic Book Collecting Association Launched over at comiccollecting.org. From the Scoop article:
With a Bam, Boom and Pow, the latest news to the comic community is the unveiling of the Comic Book Collecting Association (CBCA) which publicly announced its launch on Monday, February 22, 2010. Guided by its founding principles of Fellowship, Education and Ethics, CBCA is a nonprofit international organization made up of comic book enthusiasts who share an appreciation for the history, artistic merit, and significance of the comic book medium as an important element of popular culture. Thus, not only are comic books themselves the subject of focus but also their history, the artwork and artistry and related memorabilia.
“CBCA is the largest organizational outreach relating to our hobby that this community has seen in years,” stated Steve Zarelli, a member of the CBCA’s Board of Directors. Zarelli added that everyone is incredibly enthusiastic and energized to make plans to move forward to bring these same sentiments to fellow collectors and dealers throughout the world.
Check the Advisory Board. It's a full cross-section of the industry.
The Advisory Board includes: Doug Braithwaite (British comic book artist);Dan Cusimano (owner, Flying Donut Trading Co.), Steve Eichenbaum (CEO, Certified Collectibles Group/CGC), Danny Fingeroth (former Marvel Comics editor, comic writer), Jamie Graham (owner, Graham Cracker Comics), John Haines (Rare Comics), Tracey Heft (Eclipse Paper, restoration expert); Dave Kapelka (North Coast Nostalgia), John Jackson Miller (comic book writer-commentator), Josh Nathanson (President, ComicLink); James Payette (Rare Books and Comics), Brian Peets (A-1 Comics), Dave Reynolds (Dave’s American Comics), Wayne Smith (VP, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.), John K. Snyder, Jr. (former President, Geppi’s Entertainment); Jim Steranko (comic book writer, artist, historian); Bob Storms (owner, High Grade Comics); Doug Sulipa (owner, Doug Sulipa’s Comic World), Ted Van Liew (owner, Superworld Comics), J.C. Vaughn (Executive Editor, Associate Publisher for Gemstone Publishing), Joe Vereneault (owner, JHV Associates) and Vincent Zurzolo (co-owner, Metropolis Collectibles).
The Kansas City Action #1 CGC VF 8.0 is listed as Sold on the Comic Connect site.
It's the first publicly reported sale over $1,000,000 of a comic book.
It's actually the first publicly reported sale over $500,000, but who's counting?
The price is stronger than what I feel the book is worth (by about 25%), but I'm happy to be wrong in this situation. $1,000,000 is a nice round number that will generate a lot of press. Press= good for the hobby (as long as any new people stay away from the books I want to collect 
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With the speed of the sale, it's clear to me that there's a possibility that this transaction was prearranged or even consummated long before the book was even announced. Comic Connect would have been smart to do so, so as to guarantee the maximum exposure and publicity for the sale and to protect against a protracted, potentially embarrassing (if it went on long enough) $1,000,000 listing with no takers.
Here it is, the belle of the ball.
SPIDER-MAN #1 CGC GRADED UNRESTORED strict 6.5
Sold For: US $5,900.00 Seller: marvelseller ( 4598 )
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The focus here is on American mainstream comics. I have no apologies for that These are in no order. They are, however, presented with plenty of love for a decade chock full of good comics.
Comprising Sleeper: Season One and Sleeper: Season Two, this series went way too far under the radar. It was clearly one of the best superhero efforts of the decade, although at the end of the day it was more cloak and dagger than capes and cowls. Thankfully both Phillips and Brubaker went on to become fancy, big-selling stars for Marvel after finishing up this classic. I just wish a few more people had been able to check out Sleeper when it was running. It was tough talking into a vacuum.
Criminal took the Noir aspects of Sleeper, jettisoned the superhero aspects and distilled a pure drauft of crime drama. I have an affinity for their source material and love these two guys as individual talents so I was basically made to love this book.
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While it's not the White Mountain copy and will therefore not force me to dig around in my change drawer for the funds to purchase it, it is a fancy copy of one of my favorite books of all time. I also haven't featured one of Doug's books in a while so I figured I'd point out this beauty:
Is this a $50,000 book now? Seems about right.
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.
There are some strange, scammy comic ook listings above this one- the same high dollar value book selling three or four times. I ignored all of those.
Gladly, considering the end result:
FRANK FRAZETTA NUDE PIN UP GIRL ORIGINAL PENCIL ART
Sold For: US $9,500.00 Seller: ecastellop ( 63 )
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