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…
Yes it is. Here are a few lots I'm watching:
Sue me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Modern drek. Copper crapola. Whatever 
This is cool to me.
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I went through the catalog yesterday. I limited myself to picking twelve lots of interest to share with you guys. It was tough because this is an auction full of some interesting material. The Joe Kubert lots themselves could have produced a decent set of 12 items to ogle.
This is clearly the book of the auction. I don't get excited easily by Silver Age marvels, but this book brings a smile to my face. It's tough to find in high grade and it's the HULK.
Hulk smash!
As of this writing it sits at $45,000. Still plenty of room for a thrill bid, I think.
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Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 1st Wolverine
Sold For: US $16,000.00 Seller: redqbird ( 419 )
Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 1st Wolverine
In this issue, Wolverine makes his first full appearance in a battle royale against the Hulk. What better way then to make a first appearance than to battle the most powerful super being in the world! Next to Spider-Man, Wolverine has emerged as the most popular superhero in the Marvel Universe. Shortly after this issue, Wolverine appeared in Giant-Size X-men #1 and became a permanent part of the most exciting superhero team of the last three decades. This is a pristine CGC NM/MT 9.8. Central to the first three X-men movies, Wolverine was the first X-men to make it to the silver screen solo in the recently released X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Certification # 0908159006
Title: Incredible Hulk
Issue :181
Issue Date: 11/74
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Universal
Pages: off-white pages
Thank you for looking!!!!
And here's the book:
INCREDIBLE HULK 181 CGC 9.8 * 1ST WOLVERINE APPEARANCE!
Winning bid: US $18,100.00 Seller: desirableitems ( 284 )
Two bids. That's a lot of money for a two bid auction. Although that figure is only 68% of the high price paid for a 9.8 this year
($26,200). Looking at GPA this book has been all over the place. Selling for as high as $26,200 and as low as $15,000 over the past two years. Yikes!
Here's the description:
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THE INCREDIBLE HULK # 1 1962 CGC VF WHITE PAGES
Final Bid: US $25,100.00 Seller: oneoldcat( 75)
Description (revised)
Item Specifics
Age : Silver Age (1956-1969) Product Type: COMIC BOOKS
Character : HULK Genre: Super Hero
Publisher : MARVELTHE INCREDIBLE HIULK # 1…THE WHITE MOUNTAIN COPY. What more needs to be said? One of the Keyest of Key books. This book has WHITE PAGES as per the OLD CGC (and some say back then they played by a much more strict set of grading rules). This book grades VF 8.0 so it is one of the top graded books. As with most WHITE MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE BOOKS there is a written year (date) on the cover… this one is no different. The AF 15, Spidey 1 as well as the FF1 all sold at record or near record prices from this ultimate Silver age Pedigree collection. The INCREDIBLE HULK is the only NUMBER 1 from the WHITE MOUNTAIN COLLECTION that is actually AVAILABLE and NOT tide up with some big name auction house that will stick you for another 20 PER CENT upon obtaining the winning bid.
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS KEY BOOK FROM THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF SILVER AGE BOOKS EVER….I PRESENT:
THE INCREDIBLE HULK # 1 FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAIN COLLECTION….now there is a very cool bragging right for a Silver-Age collector!!!! A true Super-key book.
100 percent Ebayer….postage will be excact and insured.. any questions just ask..
Here's the book:
$112,500 with another 40 minutes to go:
I'll update after the auction closes.
[update]
Killer result.
THE INCREDIBLE HULK # 1 1962 CGC VF WHITE PAGES
I think I know what will win the top eBay item next week. It might even break into the all time eBay list…
While I've got you here, anyone know where the White Mountain Daredevil #1 is?
The Comiclink listed INCREDIBLE HULK #1 CGC NM 9.2 Northland, is at $95,000 (as of this writing) and I wouldn't bet against it moving well past the magical 100k mark in short order.
The great crash is here!
Oh, wait a minute. Just the opposite is happening…
ComicLink sayeth:
"Auction Estimate = $90,000-$120,000"
With their recent track record I can't say I doubt them.
That said, if that book sells for $100,000 I'm going to feel like I'm starting over from scratch because all of my numbers will be flipped on their respective heads. With all of the incredibly healthy recent results piling on top of one another it's like a new hobby. I stepped away from the day to day grind for a year or so (which isn't to say I wasn't paying attention- I was, just not as closely) and now everything feels like it's twice as strong as it was just 12-18 months ago. During the period of JP's sell-off, things like the Church Flash #1 selling for a 75k loss felt like victory because it wasn't a total embarrassment for the hobby like the thud of the Pay Copy selling for barely sixty cents on JP's dollar. Now? We've got six figure books doubling their "reasonable" estimates.
Crazy.
Good crazy But definitely crazy…
