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Steve Ogden Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 29 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1263
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 8:20am | IP Logged | 1
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CGC 9.0 Incredible Hulk #1 Sells for $100,000 | |
| Following last week’s record-breaking sale of a CGC-certified 9.2 copy of Incredible Hulk #1 at Heritage Auction Galleries for $125,475, Pedigree Comicshas just reported another landmark transaction involving the jadegiant’s first issue with a sale of a CGC-certified 9.0 copy for$100,000. The sale was completed on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Pedigree Comics President and CEO Doug Schmell negotiated thetransaction between the seller and buyer and both sides "are extremelyhappy," he said. “This is the nicest 9.0 copy I have ever seen (I've seen three ofthem) and actually rivals the Northland 9.2 copy I used to own instructure and appearance. This copy has off-white to white pages and isthe glossiest Hulk #1 I've ever seen. Plus, it is perfectly centered,which was a major negotiating point in completing the sale,” he said. “The buyer made the trip to my office to personally inspect thebook and he was very pleased with the its overall appearance. Aftersome back and forth phone calls to the consignor and haggling with thebuyer, a price of $100,000 was agreed upon, far eclipsing the previousrecord for a Hulk #1 in 9.0 of $45,000 set in July, 2006, and just short of the overall record price for an Incredible Hulk #1 reached this past weekend at auction.”
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Paul Greer Byrne Robotics Security
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 8:23am | IP Logged | 2
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Must have been to the buyer.
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William McMahon Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 March 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 224
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 8:24am | IP Logged | 3
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I truly believe this book went for less than it is worth!!!
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4883
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 8:52am | IP Logged | 4
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Now, time to take it out of the slab and read it!
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Joe Zhang Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:00am | IP Logged | 5
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Ah yes, one day my GCG 9.8 Spawn #1 will make me a rich man.
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Lars Johansson Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 June 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 6113
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:02am | IP Logged | 6
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Now, time to take it out of the slab and read it! And some previous owner had porridge for lunch and left a big stain.
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Jeremiah Avery Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 7
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I certainly wouldn't mind being the owner of a copy of Incredible Hulk #1, but that much money for a slabbed book is asinine. I have a copy of X-Men #1 and I've read it.
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Eric Lund Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:26am | IP Logged | 8
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CGC rating is the greatest ploy on stupid people ever devised.
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Michael Todd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 September 2009 Location: United States Posts: 4115
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:39am | IP Logged | 9
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My brother used to have a copy that he bought new, when I was a little boy he traded it away, I should send him a link to this.
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Ed Deans Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 10
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QUOTE:
“This is the nicest 9.0 copy I have ever seen (I've seen three ofthem) and actually rivals the Northland 9.2 copy I used to own instructure and appearance. |
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What does "Northland 9.2" mean here. Is it a rating like CGC? This was worth it for the buyer and that's all that matters.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:45am | IP Logged | 11
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Slabbed, it ain't worth a dime. Would YOU buy something you could not personally examine?
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 November 2009 at 9:47am | IP Logged | 12
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It's like buying a vintage car, and then having it delivered in your driveway encased in a big block of lucite.
Edited by Robert Bradley on 30 November 2009 at 9:47am
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