drbanner Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The supply of this book has caught up to the demand, used to be fairly tough but the huge price increases of the last few years have brought a lot of copies to market. Looks like prices have peaked for the foreseeable future on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason4 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I think another increase with planet hulk movie and avengers movies if he beats up thanos at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The supply of this book has caught up to the demand, used to be fairly tough but the huge price increases of the last few years have brought a lot of copies to market. Looks like prices have peaked for the foreseeable future on this one. If you're talking about Hulk #1 I'd disagree. There was a large bounce when the 9.0 copy sold for $300K in 2014 and then things cooled for a while as they always do but the book has actually picked up again, especially in higher grades, which if consistent, draw up lower grade copies. And higher grade copies continue to climb although I thought the 8.5 would have finished higher if it happened just a few weeks earlier. Dumping a ton of copies at the end of 3 exhaustive auctions is a lot to absorb (and many other books that are hot went relatively cheap in this auction as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbanner Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) Not sure, I guess we'll see what the future holds but the present shows fairly stable prices in the mid-grades over the last 2 years. Edited December 16, 2016 by drbanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) The supply of this book has caught up to the demand, used to be fairly tough but the huge price increases of the last few years have brought a lot of copies to market. Looks like prices have peaked for the foreseeable future on this one. If you're talking about Hulk #1 I'd disagree. There was a large bounce when the 9.0 copy sold for $300K in 2014 and then things cooled for a while as they always do but the book has actually picked up again, especially in higher grades, which if consistent, draw up lower grade copies. And higher grade copies continue to climb although I thought the 8.5 would have finished higher if it happened just a few weeks earlier. Dumping a ton of copies at the end of 3 exhaustive auctions is a lot to absorb (and many other books that are hot went relatively cheap in this auction as well). When did a Hulk #1 in 9.0 sell for $300K in 2014? Considering that I sold the Hulk #1 9.0 at San Diego July 2014 that would be quite a leap Bob Edited December 16, 2016 by blazingbob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkdrawer Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Last 9.0 I saw was $75k on CC like 5-6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 When did a Hulk #1 in 9.0 sell for $300K in 2014? Considering that I sold the Hulk #1 9.0 at San Diego July 2014 that would be quite a leap Bob Sorry, that was a typo. A 9.2 sold for $300K and a 9.0 sold for $178K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Last 9.0 I saw was $75k on CC like 5-6 years ago. I believe the last 9.0 sale on GPA @ $178K was Bob's (correct me if I'm wrong) Comiclink also just sold a 9.0 for $275K this summer. It's a legit sale as I've spoken to the buyer about it. CC resold the Northland 9.2 for $375 recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 If anything, I believe mid to lower graded copies of Hulk 1 have stabilized and higher graded copies 8.0+ continue to soar because of rarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 If anything, I believe mid to lower graded copies of Hulk 1 have stabilized and higher graded copies 8.0+ continue to soar because of rarity. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I don't know about that. Sparkle City got nearly $18K for a 5.5 recently in an eBay auction when it was recently plateaued as a $15K book for the longest time. I just sold my 5.0 for a good number. I've seen other copies selling. I know that some were soft in the CC auction but I think many books were soft because of auction fatigue. I agree that in lower grades it's more common and not rising as quickly but the book seems to be moving. Just my observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I don't know about that. Sparkle City got nearly $18K for a 5.5 recently in an eBay auction when it was recently plateaued as a $15K book for the longest time. I just sold my 5.0 for a good number. I've seen other copies selling. I know that some were soft in the CC auction but I think many books were soft because of auction fatigue. I agree that in lower grades it's more common and not rising as quickly but the book seems to be moving. Just my observation. In the CC auction, a 5.5 OW-W with some significant chipping sold for $16,200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 In the CC auction, a 5.5 OW-W with some significant chipping sold for $16,200. That's about 10% off the Sparkle City copy price. Do you think that price is bullish or bearish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 In the CC auction, a 5.5 OW-W with some significant chipping sold for $16,200. That's about 10% off the Sparkle City copy price. Do you think that price is bullish or bearish? I'll cop out and say it was a middling result. The census count for mid-grade IH 1s is certainly up and it seems pretty clear that prices in that range have at least stalled, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 In the CC auction, a 5.5 OW-W with some significant chipping sold for $16,200. That's about 10% off the Sparkle City copy price. Do you think that price is bullish or bearish? Chipping is one thing that I do see quite often hitting prices in the negative. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeless icons Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Finally in the club. Aside from Cap 1, this has been my grail for a few decades. Interesting story.. It's christmas day and I get pulled over by an officer from my town. He nicely asks for my license and registration.. I'm thinking.. I'm only doing 28mph in a 25mph zone but my car is an absolute magnet for getting pulled over. Surely, this can't be the reason I thought.. I asked him why I was pulled over and he tells me a tail light is out. My girl in the passenger seat isn't saying much..He goes to his cruiser, comes back and hands me my license and registration back and says.. by the way, someone wanted me to give you this..He hands me a frame with a pic of my new hulk in it. All 3 of us just started laughing..talked for a few minutes and we took a few pictures, including a shot of me sitting in the cruiser. She always manages to surprise me somehow but this one was easily her best attempt thus far. Figured I'd share that with you all. Please bear in mind, this was a personal book (not business related). The police officers that set this up for me were perfectly fine with my posting this on the forums and on my FB account but asked me to keep it as personal and not business (which I had no intentions of anyway). We always hear about the bad stories involving the police but we never hear about the good things that they do for people in their communities. For once, I didn't mind getting pulled over. Edited December 26, 2016 by Timeless icons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviehuv66 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Great story! That is some grade you have on the Hulk 1! I wonder if the officer is a collector as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeless icons Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Thank you. He asked a few questions about the book and thought it was a cool gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Awesome story and sick book man. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peewee22 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Great story and a cool book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
