Incredible Hulk #181 - is it *that* red-hot? 17 17

[Dick Pontoon]

Seller's feedback is nothing to write home about (1036 negs, 551 neutral), that may figured into the hammer price, too. Think they're a board member, too.

Edited May 26, 2022 by Dick Pontoon

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 5/26/2022 at 3:55 PM, Pontoon said:

Seller's feedback is nothing to write home about (1036 negs, 551 neutral), that may figured into the hammer price, too. Think they're a board member, too.

What little I know about that seller is that they deal mostly in cards not comics, and that they have a very long and mixed history.

[thehumantorch]

On 5/26/2022 at 1:55 PM, Pontoon said:

Seller's feedback is nothing to write home about (1036 negs, 551 neutral), that may figured into the hammer price, too. Think they're a board member, too.

Agreed, I'm pretty sure that's a boardie and I believe we've had discussions about him before.  

[F For Fake]

On 5/26/2022 at 3:55 PM, Pontoon said:

Seller's feedback is nothing to write home about (1036 negs, 551 neutral), that may figured into the hammer price, too. Think they're a board member, too.

Yes, the feedback would be an absolute STOP sign for me, much less a red light. That would surely give anyone spending serious money pause.

[bpc3qh]

On 5/26/2022 at 5:40 PM, thehumantorch said:

Agreed, I'm pretty sure that's a boardie and I believe we've had discussions about him before.  

Probstein is on the boards? I know him from cards, primarily, so that's news to me.

[MGsimba77]

On 5/25/2022 at 8:16 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I’d be concerned that the book has impacted the walls of the inner well and suffered some minor SCS along the top and bottom edges. Maybe an illusion, but it looks a little suspect....

 

Always with the eagle eyes 😂. I'd speculate more to do with the feedback and the tendency of Ebay being a lousy auction platform for high dollar books. We see that type of micro slab issue quite often. I don't know If I'd call it terribly uncommon.

[joeypost]

On 10/6/2021 at 3:09 PM, grendelbo said:

My copy, though mid-grade, has an identical defect - placement, length and severity. I wonder if it's an uncommon production flaw on some copies.  🤔

Vertical speckling. Many copies have this issue. Happened during production. 

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 5/28/2022 at 10:44 PM, MGsimba77 said:

Always with the eagle eyes 😂. I'd speculate more to do with the feedback and the tendency of Ebay being a lousy auction platform for high dollar books. We see that type of micro slab issue quite often. I don't know If I'd call it terribly uncommon.

I don’t press books, so any post-slabbing dent is permanent.  I have a inspect pics/scans very closely to make sure no SCS has occurred. 

[alexgross.com]

last sale of a 9.0 on gpa is $12,750, which beats the 12 mo average, and the 2021 average. it's not a record high, but i think it suggests this book continues to do just fine. everyone seems to understand by now that 2022 prices are down some from the 2021 insanity, thanks to economic uncertainty, global war, and massive inflation. if things stabilize on these fronts, i expect this book in all grades to resume it's upward trajectory in most grades. 

[Gotham Kid]

@lou_fine

yesterday on comiclink

[lou_fine]

On 9/6/2023 at 12:33 AM, Gotham Kid said:

@lou_fine

yesterday on comiclink

Looks like I still win by a tad as I'll see your Hulk 181 for $75K and raised you a Marvel Super-Heroes 18 for $76K from last week:  

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dmarvel%2Bsuper%2Bheroes%2B18%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1707644&id=1707644&itemType=0

Seriously though, remember when it wasn't really that long ago when we were all shocked as Hulk 181 finally smashed its way through that $40K ceiling threshold that it kept bumping up against and finally soared all the way right through to something like $59K on CL.    

[Gotham Kid]

I remember not too long ago when 181s were selling for 6 figures

 

[RobAnybody]

Looks like there's a 9.8 auction going on ebay, ending Sunday morning EST.  Any bets where it ends up?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355027785025

[grendelbo]

On 9/12/2023 at 2:44 PM, RobAnybody said:

Looks like there's a 9.8 auction going on ebay, ending Sunday morning EST.  Any bets where it ends up?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355027785025

Seller has zero feedback. His description is asking folks to buy it now via his website. $72,000.

I bet the listing gets pulled. 

 

[grendel013]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:01 PM, grendelbo said:

Seller has zero feedback. His description is asking folks to buy it now via his website. $72,000.

I bet the listing gets pulled. 

 

I added to the shopping cart but not gonna check out. That way nobody can buy it. (Insert evil laughter.) 

[RobAnybody]

Interesting - does that mean you think it's a scam?

[namisgr]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:57 PM, RobAnybody said:

Interesting - does that mean you think it's a scam?

If a $70,000 comic being offered on the Bay by a seller with zero feedback doesn't tingle your Spidey-Sense, then nothing will.  

[Off Panel]

I can tell you for a lead-pipe fact that this auction is a scam.

How do I know?

The book in the photo he posted is the same book I'm holding in my hands right now.

 

 

I have reported this to eBay.

[grendelbo]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:53 PM, Off Panel said:

I can tell you for a lead-pipe fact that this auction is a scam.

How do I know?

The book in the photo he posted is the same book I'm holding in my hands right now.

 

 

I have reported this to eBay.

That's gotta be weird.

All of this dude's books looks like their pics were taken from Heritage.

[Off Panel]

Good eye, grendelbo. I bought the book in a Heritage auction and that's the Heritage photo.

And it was certainly weird just now. I pulled up the auction and saw the book and thought, "That looks familiar..."

Edited September 16, 2023 by Off Panel
Clarity.