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Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 9.2 Sells For Record $375,000
Vintage comics seller and auction house ComicConnect just announced that the sale of the Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 9.2 Northland copy for $375,000 earlier this month That's a new record for this key 1962 Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and featuring the first appearance of one of Marvel's best-known characters. The sale eclipses the previous[...]
Putting The New CGC Holder To The REAL Test: Is It Social Media Friendly?
You want to share them. When William Christensen told me about seeing the new CGC Holder — and was genuinely pretty excited about it, which caught my attention because that guy has been collecting vintage comics since about age 6 and is not an easy person to impress — well, I was intrigued, sure… but I still had[...]
CGC's New Holder Changes the Game
I don't get much of a chance to write these days, but some things are just too good to keep secret for long. I’m the biggest vintage comic book geek you
Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 Sells For Record $3,207,852.00
 No decent scan or photo of the Church copy — widely considered the most valuable comic in existence —  has ever been made public on the internet, though the few knowledgeable individuals who have seen it claim it is undoubtedly the best copy known to exist. The new record-holding Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 was purchased from the[...]
Hulk Smashes Record: Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 9.2 Sells For $320,000
Even for a vintage comics market in which six-figure sales have become increasingly more frequent, this one stands out: vintage comics seller and auction house ComicConnect has just sold an Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 9.2 for $320,000  That's a new record for this key 1962 Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and[...]
Fred Guardineer Action Comics #15 Superman Cover Original Art Sells for $286,800
 As Bleeding Cool also told you in 2010, the iconic Golden Age cover to Superman #14 reached $402,000 without meeting its auction reserve. Of course, the highest price ever paid for a piece of American comic book art from any era remains the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #328 by Todd McFarlane, which sold for $675,250 in[...]
BC Mag #5: Vintage Paper Chase
Bleeding Cool Magazine article excerpt by Mark Seifert & William A. Christensen “One” isn’t the loneliest number when it comes to comic book collecting.
BC Mag #4: Vintage Paper Chase
Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Mark Seifert & William Christensen There’s nothing a vintage comic collector likes better than to see an obscure old
BC Mag #2: Vintage Paper Chase
Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Mark Seifert & William A. Christensen Every year around this time, we get the urge to look at some holiday-themed