EXTREMELY RARE COPY OF ‘ACTION COMICS’ #1 AUCTIONS FOR $3.2 MILLION
An eBay auction for a so-called “pristine” copy of 1938′s Action Comics #1 — the issue in which Superman made his very first appearance — ended Sunday afternoon, and the winning bidder snagged the issue for a cool $3.2 million. That’s the most anyone has ever paid for a comic book, by a pretty wide margin. The previous record was $2.16 million, for a different copy of Action #1. Back in the day, creators Jerry Siegel andJoe Shuster were paid $130 the entire character.
The issue that garnered the $2 million bid (which was previously owned by actor Nicolas Cage) was rated 9.0 by the Certified Guaranty Company, but has pages that have yellowed just a bit. The one that drew the $3.2 million Sunday has white pages and is also rated 9.0.
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