Superman comic #1
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Did anyone see that the other day the Superman comic #1 sold for I believe $2 million. It puts it up there with the Honus Wagner card for collectors of comics. Now I have maybe bought 3 possibly 4 comics in my entire life but I must say if ever given the choice (I know that the chances of this happening are zero) I would probably take that book over the Honus Wagner card even though I collect cards and not comics. I am the only card collector that feels this way?
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James
The names of the seller and buyer have not been released. Sale was brokered over a comics auction website.
Action #1 was the comic not Superman #1.
Comics are much tougher in high grade due to all the more things that can go wrong with them, I think the Comic will be worth more one day than the Honus will so I would go with it.
1 million not 2 million
Action Comics number 1 not Superman number 1
The buyer was not revealed in any reports that I heard. (although it did mention that the buyer bought
a previous copy that was lower in grade so it is possible that Mr. Drummer is the buyer).
I can just imagine how much of what is said around here is accurate.
Steve
<< <i>I am the only card collector that feels this way? >>
A wild boast.
Shane
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<< <i>I would take the comic so I could order the REAL X-RAY GLASSES from the last page. >>
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Action #3 sold by me 1995 to help pay for Lawyers, about Fine/VF condition Sale price $1800.00
Todays price $75-100K
Superman #1, about Fine condition, Stolen from me by Ex-Wife, sold in 1995 to local shop for $4K
Today's price $100-150K
Amazing Spiderman #1 Solid VF condition, Stolen from me by Ex-Wife, Sold to local shop in 1995 for $1200.00
Todays price $25-35K
And the list could go on and on !!
Hindsight.....$1,000,000.00
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Neil
This one was done in 1988 to celebrate 50 yrs of printing:
The prices for these are all over the place. I'm guessing they're plentiful and overpriced.
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<< <i>I guess from an investment stantpoint I think there is much more growth potential for the comic (IMHO), so I would choose that if I were an investor, but since I'm a collector of cards I would be all over the Wagner.
Donato >>
I'm with you Donato.
I would like a really nice beater - if ya can call it that for what one would have to pay!
by The Washington Post
The Associated Press
This Action Comics No. 1 is the second-highest graded copy known to exist.
It's a story worthy of a banner headline in the Daily Planet.
The Holy Grail of comic books - yes, fellow fans, the hallowed edition of Action Comics No. 1 that hit the stands in 1938 for 10 cents - has sold for $1 million.
This rare issue - widely known as the first comic book to feature Superman - is changing hands between private seller and buyer. And both their identities are being shielded from the pubic.
The reaction of the buyer upon beholding the book was: It looks as if it were printed yesterday, says Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of the site ComicConnect.com and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles, which conducted the sale.
"The person who bought it is an avid Superman fan and was extremely excited to get it," Zurzolo told Comic Riffs by phone from New York.
He said that the customer who sold the copy Monday is a New Yorker and is the same person Metropolis sold the copy to 15 years ago. "He has a very deep collection," the ComicConnect.com owner says.
Zurzolo says the buyer previously purchased an Action Comics No. 1 and "wanted a higher-grade copy." The million-dollar copy is said to be an "8.0" edition, using the 10-point scale created by Zurzolo's Metropolis co-owner, Stephen Fishler - the "second-highest graded copy known to exist," Zurzolo says.
"It's phenomenally beautiful," says Zurzolo, 38. "I've been in this business for over 20 years (he began selling professionally at age 16), and when I had my hands on this book (recently) for the first time, it was like holding the Holy Grail."
. . . The brightest tones of white are (amazing) and the spine is gorgeous."
The sale price is nearly three times the previous record for a comic book, comics sellers say.
"This sale is groundbreaking," Zurzolo says to Comic Riffs. "It changes the game for comic-investment collectibles.
"....He said that the seller was a "well-known individual" in New York with a pedigree collection, and that the buyer was a known customer who had previously bought an Action Comics No 1. "
full story
<< <i>Rumors are swirling it was Seinfeld (New Yorker and Huge Superman fetish)... or he could have been the seller.
"....He said that the seller was a "well-known individual" in New York with a pedigree collection, and that the buyer was a known customer who had previously bought an Action Comics No 1. "
full story >>
First person I thought of, Seinfeld.
<< <i>I was thinking Howard stern! >>
He's also been mentioned...
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<< <i>I was thinking Howard stern! >>
He's also been mentioned... >>
I know if wasn't him because he talked about it onhis show last week and he thought it was crazy that someone pays that much for a comic book. He also said he had a bunch of nice ones as a kid and his mother gave them away. Of course, his stories were much funnier.