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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 15, 2014 18:35:57 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/biz/news/how-high-will-superman-fly-on-ebay-first-comic-book-for-the-superhero-up-for-auction-1201284023/How High Will Superman Fly on eBay? Superhero’s First Comicbook Up for Auction Bids already have soared as high as $1.65 million on eBay for the first comicbook that introduced Superman to the masses. A copy of “Action Comics No. 1″ was put up for auction on eBay on Aug. 14, with parts of the final price going to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Bidding began at $1 million. The auction can be accessed here. Bidding is restricted to pre-approved buyers only. Fifteen bids have been received so far. Mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent appears for the first time in the comicbook, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, that was published in June 1938, who fights crime in Metropolis as Superman. Given that the copy is in mint condition — it garnered a 9.0 from the Certified Guaranty Co. — it could easily double the current asking price Aug. 24 when the auction ends. Nicolas Cage previously paid $2.16 million for another copy of “Action Comics No. 1,” and received a 9.0 from the CGC. “The quality and preservation of this Action No. 1 is astounding,” Paul Litch, CGC Primary Grader, said in a statement last month. “The book looks and feels like it just came off the newsstand. It is supple, the colors are deep and rich and the quality of the white pages is amazing for a comic that is 76 years old.” Collectibles dealer Darren Adams is auctioning off the book, who calls it “the Mona Lisa of comics and stands alone as the most valuable comic book ever printed.” There are believed to be only 50 unrestored original copies of “Action Comics No. 1″ still in existence.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 16, 2014 8:48:16 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 21, 2014 20:42:46 GMT -6
www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/21/steve-geppi-outbid-on-action-comics-1-9-0-at-1-6-million-on-ebay/There was a time when Steve Geppi looked like he might be made bankrupt. But that was before The Walking Dead became the monster hit it did. When the comics distributor he owned, Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors found itself the exclusive print distributor for both the comic shops and bookstores – and for Amazon. And before long, one in every two books from Diamond Book Distributors was The Walking Dead. Diamond were rescued from potential insolvency and Geppi survived the threat of being made bankrupt. And prospered. And now he has bid $1.65 million dollars for a copy of Action Comics #1 in CGC 9.0 condition, currently on eBay. That bid lasted for eight hours until another bidder plumped down $1.7 million. Too rich for Geppi’s blood. It now stands at over $2 million. Will he have another bid before the auction ends?
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 24, 2014 20:36:26 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/a-new-worlds-valuable-comic-727405Since 2010, the record for the most expensive American comic book has more than doubled Action Comics No. 1 A newly revealed copy of Action Comics No. 1 — considered the finest preserved example of Superman’s first appearance and unknown to the public until just a few weeks ago — has broken the record for the highest public price ever paid for a comic or comic art. It sold for $3,207,852.00 in an Ebay auction (earlier in the auction, one wag bid $2,193,819.38 so that the last eight digits would read “1938” in honor of the year the comic was published). Bleeding Cool’s Mark Seifert reported that the winning bidder was the dealer Metropolitan/ComicConnect, who were possibly bidding for an unknown client. The previous record for an American comic book was held by Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics No. 1, which sold for $2.1 million in 2011. It had been lost for a decade after being stolen from Cage’s home during a party in 2000, along with several other rare comics. In 2011, Cage’s comic was found in an abandoned storage locker. The thief has never been caught, and a copy of Detective Comics No. 27, which includes the first appearance of Batman, also stolen that night, has never been recovered. (The crime is so famous that there is even a movie in development about it.) The previous record for any kind of comic or comic art was $3.1 million for original art from the Belgium comic Tintin Comes to America by the writer/artist Herge. The $3.2 million price is astonishing, reaching the upper limit of what experts thought it might fetch. In four years, the record has more than doubled from $1.5 million. Before the appearance of this newly sold copy of Action Comics, the Cage copy was considered the finest surviving copy. But the new copy is even nicer, featuring startling white pages for a 76-year-old comic. Of the 100 known remaining copies of Action Comics, only one is rumored to be in better condition than this one. The famed “Edgar Church/Mile High” copy bought in 1977 by Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics from the estate of a retired commercial illustrator. The Church collection featured many of the best-quality surviving Golden Age comics. Rozanski sold most of the collection, but kept the Action Comics No. 1. He has never shown it publicly, but those who have seen it describe it as the best quality copy. The backstory of this comic, which was sold by Pristine Comics of Federal Ways, Washington, had comic collectors shaking their heads in surprise. Originally bought in West Virginia in 1938, it was stored in a cedar chest until it was sold to a dealer who kept it for a short time before selling it to another dealer about 30 years ago. That dealer kept it secret until he decided to sell it this year. (For more on the history of this book see a video here and Bleeding Cool's rundown here). On discussion boards collectors were astonished that such a beautiful copy of an important comic remained hidden for so long. Some wondered about the book’s history and others wondered if other unknown good quality rare Golden Age comics would now surface.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Aug 24, 2014 21:43:33 GMT -6
robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/08/pristine-copy-of-action-comics-1-sells-for-record-3-2-million/The finest known copy of Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold late this afternoon on eBay for a record $3.2 million. It’s the first comic to fetch more than $3 million at auction. The previous record price of $2.16 million was paid in 2011 for a copy of the same comic once owned by actor Nicolas Cage. While both are rated 9.0 by the Certified Guaranty Company, the Cage issue had “cream to off-white pages”; this one is considered to be in pristine condition. They’re the only two copies of Action Comics #1 to receive that high of a rating. This copy was acquired several years ago in a private sale by Darren Adams of Pristine Comics in Federal Way, Washington, and stored a temperature-controlled vault. He said the original owner bought the comic from a newsstand in 1938, and then kept in a cedar box for about four decades until a local dealer in West Virginia purchased it in an estate sale. The issue then passed to a third person, who held onto it for 30 years. Adams, the comic’s fourth owner, said he recently turned down an offer of $3 million, opting instead to sell it on eBay. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury. An opening bid of $1 million was submitted Aug. 14 within four minutes of the auction’s opening; by the midway point of the 10-day sale, the price had risen to $1.95 million. Bidding reached the $2 million mark on Aug. 18, after which activity slowed for a few days. There are thought to be only about 30 unrestored copies of Action Comics #1 in existence. The issue, which also included the first appearance of Zatara (overshadowed by the introduction of the Man of Steel by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), sold on newsstands in 1938 for 10 cents.
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