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Koneg  3 stars
Title: Evil Genius
Posts: 894
Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
http://news.yahoo.com/inherited-comic-collection-expected-fetch-2m-231244641.html


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The collection includes 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's list of top 100 issues from comics' golden age.

Including..


Action Comics #1: First appearance of Superman

Detective Comics #27: First appearance of Batman


All in pristine condition. Total estimated auction value? $2,000,000.00

 

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Eager_Igraine  4 stars
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Koneg  3 stars
Title: Evil Genius
Posts: 894
Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
That story is from this morning. The action is over now. As you might guess, it didn't quite sell for the estimated $2 million.


It sold for closer to $4 million.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hI9XJfqaHatx9HipK3XQxGfCocbg?docId=0f0cb56b09d7417c87caa2720e5e76b5


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A copy of Detective Comics No. 27, which sold for 10 cents in 1939 and features the debut of Batman, got the top bid at the New York City auction Wednesday. It sold for about $523,000

 

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Jaedence  1 star
Posts: 146
Registered: 2009-2-27 02:17:13
"Rorrer, who works as an operator at a plant where oil is separated from water, said he was telling a co-worker about Captain America No. 2, a 1941 issue in which the hero bursts in on Adolf Hitler, when the co-worker mused that it would be something if he had Action Comics No. 1, in which Superman makes his first appearance.

"I went home and was looking through some of them and there it was," said Rorrer, who then began researching the collection's value in earnest."

What kind of a dumbass doesn't know Captain America #2 and Action Comics #1 are worth staggering amounts of money?

I bet even Snooky knows that.
Sansfear  3 stars
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Registered: 2008-8-31 05:04:52
Rorrer was just a relative that was cleaning out the house after his aunt passed away.
Eager_Igraine  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-11-21 11:55:52
I'm not completely surprised, everyone knows Batman pwns Superman.


 

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