Set Your Snipe To About $400K

[Wee67]

Up, up and away: Rare Superman comic for sale
1 day ago

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare copy of the Action comic book that launched Superman as the first superhero is coming up for auction.

Comic book expert Stephen Fishler says bidding for the comic book begins at $1 and is sure to go up, up and away. It originally cost 10 cents in 1938.

He says copies of Action Comics No. 1 in "fine" condition are worth about $126,000, but this one could sell for several times that. About 100 copies of the No. 1 edition are known to exist.

The owner, who was not identified, bought the sale magazine for 35 cents in 1950 and held onto it for 58 years. It will be on auction for two weeks beginning Friday.

Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo, co-owners of Metropolis Collectibles, will offer it on their Web site, ComicConnect :: The Online Marketplace for Comic Buyers Sellers.

[toys2cool]

wow just makes you think how many more are out there

[Riffster]

I say we all chip in, then work out a schedule to who has it

[goldenryan]

anyone got an extra +250k laying around i don't think it will go to 400k but 300k is possible.

[Bizarro Amy]

Has anyone used this site before? How reliable is it?

[The Toyroom]

I'm still waiting to stumble across a copy in an old lady's attic

[jwyblejr]

I say we all chip in, then work out a schedule to who has it

The only problem with that is you know eventually it'll end up like the old Simpsons episode "Three Men and A Comic Book".

[tay666]

Has anyone used this site before? How reliable is it?

Metro is a known venue for selling comics.
The CGC collectors do a lot of buying / selling there.

I personally don't know anything about them.
But then again, I don't generally spend more than $10 for a comic book.
But I hang out on the CGC forums on occasion to pick up wisdom about old comics. And have become familiar with places like Metropolis, Comic Link, and Heritage.

[bgrimm77]

With my job I'm in peoples basements and attics all day....And I have yet to find any comics.......Tons of baseball cards and Lesney Matchbox cars but not one comic ! seriously not one and I've been in my industry for 10 years !

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Wouldn't you be so happy if something you had held onto that long was worth so much.

[bobws]

How many old ladies attics do you find yourself in toyroom?