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The Action Comics #1 Found In The Wall Of An Old House Sells For $175,000

No way we could let the week of release of Man of Steel pass without a story of the sale of an Action Comics #1, could we?  You all remember this one from a few weeks back — a copy …

$135,000 (So Far) For An Action Comics #1 Found In A $10,100 House…

Remodeler finds comic book worth over $100K in wall at Elbow Lake house is the headline. amid old newspapers used to insulate a wall of a fixer-upper he was gutting in Elbow Lake, Minn Action Comics #1 is the comic. …

For Sale: Original Art For One Of The Most Iconic Comic Book Covers Ever (Hint: Dave Gibbons, Watchmen)

These things are forever open to debate, but I’m having a hard time coming up with too many cover images from the history of American comics that I’d definitively call more iconic, more memorable, more instantly evocative of what makes …

Video: Watch The TV Batmobile Sell For A Lot Of Money At Auction

Some people get very excited.

Machine Of Desire: Metropolis And The $1.2 Million Movie Memorabilia Auction

One of the most desirable posters in the world.

SHAZAM: First Appearance Of Captain Marvel In Whiz Comics #2 (#1) CGC 9.0 Sells For Record $281,001

The highest CGC-graded copy of Whiz Comics #2 (#1) CGC 9.0 has just sold for $281,001 at high-end comics & collectables auction house Comic Connect.  The February 1940 cover-dated comic book from publisher Fawcett includes a 13 page story by …

Is This A Fake? Or Is It The Real John Byrne?

John Byrne posted, warning people of a seller selling work that, according to John Byrne was not his. He wrote; Sharp eyes among you will recognize it as based on a promo piece I did for the “Acts of Vengeance” …

Tintin In America Original Cover Art By Hergé Brings World Record $1.6 Million At Auction

The original artwork for Tintin in America by Belgian artist Hergé sold at auction earlier today for $1.6 million from Paris auction house Artcurial, a world record for comic book art in a public sale. Tintin in America was the third …

Selling The Todd McFarlane Cover To Spider-Man #1… And More

  Heritage Auctions is selling the original art to the cover of Spider-Man #1 by Todd McFarlane, on behalf of its owner Martin Shamus, father of Wizard Magazine‘s Gareb and Steven Shamus. The cover of Wizard #1 was famously based …

The Million Dollar Tintin In America Cover Is For Sale

The artwork for the front cover of Tintin In America, from the nineteen thirties, will go on sale in Paris next month, with a price expected to fetch around a million dollars. Feel free to pose with your little finger …

The Check That Bought Superman For $130 Sells At Auction For $160,000

The check used by Detective Comics, Inc (the company which was to become DC Comics) to buy the rights for Superman from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster  for $130 on March 1, 1938 has just sold at auction from comics & related collectable …

Captain America’s Movie Shield Fetches $20,100 At Auction

I love eBay’s suggestion algorhythm, giving up ideas on “More chances to get what you want.” I just visited the page for a closed auction of a Captain America shield as used in last year’s First Avenger film and, being …

Marvel Maguffins Headed to Auction at C2E2 – Iron Man’s Armour, Thor’s Hammer, Cap’s Shield

I hope Timmy Mallet saved his money because, really, I can’t think of anybody else I’d rather see own Mjolnir.

John Romita Spider-Man Cover, Watterson Calvin And Hobbes Watercolor Both Sell For Over $100,000 At Auction

Yesterday, we told you about comics from the Billy Wright pedigree selling for $3,433,342 at Heritage Auctions, today they were onto auctioning original art, among other things, and there’s plenty of interesting results to discuss.  Headlining the original art portion …

The First 222 Comics From The Billy Wright Collection Sell for $3,433,342

You’ve probably seen the media blitz (and you have to admit that Heritage knows how to do PR for these events) over the past few days about the Billy Wright collection (designated a pedigree by CGC), an original owner comic …

Two Million Dollars Worth Of Comics Found In A Closet

An amazing find. 345 comics found, neatly stacked in a closet, discovered by the late owner’s great nephew, in Virginia. And they include Action Comics #1. Decective Comics #27. Captain America #2. All American Comics #16. Batman #1. Marvel Comics …