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Witchblade
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 Posted - 23/02/2010 : 10:31:58
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Superman's debut comic book issue sells for $1M
(AP, Mon Feb 22, 4:26 pm ET)
NEW YORK – A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold Monday for $1 million, smashing the previous record price for a comic book.
A 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, widely considered the Holy Grail of comic books, was sold from a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom released their names. The issue features Superman lifting a car on its cover and originally cost 10 cents.
The transaction was conducted by the auction site ComicConnect.com. Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the site and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles, orchestrated the sale.
Fishler said it transpired minutes after the issue was put on sale at around 10:30 a.m. Eastern time (1530 GMT). 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 previously bought an Action Comics No. 1 of lesser grade.
"It's considered by most people as the most important book," said John Dolmayan, a comic book enthusiast and dealer best known as the drummer for System of a Down. "It kind of ushered in the age of the superheroes."
Dolmayan, who owns Torpedo Comics, last year paid $317,000 for an Action Comics No. 1 issue for a client. Others have sold for more than $400,000, he said, but this copy fetched a much higher price because it's in better condition. It's rated an "8.0 grade," or "very fine."
Dolmayan said he didn't buy this copy but he wishes he could have.
"The fact that this book is completely un-restored and still has an 8.0 grade, it's kind of like a diamond or a precious stone. It's very rare," he said.
There are only about 100 copies of Action Comics No. 1 believed to be in existence, and only a handful have been rated so highly. It's rarer still for those copies to be made available for sale.
"The opportunity to buy an un-restored, high-grade Action One comes along once every two decades," Fishler said. "It's certainly a milestone."
The sticker shock was astounding to Fishler, nevertheless.
"It is still a little stunning to see 'a comic book' and '$1 million' in the same sentence," Fishler said. "There's only one time a collectible hits the $1 million threshold."
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bvagner3
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Witchblade
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Bob Rok
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Posted - 23/02/2010 : 10:44:57
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Ma, ne mora, ionako retko ko svraca u onaj podforum  |
Ja se zovem El-Muhammed, iz plemena starih Azra, sto za ljubav zivot gube i umiru kada ljube. |
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bvagner3
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Posted - 23/02/2010 : 10:55:30
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Ko zna koliko će Libellusova izdanja koštati za više od 70 g.(živi bili pa vidjeli),no dobro takvim stvarima je mjesto u muzeju,uvjek se za one koje zanima može izraditi identičan novi primjerak,a mislim da ih i ima po puuunnnooo manjoj cijeni,ali kad pogledaš koliko su bogataši spremni dati za neku drljotinu nekog slikara,ili neki prastari knjižni kupus pun termita,onda ovo i nije tako strašno. |
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marlowe
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Posted - 23/02/2010 : 10:57:09
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Ništa čudno. Jedina stvar koju ne možeš kupiti ili vratiti je vreme.
Ovo bi trebalo da košta nekoliko desetina hiljada evra.
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VJ
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Posted - 23/02/2010 : 13:52:44
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Originally posted by marlowe
Ništa čudno. Jedina stvar koju ne možeš kupiti ili vratiti je vreme.
Ovo bi trebalo da košta nekoliko desetina hiljada evra.
Ak oces dam ti taj broj za 50 eura (i ne moras mi zahvaljivati! :)). |
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feka82
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marlowe
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Posted - 24/02/2010 : 12:34:52
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Originally posted by VJ
Pazi, onih ima oko 100 komada preostalih.
Ovih nema ni 20. |
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VJ
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Posted - 24/02/2010 : 12:39:14
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Originally posted by marlowe
Pazi, onih ima oko 100 komada preostalih. Ovih nema ni 20.
Mislis? Pa samo ja znam di je 5-6 komada tog broja MM. Evo ja nudim 2 kom. MM #61 za jedan Action comics #1. :) |
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marlowe
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Posted - 24/02/2010 : 12:41:59
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Originally posted by VJ
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Originally posted by marlowe
Pazi, onih ima oko 100 komada preostalih. Ovih nema ni 20.
Mislis? Pa samo ja znam di je 5-6 komada tog broja MM. Evo ja nudim 2 kom. MM #61 za jedan Action comics #1. :)
You know too much.
And you talk too much...
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Kruger
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Posted - 26/02/2010 : 16:28:06
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mislim da bi bilo logicnije napsisati naslov :
tko kaze da je LMS 4 preskup,
ili vec neko prastaro cjenjeno izdanje s ovih prostora
ovaj naslov topica je bedast jer je libelus ipak novo izdanje - usporedba je nelogicna, ne znamo sto ce biti za 50 godina strip scene, vjerojatno nista, pitanje hoce li tada nasa vrsta stripscenasa postojati
a ja sam prvi koji je spomenuo ovu prodaju kolecionarskog izdanja u americi na jednom topicu |
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Tko kaže da je Libellus preskup? :D
misliš na ovaj..
