http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/03/09/br ... 1-million/The comic book in which Spider-Man made his first appearance went for an amazing $1.1 million in a transaction Monday night. That’s gonna buy a lot of web shooters.
Amazing Fantasy #15, written by Stan Lee , with a cover by Jack Kirby and interior art by Steve Ditko, was originally published in 1962 and sold to many for just 12 cents. (Sales for the issue were some of the highest for Marvel at the time.) These days, they’re a little harder to come by. This particular comic was graded 9.6 or near-mint, plus, and was sold by ComicConnect.com from a private seller to an undisclosed buyer. Aren’t they always? WHO ARE THESE RICH GEEKS AND DOES ONE WANT TO HELP ME OUT WITH MY CAR INSURANCE?!
I digress.
The sale now makes Amazing Fantasy #15 the second most expensive comic ever behind Superman’s debut in Action Comics which went for $1.5 million last year. However, it is the most money ever shelled out for a Silver Age book.
Chief Executive and Founder of ComicConnect, Stephen Fishler, said in a statement Tuesday, “People have often wondered how much this near-perfect condition book would sell for, and today we found out.”
Amazing Fantasy #15 sells for $1.1 million
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Amazing Fantasy #15 sells for $1.1 million
A lot of these ridiculously expensive comics have been bought my middle east oil barons.
Seriously.
Some of them were bought by investors. Very few were bought by comic geeks like you and I.
Maybe not this particular one, or the Action comics, but they have been.
Seriously.
Some of them were bought by investors. Very few were bought by comic geeks like you and I.
Maybe not this particular one, or the Action comics, but they have been.
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