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Original Copy of "Action Comics #1" Sells for $528,000
An original vintage copy of "Action Comics #1" (CGC 5.5) featuring the first appearance of Superman has sold for $528,000 at the Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction hosted by Heritage Auctions.
The stature of this iconic issue just grows larger every year. Far and away the most valuable comic book ever published, Overstreet's listed value increased from 2019 to 2020 by an amount that exceeded the total value of all but the top eight books on its Top 100 Golden Age Comics list! And it invariably fetches way more than Guide prices.
The CGC noted that this copy of the rare comic was from the Collection of Jon Berk and had some conservation work done to it including the cover being cleaned & reinforced and all original staples being replaced.
A high-grade copy of "Action Comics #1" (CGC 8.5) was recently sold earlier this year in a private Comic Connect auction for $2,052,000 making it the third-highest price ever paid for a comic book. The Guinness World Record price is still held by a near-mint copy (graded a 9.0) which made headlines in August, 2014 when it sold for $3.2 million.
