it sold for - wait for it! $317,200 in an Internet auction, the previous owner had bought it for less than a dollar! John Dolmayan, who is a dealer of rare comic books and also a drummer in the rock band System of a Down, said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of a client he declined to identify, "This is one of the premier books you could collect," he said in a telephone interview. "It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books, I talked to my client, and we made the move."
now why did I throw away all of my early comics?
Tuesday 17 March 2009
In Another One Of Those, "Why Did I Not Have One Of Those" Moments
this is the rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman,
it sold for - wait for it! $317,200 in an Internet auction, the previous owner had bought it for less than a dollar! John Dolmayan, who is a dealer of rare comic books and also a drummer in the rock band System of a Down, said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of a client he declined to identify, "This is one of the premier books you could collect," he said in a telephone interview. "It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books, I talked to my client, and we made the move."
now why did I throw away all of my early comics?
it sold for - wait for it! $317,200 in an Internet auction, the previous owner had bought it for less than a dollar! John Dolmayan, who is a dealer of rare comic books and also a drummer in the rock band System of a Down, said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of a client he declined to identify, "This is one of the premier books you could collect," he said in a telephone interview. "It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books, I talked to my client, and we made the move."
now why did I throw away all of my early comics?
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