According to published AP News reports A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The man who had previously owned the comic book purchased it in a store in the early 1950s for 35 cents when he was nine years old. “It’s one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book, a likely testament to the volume’s rarity and its excellent condition,” said Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the auction site ComicConnect.com and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles.
The winning bid for the rare Golden Age comic book was submitted Friday evening by John Dolmayan, drummer for the rock band System of a Down, according to managers at ComicConnect.com.
In addition to being a musician, Dolmayan is a dealer of rare comic books. The auctioneers said he acquired the Superman comic on behalf of an unidentified client.
“I imagine it’s someone from the entertainment world,” said Vincent Zurzolo, chief operating officer at ComicConnect and Metropolis Collectibles.
Approximately only 100 copies of Action Comics #1 are known to exist and rarely are they ever offered for sale.
“Maybe in a booming economy, it would have done a hundred grand more, but in this economy, I think the price is great,” Fishler said.
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