After a decade-plus-long hunt, a stolen Action Comics #1 is recovered…and headed to the auction block. Will this legendary copy of the first Superman comic book smash the world record?
In the year 2000, the collectibles world was rocked by the theft a high grade copy of Action Comics #1, stolen out of the home of a West Coast comic book collector. And so began an intense police investigation, lasting over a decade and across multiple states which came to an end in April of this year. A small time California entrepreneur hoping to make a few bucks buying the contents of auctioned off storage units, stumbles across a once in a lifetime find - a high grade copy of Action Comics #1. Unfortunately for him, it is THE Action Comics #1. The same one stolen in 2000. Will this copy of Action Comics #1, now certified as the world's highest graded copy at GCC 9.0, break the existing world's record of $1.5 million dollars set in 2009 by ComicConnect.com?
"This has been a wild ride," said ComicConnect CEO Stephen Fishler. "It's very gratifying to have finally gotten the book back where it belongs, and doubly gratifying to bring the book to market after having broken sales records not once, but twice, with other high-grade copies of this book."
The precise details of the Event Auction for this book are being finalized as of presstime, but we will follow up with additional details on this historic offering once available.