From: [o--u--p] at [ATHENA.MIT.EDU] (Paulo A. Pereira)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Action #1 Sold for $22,000
Date: 5 Aug 1994 06:14:46 GMT


Gee, for that money, I hope it was poly-bagged!
8^)

-Paulo

From AOL Entertainment News:
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FATHER BUYS SON FIRST SUPERMAN COMIC FOR $22,000 

    LONDON (Reuter) - Eight-year-old Samuel Carr became the proud owner of
the first Superman comic book Thursday after his father paid $22,000 at
London's first major comics sale. 
    ``Dad did all the bidding. I was very excited. I like Superman for his
strength and his X-Ray eyes but I like watching X-Men better on television,"
Samuel said. 
    Carr said he had been ready to pay nearly $40,000 for Action Comic Number
One, which auctioneers Christie's billed as ``arguably the most important
comic book ever to be published." 
    Carr already has first editions of the Spiderman and Batman comics. 
    Samuel will not be allowed to leaf through his 1938 comic book before
bedtime, however. 
    ``It's going straight into a bank vault. This is an investment for him,"
his father told reporters after the sale. 
 Reuter/Variety 

Transmitted:  94-08-04 16:53:55 EDT