Superman

The place of the comic in American history was never in question, but the rapid appreciation of comic book prices to art house levels offers some interesting insights into the public's perceptions of the superhero genre and the pecking order at the top.

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Superman vs. Superman as vintage comics become a hot commodity

Two Superman comics are now locked in battle for comic book price supremacy, while also pushing all prices into the art domain. A birds-eye view of the data offers some fascinating insights into superhero hierarchy in a rapidly heating marketplace.

Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flown LM Lunar Surface Checklist Page (1969) was sold for $143,750 at RR Auction on 21 October 2021

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The highlights of the 2021 science, sci-fi and technology auction year

This is the second part of our overview of the 2021 auction year – a year where investors channeled more of their wealth into “investments of passion” than ever before. It covers the 150 science, sci-fi and technology artifacts that sold for more than $100,000

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

The 2021 auction market was quite extraordinary, with unprecedented levels of participation and sales. From cars to colt revolvers to multi-million-dollar NFTs, this sweeping look at the highlights is full of fascinating tales and astonishing prices.

The comic containing the first appearance of a superhero is pure gold at auction and the price records prior to today have been all held by comics produced prior to WW2 – Superman in 1938 and Batman in 1939. Spider-Man came along at the time of the baby boomers in 1962, and hence today's new record represents a changing of the superhero guard

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Spider-Man surpasses Batman and Superman as world’s most valuable comic

The most valuable comic in the world has always been Action Comics #1 … until a few hours ago when a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15 sold for US$3,600,000 at Heritage Auctions, representing tectonic movement within the massive comic collecting industry.