An 80-year-old Batman comic made headlines at a US auction.
A collector bought it for $ 3,000 in 1979.
What a crazy sum is now being offered for it.
Many collectors * should be happy about this news: A
Batman comic book
from
1940
set a record at a US auction.
The German Press Agency reports on this (dpa, as of January 9).
Before the auction already had
1.53 million US dollars offered (including buyers premium)
was that informed
the auction house "Heritage Auctions"
according to dpa on 8 January in Dallas.
This price could be exceeded
at the planned
live auction on January 14th
.
According to the report,
the
bid for the comic book is
already
higher than the previous
Batman record holder
: In November, Heritage auctioned the “Detective Comics # 27” magazine from 1939 with the first appearance of the iconic Batman figure for 1.5 million dollars , writes dpa.
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On the cover of the now available comic strip
"Batman # 1"
,
Batman and his young companion Robin
fly
against a yellow background and the red skyline of
Gotham City
.
The characters
Joker, Hugo Strange and Catwoman
also appear in the booklet
.
According to the dpa, the auction house also announced that the comic was in almost perfect condition.
A collector bought it in 1979 for $ 3,000 in Houston, Texas.
The original booklet cost ten cents in 1940.
It's not just old
comic books that
can prove valuable.
Also,
special coins
, old
record collections
or as the popular
Diddl figures
can make collectors into cash.
(ahu) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network
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