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Wow, that is a lot of dates that never happened. I did spit out a bit of coffee comparing the orginal price to what it sold for..... also, I smell cheesy 60's robin quotes coming. | |
I often wonder, where do these people get the money to buy all these collect-ables?. | |
There is a saying. A fool and his money are soon parted. | |
Yes batman is better than superman....he actually carries kryptonite in his utility belt just incase...amongst other super hero weaknesses of course...can never be too careful | |
Well he is the goddamn Batman.
Not foolish if this guy can sell it on for more. It could be seen as an investment, rather than a luxury purchase. | |
Because buying the fucking first appearance of BATMAN is totally foolish right guys? God you people make me sick sometimes. NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME AS YOU, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE COMPLETE MORONS.
Or, y'know, he happens to have a pretty successful business going. Or is Bill Gates no longer married nerd billionaire (with a damn hot wife I might add)? | |
No one was making any inflammatory comments until you made them into such. Please learn to detect sarcasm.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4566319.stm. If someone has a problem understanding a social situation, he or she may fail to understand the literal language This same skill is sometimes lost in people with brain damage, suggesting similar brain regions may be involved in autism. Brain scan studies of autistic children have shown that they have different activity in the frontal lobe to other children. " But anyways. I can't believe that it actually sold for 10 times the estimated amount. I still have to wonder what one would do with a million dollar comic book. | |
It's possible I guess, but the underlying message behind the comicbook collector stereotype is that there is a lot of things $1,075,000 could have gone to. But, in the end, if you're an avid enough fan, the money has been spent well. | |
Geez... I'm gonna hang on to some of the useless crap I've got, maybe I can sell it for a bundle in the future (I'm not saying that Batman is crap, just in case you thought that) | |
And every one of those dollars came from stately Wayne manor. | |
Actually I'm surprised it didn't sell for more. Consider your dealing with a pop culture icon who has endured for many, many years in one form or another, along with an object which only a very limited number exist of. A million dollars also isn't what it used to be. While silly to regular people, and guys like me who currently exist on social security, today you need billions to be what millionaires were a decade or two ago. Also just because people are rich, does not mean that they do not like the same things that regular people do. All of that fantasy and pop culture stuff, as well as things like Batman is going to appeal to rich nerds as well as normal ones. Not to mention that Batman is mainstream enough where you don't have to be a huge nerd. I would have expected this to have attracted some ridiculously rich people, and seen multi-million dollar bids. Same for Superman to be honest. Also, it should be noteworthy that given that it's a rare super-collectible this now increased it's intristic value. I can almost guarantee he wouldn't have any problem moving that for more than he paid if he decided to sell it. | |
Sarcasm. Does not translate. Over the fucking Internet. Unless you make it really fucking obvious. Oh, and I'm not autistic. | |
I dunno I think it sould really be sold for 10 cents. I mean that's what it says on the cover | |
Anonymous collectors have too much money. News at 11. It's probably been deemed a tax dodge. | |
I see it as "one million dollars being spent on several sheets of paper that could have been better spent elsewhere". A million bucks to charity would have had a better effect, no? | |
Jesus H Christ. Some people have far too much money for their own good. | |
Oh great, we've got an "ALL MONEY MUST GO TO CHARITY" guy on the forums. Argument over, can't argue with someone that has no valid point. ;) | |
And in this case...it was a huge chunk of it... | |
I absolutely love Batman, but seriously? Imagine the things a million dollars can buy? ALLOT, and he spent it on a comic book? | |
Hm. Did I say "all money must go to charity"? Let me re-read a second. Nope. I said I'd rather it was spent on charity than on several sheets of paper. But I can see how berating pretty much everyone you've come across in the topic means you have more right to your opinion than me, I apologise. | |
I know it's Batman and all, but really? A million bucks? That confuses me to no end. | |
Yeah, just wait until two years later when he resells it for two million. Then who'll look the fool? Well, the guy who bought it for 2 million probably, unless he resells it as well. | |
On one had, I fully support the rigt of every individual to have whatever hobby they want, as long as it's not illegal and isn't hurting anyone, but then again, over one million bucks on a comic? I don't know... If I were a collector, I'd rather buy a few thousand other comics than spend it all on this one single. But at the end of the day, it's his money, he can do whatever he wants with it... | |
which obviously means the guy has enough cash not to give a damn what he spents a million bucks for. If you are shit rich i rly dont think price will be a factor for you in buying stuff. | |
I can't fathom spending that much money on... well... anything like that. But the guy had money and wanted an antique comic so good on him for getting it. | |
Yeah a million bucks could buy something else incredible. But a man with that much money probably already has everything he could have possibly bought. I'm pretty sure we're not talking about a man spending every penny he has. For all we know he could be a huge giver to charity | |
Just for you. 10 cents to 1 million dollars? Holy inflation Batman! | |
No but you just proved that you are. 1 mill for a book? I am sure that you would have also be stupid enough to also gotten it. Yep. | |
I guess people aren't allowed to enjoy hobbies that aren't the same as yours now, too. And come ON. First. Appearance. Of. Batman. How is that NOT worth over a million? | |
It is alot, but if you can afford to spend that much money on a comic, you likely have so much money that you can throw about as much as you want without ever having to worry about what/how much you're spending it on. | |
holy overpriced comic Batman! that is to much to be paying for a comic book that may or may not be the actual thing, although it is the goddamn batman, so it is totally worth it. | |
So if I had invested 10 cents on a comic in 1939, I could have a million bucks? That's a sound investment. | |
I probably would spend 1 million on the original manuscript of Don Quixote de la Mancha... | |
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Batman Comic Sells for Over a Million Bucks
A comic collector has paid a tidy sum to get his hands on a copy of the first appearance of Batman.
An issue of Detective Comics #27 has sold to an anonymous collector at auction for $1,075,000. The comic, which originally went on sale in May of 1939 contains the very first appearance of Bob Kane and Bill Finger's Batman, and has broken the record for comic books sales, set by the million dollar auction of Action Comics #1 - which contains the first appearance of Superman - earlier this week.
The record for comic books sales before the pair of million dollar sales had stood at $317,000 for another copy of Action Comics #1. The value of the sale comes as something of a surprise, even after the Action Comics sale, as the comic had only been valued at around $100,000, although advance bidding had reached $400,000 by the time the auction started.
Does this finally prove once and for all that Batman is better than Superman? Probably not, but it does prove that some comic book fans have very deep pockets indeed.
Source: io9
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