This comic book's price tag tingled collectors' spy senses.
A near-perfect copy of “The Amazing Spider-Man #1'' sold at auction for more than $1.3 million, setting a new record for the highest price ever sold for the issue.
An unrestored copy of the Marvel hero's series debut of the same name. Purchased It sold for a staggering $1.38 million through Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on Thursday.
This record-breaking sale was part of a major comic book auction that included a 7.0 grade “Fine/Very Fine” copy of “Superman #1” that sold for $2.3 million.
Industry experts said Spidey Comics' 9.8 “Near Mint/Mint Condition” grade by the comics industry standard, Certified Guaranty Company, easily justifies the seven-figure price.
According to CGC, only one other copy of the same grade is known to exist, and none received a higher rating.
“For buyers in today's market, acquiring this 9.8-rated issue may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” CGC President Matt Nelson told the Post, adding that a 9.6-rated copy of the same issue I added that it is also available just a little bit Last year it was $520,000.
“Historically, this is a very important book in the Spider-Man universe, as Spider-Man #1 literally represents the unveiling of his own title, which has been going on for decades. is.”
The Amazing Spider-Man #1, by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee, hits newsstands seven months after the world first met nerdy high schooler Peter Parker. Peter Parker fights crime as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man after being bitten by a bug. Radioactive Arachnids — In “Amazing Fantasy #15”.
The debut installment of Spidey's eponymous series, which sold for just 12 cents in 1963, told Parker's origin story, how he gained his superpowers, and while he was web-slinging. Retelling how robbers killed his uncle Ben.
The issue also introduces readers to villains such as the Chameleon, who will face off in a Marvel crossover with the Fantastic Four, and Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson.
Copy of The Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 is considered a “curator's genealogy” book, a coveted private collection of well-preserved comics rumored to have previously belonged to a museum curator. Means it's part of a collection. Barry Sandoval, vice president of Heritage Auctions, said:
