You’ll need a little bit more than pocket change to afford one of the rarest comics in existence, once owned by one of Hollywood’s strangest leading men.
Nicholas Cage has made a lot of movies — some good, some bad, some downright awful. In recent years, arguably more of the latter. His status in Hollywood has allowed him to make lots of high-cost purchases over the years (including castles in Europe) as well as many rare and collectible comics.
There’s no comic rarer or more valuable than Action Comics #1, however. It’s the first issue to feature Superman, and there’s not many copies still extant after all these years. The copy that belonged to Cage spent some interesting years after being pinched off his wall (really!) and it’s now up for auction.
Action Comics #1 typically goes for big money; the current record for the highest amount paid for a comic sits at a cool $US1.5 million for a copy of the book. Cage’s involvement with this particular copy has seen a bit of a premium attached to that, however; the seller is looking for bids starting at $US2 million. Anybody keen? Anybody? [Paul Fraser Collectibles via Born Rich]
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Penmonicus
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:10 PMIf I was incredibly rich, I would buy this, hang it on my wall, then probably get drunk one night and try and read it. And likely destroy it.
John
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:28 PMNow why couldn’t he put the rare comic back in the box?
vvvb
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:08 PMGIVE IT BACK TO NIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dave
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 4:16 AMI believe that it was returned to Cage once they (authorities) determined that it was in fact the copy that was stolen from his house in 2000.
J
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:18 PMWhat has your comment got to do with tech?
Jaymz
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:24 PMMaybe, just maybe, this article was posted because Alex drew the very obvious connection between tech-interested folk and geek culture. Your indignation seems a little misplaced.
James Ray Cox
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:32 PMI enjoyed this article, but not your comment.
Salmonpie
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:59 PMJohn you need to find a new site to read. Gizmodo offers a broad range of articles that many people interested in technology may find interesting. I love tech but it can get a bit dry if its all just tech. Do you have a partner, is there a prearranged list of conversations that are permitted? :)
vin
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 4:19 PMit’s filed under the ‘Geek Out’ section… pretty relative, actually…