Wow.

[newman]

eBay is hosting an auction for Action Comics #1.

Comments

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

Great Caesar's Ghost....

[mesatchornug.livejournal.com]

and a steal at only half the value of my student loans

you know, sometimes $50K doesn't sound like much. other times, it's f*cking absurd. unfortunately, I'm not sure which this is. on the one hand it's a comic book. on the other hand, it's Action Comics #1. but on the other hand, it's what, 50 pages? so better than a thousand dollars a page? i want work that's valued like that. but seriously - FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for a comic book....

there are no words

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Wow indeed.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

Fifty Thousand? Overstreet (which is the definitive resource for the prices on comics) puts Action Comics #1 as much as $675K, depending on condition (if I'm reading the eBay listing right). SO, at $50K -- it's a steal ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

that's how i read it too. it's less that the $50K is a steal, and more imagining that it could be worth $675K without so crazy inflation rate.

[mesatchornug.livejournal.com]

sorry, that was me. i didn't realize i was signed out...

[new-man.livejournal.com]

I figured it was. And then compared IP adddresses to confirm. There's anonymous and then there's anonymous ;-)

[mesatchornug.livejournal.com]

well played, sir :)

[umbran.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, human beings mistake the value of something that is rare and useful for something really important, and the value of something that is simply rare.

[jducoeur]

A steal indeed -- and not going to be stolen. It's currently at $72k, and hasn't yet met the reserve price. (Which I assume is somewhere north of $100k.)