Collecting it turns out has no rules and more reflects the social psyche. Were we young we would no doubt be in the throes of this kind of collectible but we are caught and tagged by our experience and can no more change our perspective and preferences than we can change our fingerprints. We collect to complete ourselves and, for the most part purse more complicated and erudite material. How a comic book completes a person I’m afraid to ask.
But if in this resounding auction result we can gauge the enthusiasm and interest of the new collector we can also acknowledge that our collecting is changing. Comics may never be part of what we pursue but we adjust within the world we know. Not so long ago book auctions were almost exclusively the sale of books. These days the bands and borders have dissolved and all forms of manuscripts, maps and ephemera become fair game. Our world too changes if not quite so much.
The item in question is described as follows:
TITLE:
#1
ISSUE:
CGC VF/NM: 9.0
GRADE:
DC
PUBLISHER:
crm/ow pgs (please read bidding requirements in listing description)
1st Superman by Siegel and Shuster
Highest Graded
Some comic books go in and out of fashion. Action Comics #1 will never be one of those books. The most important comic book in the history of comics. The introduction of the archetype of all other heroes to come. Superman transcends comic books, transcends pop culture, he is an icon of Truth, Justice and The American Way! Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, it is said that Siegel's fathers' death after a robbery at his secondhand clothing store could have served as the inspiration for the Man of Steel. We are all in debt to these two visionaries for ushering in the age of the super hero.
