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Rare Superman Comic From 1939 Sold For Rs 19 Crore In Auction

New Delhi: A rare Superman #1 comic book, which was first printed in 1939 and sold for 10 cents at the time, sold for $2.6 million at an auction on Thursday.

The comic – “the complete story of the daring exploits of the one and only SUPERMAN” – featuring an image of Superman leaping over tall buildings on the cover sold on ComicConnect.com, an online auction, and comic marketplace, to an anonymous buyer.

The seller, Mark Michaelson, purchased the comic from the original owner in 1979 and kept it in a temperature-controlled safe ever since the auction website said. The comic has only traded hands twice, once when first purchased in 1939, and then in 1979 when bought by Michaelson.

Michaelson told MarketWatch he paid between $1,000 and $2,000 when he bought it.

Now living in Houston and semi-retired, Michaelson told The Associated Press that he paid his way through college by buying and selling comics.

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