Mar 10 2011

I could have retired on it

Category: Uncategorizedharmonicminer @ 11:17 pm

Spider-Man’s debut comic sells for $1.1 million

A comic collector has been caught in Spider-Man’s web, paying $1.1 million for a near-mint copy of “Amazing Fantasy” No. 15 that features the wall-crawler’s debut.

The issue, first published in 1962, was sold Monday by a private seller to a private buyer, ComicConnect.com chief executive Stephen Fishler told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

I used to own a copy of Spiderman #1, and it was in pretty good shape.  It would probably only have been worth a few hundred thousand dollars.

My mom threw it away when we moved from Indiana to Missouri, in a box of other (probably) highly collectible comics.

Moral of the story?

Got me.

6 Responses to “I could have retired on it”

  1. tonedeaf says:

    My mom did the same thing with my brother’s baseball cards. Years later, when he was given a book on their value, he was heartsick. I guess if everyone had saved everything 1) we would live in larger homes to house it all, and 2) there would be no market for it all because everyone who cared would have their original. Maybe this post should emphasize the value of Mom’s who never throw anything out.

  2. Tom says:

    If we’d all kept them, they wouldn’t be worth anything at all 🙂

  3. harmonicminer says:

    Well… I DO still have Daredevil #1, and several other classics. In plastic bags to protect them. One of these days……

  4. tonedeaf says:

    Sell ’em quick, while people still have money!

  5. amuzikman says:

    Your box of classic comics is probably rotting away in a landfill right next to mine.

  6. Mrs. Miner says:

    I have to throw up now.

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