Nic Cages Stolen Superman Comic Poised to destroy Auction Record

Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Nicolas Cage's nearly-pristine copy of Action Comics no. 1 featuring the initial appearance of Superman-stolen from his home in 2000 and basically retrieved in April in the storage locker-is poised being most likely probably the most pricey comic ever offered round the open market within a web-based auction now being completed by comicconnect.com.our editor recommendsNicolas Cage's Finest TroublesNicolas Cage Handles to get rid of $9.5 Million on Rhode Island Mansion The auction started today and finishes on November. 30th. After a couple of several hours investing in an offer has showed up at $900,000. The current record is $1.5 million for just about any less well-maintained copy of Action Comics no. 1 offered in March 2010. PHOTOS: Finest Hollywood Splurges Handful of comics have as interesting or complicated a back story as Cage's copy of Action Comics no. 1. Licensed Guaranty Company, the important thing grader from the standard of collectible comics, recently designated this copy a grade of 9., which causes it to be the most effective-maintained freely-known copy of Superman's first appearance. Roughly 100 copies of Action Comics no. 1 remain around. Experts believe a maximum of five others, all in private hands, are of comparable quality with this copy. Sotheby's offered this comic at auction in 1992 for just about any then-record $82,500. Cage bought in 1997 for approximately $150,000. Around The month of the month of january 21, 2000, Cage reported the comic stolen for the La Police, along with high-grade copies of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics no. 27 and Marvel Mystery no. 71. According to an accountComicconnect Boss StephenFishler released around the collector's website, Cage had the books displayed in security frames mounted for the wall. The particular moment in the robbery is unknown nevertheless the comics had possibly been missing for just about any week when Cage discovered the frames were empty. The Marvel Mystery resurfaced a few several days later nevertheless the other two comics ongoing to become lost. In April 2011, Cage's copy of Action Comics no. 1 was retrieved in the San Fernando Valley storage locker. The man who found the comic had bought the products within an abandoned locker. Cage's publicist released a disagreement within the actor in those days calling the recovery in the comic "divine providence" and showing hope "the heirloom will probably be returned to my family members.Inch Cage had received a coverage payment for your comic but in those days expressed fascination with reaching funds to revive possession in the book. Fishler wouldn't confirm this really is really the experience Comics stolen from Cage but theprovenanceof the comic--in the purchase at the begining of the 19 nineties towards the robbery in 2000-matches a history in the Cage comic. Comicconnect is selling it for your current owner, that's still considered to become Cage.Reps for Cage have not yet taken proper care of immediately a request within the Hollywood Reporterfor comment.Go to a copy in the fabled Cage Action Comics no. 1 below. Nicolas Cage