Today, eBay announced a copy of Action Comics #1, with white pages and a
grade of 9.0 from the Certified Guaranty Company (CGC), sold at auction
for $3.2M, making it the most expensive comic in the world. The previous
record for the most expensive comic book was set in 2011 when another
copy of Action Comics #1, also with a 9.0 grade, but off-white pages
sold for $2,161,000. The record-breaking comic was sold by prominent
collectibles dealer Darren Adams, owner of Pristine Comics in Federal
Way, Wash.
Widely regarded as the “Holy Grail” of comic books, there are believed
to be as few as 50 unrestored original copies of
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