Nic Cages Stolen Superman Comic Poised to interrupt Auction Record

Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Nicolas Cage's nearly-pristine copy of Action Comics no. 1 featuring the very first appearance of Superman-stolen from his home in 2000 and merely retrieved in April inside a storage locker-is poised being probably the most costly comic ever offered around the open market throughout a web-based auction now being carried out by comicconnect.com.our editor recommendsNicolas Cage's Greatest TroublesNicolas Cage Manages to lose $9.5 Million on Rhode Island Mansion The auction began today and finishes on November. 30th. After only a couple of hrs putting in a bid has arrived at $900,000. The present record is $1.5 million for any less well-maintained copy of Action Comics no. 1 offered in March 2010. PHOTOS: Greatest Hollywood Splurges Couple of comics have as interesting or complicated a back story as Cage's copy of Action Comics no. 1. Licensed Guaranty Company, the key grader of the standard of collectible comics, lately designated this copy a grade of 9., which makes it the very best-maintained openly-known copy of Superman's first appearance. Roughly 100 copies of Action Comics no. 1 remain around. Experts believe no more than five others, all in private hands, are of comparable quality for this copy. Sotheby's offered this comic at auction in 1992 for any then-record $82,500. Cage purchased in 1997 for around $150,000. On The month of january 21, 2000, Cage reported the comic stolen towards the La Police, together with high-grade copies of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics no. 27 and Marvel Mystery no. 71. Based on an accountComicconnect Boss StephenFishler published on the collector's website, Cage had the books displayed in security frames mounted towards the wall. The precise moment from the thievery is unknown however the comics had possibly been missing for any week when Cage discovered the frames were empty. The Marvel Mystery resurfaced a couple of several weeks later however the other two comics continued to be lost. In April 2011, Cage's copy of Action Comics no. 1 was retrieved inside a San Fernando Valley storage locker. The guy who found the comic had bought the items in an abandoned locker. Cage's publicist launched an argument in the actor at that time calling the recovery from the comic "divine providence" and indicating hope "the heirloom is going to be came back to my loved ones.Inch Cage had received an insurance coverage payment for that comic but at that time expressed curiosity about reaching funds to restore possession from the book. Fishler wouldn't confirm this is actually the Action Comics stolen from Cage but theprovenanceof the comic--from the purchase in early the nineteen nineties to the thievery in 2000-matches a brief history from the Cage comic. Comicconnect is selling it for that current owner, that is still thought to become Cage.Reps for Cage haven't yet taken care of immediately a request in the Hollywood Reporterfor comment.Visit a copy from the fabled Cage Action Comics no. 1 below. Nicolas Cage