January 31, 2011: Action Comics #1 Among Rare Comics Heading to Auction

The Billy Wright Collection, a newly CGC-pedigreed collection – featuring five of the top six comic books in the hobby, all unrestored and all offered without reserves – leads the way in Heritage Auction’s Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction, taking place at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America) at 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave.).
Two rare comics featured in the auction are Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC FN+ 6.5, the first appearance of “The Bat Man” (Estimate: $475,000+) and Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC GD/VG 3.0, featuring the first appearance of Superman (Estimate: $325,000+).