by Kevin Zelman

A copy of “Superman No. 1,” the 1939 issue that introduced
everyone to the Man of Steel in his first solo title, sold for
$9.2 million on Thursday at an auction run by Heritage, in
near-pristine condition.

This price beats the previous record, set in 2024 when “Action
Comics No. 1,” the comic where fans met the Kryptonian hero,
sold for $6 million. Even prior to that, a copy of “Superman No.
1” held the record with a sale of $5.3 million in 2022.

For a comic being 86 years old, it’s in excellent condition,
being graded a 9.0 out of 10 by the Certified Guaranty
Company, the leading third-party grading service for
comic books.

This rare comic was discovered by three brothers in a box
full of yellowed newspaper clippings, while they were in the
attic of their late mother’s house.

LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet,
a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold.

Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid
gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan
entitled “America.”

The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the
collision of artistic production and commodity value.” It’s
also a fully functional toilet, identical to one that gained
global fame when it was stolen in an audacious heist from
England’s Blenheim Palace in 2019.

The starting price at the Nov. 18 auction in New York will be
the price of the just over 101.2 kilograms (223 pounds) of
gold used to make it – currently about $10 million.

Clayton Moore (September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999)

The Stetson hat worn by Clayton Moore during promotional
appearances as “The Lone Ranger” was just sold at auction
for just over $300,000.

The iconic accessory, a white beaver-felt size 6 34 Stetson
hat, was sold on day one of Propstore’s Los Angeles
Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction last Thursday.

It had been part of Moore’s personal collection, and sold for
a final price of $302,400.

The auction ran from September 4-6 and included other items
like Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 2 costume and Michael
Keaton’s Batman suit.
(KATU)

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen
(January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020)

One of the most iconic guitars used by late rocker Eddie Van
Halen (above) is going up for auction, with his 1982 Kramer
expected to sell for millions.

New York auction house Sotheby’s will be handling the guitar’s
sale this fall as part of their inaugural Grails Week, which runs
from Oct. 21-28. 

(FOX NEWS) – An auction of the personal belongings of
President Abraham Lincoln featured one rare item that
caught the attention of many.

The Associated Press reported a pair of gloves that were
in Lincoln’s pocket at Ford’s Theatre the night he was
shot drew in the largest bid. 

The bloodstained gloves are made out of leather and
went for $1.52 million, including a buyer’s premium fee.

Of the 144 items up for auction by Freeman’s/Hindman in
Chicago, 136 were sold.

The auction was held to fund payments on a loan from
20 years ago that was taken out by the Lincoln Presidential
Foundation.