The question I had (besides “Did Nick Cage buy it?”) was the condition. Another article (Hollywood Reporter) insinuates that it was an unrestored CGC 8.5. What Time Machine did they use to get that good a copy?

I would love to get a reprint of AC #1 and get it signed by a few of the Superman actors like Hoechlin, Cavill, Corenswet, etc.

6 million huh? How much was DC

worth as a company in 1938? Without Inflation. I feel like you could buy it 5-10 times over at least.

Pretty sure this would put it as one of the most expensive pieces of literacy too

I believe the seller made headlines a few years ago when they bought it for around $3 mil. If it’s the same copy that’s good mark up. IIRC, that copy was graded around a 9 so it may be a different one. The reason it survived in near pristine condition (with white pages even) was it was stored in a wooden chest in Colorado. The guy was traveling and bought it on a whim then put it away in a chest of books when he got home where it stayed for decades under just the right conditions to preserve it. It was later discovered after his death and sold to a collector who later sold it for the huge price tag.