Shelves and tables full of comics sit inside Earth Prime Comics in Burlington, which Christine Farrell opened in the early 1980s. Christine Farrell started reading comic books when she was a kid, and ...
Following the death in April of Vermont comic book retailer and collector Christine Farrell, her legendary collection is about to go up for auction. Farrell, who succumbed to a long illness at age 72, ...
The 1980s brought a lot of changes to the comic book world, with new characters, publishers, and styles popping up everywhere. While many comics from that era are common, some rare issues have started ...
Last year, three brothers began clearing out their late mother’s house in San Francisco. Throughout their lives, she’d mentioned owning a collection of rare comic books. But she didn’t know where it ...
Comic fans might have a small fortune lurking in their collections, with rare editions fetching astronomical sums. A sought-after Batman comic recently fetched more than £450,000 at auction, while a ...
A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house, which says it is the most expensive ...
LOS ANGELES — It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a Superman comic beyond most of our price range! A pristine copy of “Superman” No. 1 sold for $9.12 million at Heritage Auctions late last week, making ...
JACKSONVILLE — Single issues of comic books usually run about $3 to $5 these days. Back in their heyday, you could get them for pocket change — usually less than a dollar. So why did a collection of ...
“Selling Superman," a docuseries that grabs your attention and won't let go, opens with a couple of text messages that set the riveting tone. “I massively resent this documentary and the attention ...