The comic debut of Superman has sold for an out-of-this-world price.
The copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, which features the first appearance of the "Man of Steel" was bought by an undisclosed buyer for a record $1.5 million Monday on the online auction site ComicConnect.com. "This is the Holy Grail of Holy Grails," said Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of the Web site.
"The Kindle is convenient, but I don't want to read a book from a little screen," said Dennis Melhouse, owner of First Folio Rare Books in Paris, Tenn. "You're not going to get a signed copy of Leaves of Grass on the Kindle." Sure enough, Melhouse sells a copy signed by Walt Whitman. He'll sell it to you for $8,000. While his business is down 30 percent, he doesn't blame technology. It's the economy, he said.
A comic showing the debut of superhero Batman has been sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in Dallas. The rare 1939 copy of Detective Comic No 27 was bought by an anonymous bidder from a seller who also wished to keep their identity secret.
While some college students are perfecting their beer pong, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies, the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress are teaming up to tempt them into the field of rare book collecting.
Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia estate, has received a record gift of $38 million to construct a research library on its grounds.
A new exhibition has filled Firestone Library's main gallery with 100 portraits of poets, novelists and essayists, pulled from the holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Unfortunately, fraudulent behaviors and practices dont stop. This time, a Maya Angelou first edition of Wouldnt Take Nothing For My Journey Now.
Found at a Pennsylvania bookseller, Books Tell You Why inspector Christopher Koch identified this forgery: a traced signature. How is this being done?
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University's Lilly Library in Bloomington will host an exhibition of rare books and manuscripts to mark its 50th anniversary.
Ready for Valentine's Day? So, they're making this movie on "our" beach, Charleston, South Carolina. They must have known that we have all Nicholas Sparks books, signed first editions. The "Dear John" book must have known that Channing Tatum is on the beach for a shooting. "Dear John" is now signed by Sparks and Tatum.
