Most Expensive Comic Books Sold at Auction (All Time)
Key Findings
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Most Expensive Comic Books Sold at Auction (All Time)The disparity in auction prices among these comic books is striking, with Superman #1 significantly outpacing the others at $5.30 million, while the third highest, Amazing Fantasy #15, sold for $3.60 million. This gap suggests that the cultural impact and rarity of Superman as a character contribute heavily to its valuation. Notably, the next highest sale, Detective Comics #27, only reached $1.08 million, indicating a steep decline in value for subsequent entries. The consistent high prices for these early comics reflect a growing collector's market and the increasing recognition of comic books as valuable cultural artifacts.
Data Insights
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2010–2022 (5 years) · 8 observations
- Measure
- Auction Price (Million USD)
- Last updated
- 27 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
- Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
- The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2022.
- An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.
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