$412 Check That Bought Superman Sells for $160,000
Original document auctioned off to unknown online buyer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman
and other creative works by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has sold for $160,000
in an online auction.
Stephen Fishler, chief executive of ComicConnect.com and Metropolis
Collectibles in New York, said Tuesday that the 1938 check was auctioned online
to an unnamed buyer.
"Two people were battling it out over the check," he said of the furious last
minute bidding that lifted the price from its start of $1 last month to the
final bid Monday night.
The check was made out to Siegel and Shuster and deposited. It includes a
line item for $130 showing DC paid for full ownership and rights to
Superman.
Siegel and Shuster created Superman together while teenagers in Cleveland,
Ohio, in the early 1930s. His first appearance was in "Action Comics" No. 1 in
April 1938.
And even though the check changed hands, a legal dispute over creators rights
to Superman has raged since then and is far from settled.
The canceled check was saved by a DC Comics staffer in the 1970s and sat
undisturbed in a desk drawer for 38 years.
"It's one of the most important pieces of pop culture history," said Vincent
Zurzolo, who co-owns ComicConnect with Fishler.
For more movie news, follow MSN Movies on Facebook and Twitter.
Description:
MSN Movies is on the scene at the Warner bros studio with the cast of the film as they discuss the importance of costume design, the power behind the Superman suit, and staying true to the original roots.
