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Matt Carr/Getty Images Nicolas Cage's nearly-pristine copy ofAction Comics No. 1 featuring the initial appearance of Superman offered for just about any record $2,161,000 inside an online auction marketplace marketplace that ended Wednesday.our editor recommendsNicolas Cage 'Vampire' Photo On eBayNic Cages Stolen Superman Comic Poised to destroy Auction Record It is the first comic to promote more than $2 million at auction. The last record was $1.5 million for just about any less well-maintained copy of Action Comics No. 1 offered in March 2010. PHOTOS: Comic-Book Figures In Dispute Cage's comic was stolen from his home in 2000 and merely retrieved in April when a mystery guy bought the products within an abandoned La storage locker. Handful of comics have as interesting or complicated a back story as Cage's copy ofAction Comics No. 1. Licensed Guaranty Company, the important thing grader from the standard of collectible comics, recently designated this copy a grade of 9., which causes it to be the finest freely-ranked copy of Superman's first appearance. Roughly 100 copies ofAction Comics No. 1 remain around. PHOTOS: Finest Hollywood Splurges Experts believe a maximum of five others, all in private hands, are of near-equal quality to Cage's copy and merely one -- the legendary "Edgar Chapel Collection" copy, which has never been freely seen -- might exceed it. Cage's Action Comics No. 1 first created a stir when an obscure collector introduced it to public attention by consigning it to auction at Sotheby's in 1992. The sudden appearance from the formerly unknown high-grade copy of those an important comic can be a rare occurrence. Sotheby's offered it for just about any then-record $82,500.Cage bought in 1997 for approximately $150,000. Around The month of the month of january 21, 2000, Cage reported the comic stolen for the La Police, along with high-grade copies of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics No. 27 and Marvel Mystery No. 71. According to anaccountComicconnect Boss StephenFishler released around the collector's website, Cage had the books displayed in security frames mounted for the wall. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Riches to Rags: 18 Stars Who've Dropped Everything The particular moment in the robbery is unknown nevertheless the comics had possibly been missing for just about any week when Cage discovered the frames were empty. TheMarvel Mysteryresurfaced a few several days later nevertheless the other two comics ongoing to become lost. In April 2011, Cage's copy ofAction Comics No. 1 was retrieved in the San Fernando Valley storage locker. The man who found the comic had bought the products within an abandoned locker. Cage's publicist released a disagreement within the actor in those days calling the recovery in the comic "divine providence" and showing hope "the heirloom will probably be returned to my family members.Inch Cage had received a coverage payment for your comic but in those days expressed fascination with reaching funds to revive possession in the book. The missingDetective Comics No. 27 has not been found. Fishler wouldn't confirm this really is really the experience Comics stolen from Cage but theprovenanceof the comic -- in the purchase at the begining of the 19 nineties towards the robbery in 2000 -- matches a history in the Cage comic. Comicconnect is selling it for your current owner, that's still considered to become Cage. Earlier, several websites devoted to comicsspeculatedthat this really is really the copy of Action Comics from Cage's collection. Reps for Cage did not respond to a request fromThe Hollywood Reporterfor comment. No matter the record cost for Cage's copy other Superman memorabilia fetched more modest prices. For people considering having a little of history, single pagesfromAction Comics No. one out of fair condition may be had for approximately $300 then one of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel's "favorite t t shirts"offered only for $51. The policy in the fabled CageAction Comics No. 1 is below. Nicolas Cage