First-Edition “Superman” Comic Originally Bought for 10 Cents Fetches a Record $9M at Auction

A first edition of a Superman comic from 1939, which originally cost 10 cents, was sold on Nov. 20 for $9.12 million at auction, according to a news release from Heritage Auctions.
The New York Times

A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelf

Bidding for the Tolkien classic, which was discovered in a home in Bristol, England, has already exceeded $25,000. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Caitlin Riley, a rare books specialist, ...
The Irish Times

‘Astonishingly rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for nearly €50,000

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold at auction for £43,000 (€49,250). Bought by a private collector in the UK, the book is one of 1,500 ...
New Atlas

First edition of Nicolas Copernicus’ "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" sells at auction

A previously unknown first edition copy of Nicolas Copernicus’ landmark scientific text, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), sold at auction for £277,200 ...