Rare 1939 Detective Comics issue that introduced Batman approaches $1.5M record as auction winds down
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A rare copy of Detective Comics #27 -- the issue that introduced the world to Batman in 1939 -- is set to fetch more than $1 million at auction this weekend and could flirt with a record for that edition.
The copy, up for auction for more than two weeks at US-based Goldin Auctions, had a $1.2 million bid early Saturday afternoon, with bids set to end at 10 p.m. ET.
The record public sale for a copy of the same issue is $1.5 million, made in 2020, according to auction house.
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