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A US auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $US454,100.
It was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas, says the sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book.
The 1962 edition of Amazing Fantasy No. 15 was graded as near-mint, with a score of 9.4 on a scale of 1-to-10.
Walter Yakoboski, of Long Island, New York, had bought the comic book in 1980 for 1,200 dollars (£837).
He told The Associated Press last week that he bought several rare comics as a young man as an investment.
Agencies/Canadajournal
