In June 1938, Tang Wen knew those two English words. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But he has hardly read comics, he only watches film and television dramas adapted from comics, and he has never heard of what kind of magazine this is.

Sitting on the floor, he carefully pulled open the file bag and pulled the comic magazine out of it.

"Well, it's very well preserved! at least it must be in perfect condition, right?"

Open the comics, rubbing the very textured print quality. He vaguely felt that he might have found a treasure!

Because I have the impression that it was a Superman comic book in my previous life, which started a boom in comic book collection!

This trend spread to the mainland, and the collection of comic books in China and the books published in the Republic of China became more and more popular. Even hardcover novels with good quality and a small number of releases can be sold at a high price in the next few years.

Tang Wen flipped through this comic, and the quality of the book was also in good condition. It's almost like when he was in his third year of high school, he only used an English textbook for a year! There was really no scratch on it, and his tablemate Li Jian jokingly said: If this is sold directly to the junior brother in two months, the junior brother will be embarrassed to let you discount it...

After making sure that there were no missing pages or broken pages, Tang Wen thought about it, sat down next to Helen with the book, shook it at her, and said, "Do you know this comic?"

"Of course, isn't it written on it? Looking at the cover drawing, it should be Superman. "Talk shows are adding ads very undisciplinedly. Helen glanced at it and said casually.

"Has it been serialized since 1938?" Tang Wen asked, pointing to the date.

"1938?1938!oh, God!" Helen and Tang Tang leaned over together. Obviously, it's a little bit incredible.

"The 1938 cartoons, maybe they're worth a lot! we should ask somebody!" said Helen in surprise.

"Is it the first issue?, that is, the first issue of the magazine?" Tang Tang said as he looked at the No.1 printed in the upper left corner.

"It seems that little brother, you are not completely brainless!"

Tang Wen rolled his eyes and said, "Then please help me check, it..."

"A million!" Helen interjected with a sudden exclamation.

"What?!" the siblings didn't understand.

"I said it's worth a million!" Helen excitedly slammed the phone screen on Tang Wen's face. As a result, before he could get his mobile phone, he was grabbed by Tang Tang.

"Be careful! Sister..."

"In February this year, Christie's in Los Angeles auctioned off the inaugural issue of an action comic book and sold it for a sky-high price of $1 million?!" Tang Tang was stunned.

The three of them stared at the action comic in Tang Wen's hand together.

"Then let's sell it!" Tang Wen didn't expect that the comic that sold at a sky-high price in his memory turned out to be the inaugural issue in his hand!

"Okay, I'll sell it, oh ho ho ho ho..." Tang Tang reacted and quickly took the book out of Tang Wen's hand.

Hearing Tang Tang's demonic laughter, Helen glanced at Tang Wen sympathetically.

"Sister~"

"Don't worry, stinky boy, I'll give you the money. The key is where do we go to sell it?" Tang Tang glanced at Tang Wen and looked at Helen.

Helen seems to be familiar with the auction, explaining: "It's either on the website, but the time it will take is uncertain. The fee after closing is almost 10%. Or go straight to an auction house in New York, that's quicker, Christie's is good. It's just that the fee is a little more expensive, almost 11% of the turnover. You decide..."

Hearing her brisk analysis, Tang Wen suddenly felt that Helen was very good, and there was no sign of envy, jealousy and hatred at all.

"So, what if the auction house loses the auction? Not much interested in this, right?" Tang Tang thought for a moment and continued to ask.

Helen took out her phone, glanced at it and said, "There will be a publicity fee if it is not auctioned, about a few thousand dollars! But I don't think so, this book is very rare after all, and it is so well preserved." And they have success stories in the past, don't they?"

"Why do you know so much about this?" Tang Wen asked curiously.

"So, guess what?" Helen winked at him.

"Stumped that you have worked with them?" Tang Wen was a little surprised.

"Hehe," Helen smiled and didn't reply.

"Then Christie's!" Tang Tang decided after thinking for a while.

"Let's go early tomorrow morning, it's too late today. Tang Wen felt that his arms were a little sore.

"yes, okay. ”

"Don't you want to know, are there any other valuable books in these boxes?" Helen patted her forehead and looked at the two siblings with a little amusement. I thought: You guys are so easy to be satisfied...

"Ahh

Tang Wen lifted down the top comic book box and took out more than 100 comic books and placed them on the table in the living room.

"But I can't read it?" said Helen, shrugging her shoulders in disappointment.

"It's okay, you can just help pick out the well-preserved comic strips inside. See how many are mutilated and how many are whole..."

"I can do this. ”

The three of them sat in the living room for a long time, and they didn't even bother listening to the talk show on TV. It wasn't until 12 o'clock at midnight that three boxes were selected.

As for a few people who think it is valuable, there are only five books.

Others, or the circulation is too large, often tens of thousands, or more than 5,000. The age is often very recent, and there are very few before 80 years. more, because when Tang Wen and Helen went to buy it, it was already someone else who picked the rest. So the preservation is not very good. Some even have page numbers completely scattered.

Tang Wen also looked at the loose pages carefully. It is confirmed that they are all ordinary printed editions, and there are no hand-drawn drawings by legendary masters. After a while, Tang Tang and Helen went to sleep first.

Tang Wen searched for a long time, and basically determined that the three boxes of books he took out were valuable. He was a little unwilling, and he felt a little greedy and insufficient only after finishing all the books.

Out of Superman's action comics, the other five. There are three comic books with the theme of Journey to the West. The painting is Monkey King vs. Red Child, making trouble in the sky, and the real and fake Monkey King.

There is a collection of poems, which is a thread-bound book in the Republic of China, which records the poems of the talented Xu Zhimo. No more than 300 copies were distributed.

The last one is the one that Helen saw in the bookstore. It is a 1948 edition. It's probably worth a bit of money when you think about it.

The next day, Tang Wen, who woke up early in the morning, ran downstairs and bought a few hot dogs and came back. Take out the juice from the fridge. It's breakfast.

The auction house was not close to the residence, and the three of them drove two cars very luxuriously.

Walking into the door of Christie's and looking at the decoration inside, Tang Wen couldn't help but think of the domestic sales office.

This time, he was still a little nervous, and he almost laughed out loud.

A white man with meticulously parted hair greeted him.

Tang Wen still couldn't tell the age of this person.

"Is there anything I can do to help the three of you?"

Helen replied in place of the two, "My friend wants to auction something." ”

"What is it?"

"Comics!" Helen replied with a laugh. She spoke a little loudly, and the other people in the hall looked at her curiously.