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"A collection of Golden Age comics discovered in a basement has sold for $3.5 million (\u00C2\u00A32.2m) in an auction. The titles - inherited by Michael Rorrer of Oxnard, California - exceeded initial valuation estimates of $2 million (\u00C2\u00A31.3m) when they went under the hammer courtesy of Heritage Auctions.   Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #27 and Captain America Comics #2 were among the highlights of the collection, which included 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide&amp;#039;s list of the Top 100 Golden Age comics.  &amp;quot;The scope of this collection is, from a historian&amp;#039;s perspective, dizzying,&amp;quot; the guide&amp;#039;s associate publisher J.C. Vaughn told The AP. Rorrer inherited the comics from his great-aunt Ruby Wright. They previously belonged to her late husband Billy, who kept them in mint condition. Lesser known comics from the collection are up for auction this weekend, expected to sell for a further $100,000 (\u00C2\u00A363,000). &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Dark Knight Returns&amp;#039;: More Frank Miller art up for auction &amp;gt; Thor debut sells for $222,200 in auction "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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