EBay goes all-in in Portland, makes room for additional 200 employeesPortland Business Journal (blog)EBay has been quietly growing in Portland since 2010 when it purchased mobile development company Critical Path Software. The Silicon Valley stalwart is now upping the ante, with aggressive growth plans that could see its downtown office …

Pristine Superman comic sold for over P140 million on eBayGMA NewsThus ended the intense bidding for an immaculate copy of Action Comics No. 1—where iconic superhero Superman made his debut in 1938—on Monday morning (PHL time). Online bidding site eBay said the winner outbid 47 others by staking $3,207,852 … More: …

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Original 1938 Superman comic sells on eBay for record amountQ13 FOXA pristine copy of Action Comics #1 — which introduced Superman for the first time — sold on eBay for $3,207,852, a record. When it originally hit newsstands in 1938, the comic sold for 10 cents. Reports from websites that …

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Toronto Star Rare Comic Featuring Superman's First Appearance Fetches $3.2 Million on eBayPeople MagazineNew York comics dealers Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo said Monday they submitted Sunday's record-setting bid in the eBay auction for Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 book in which the superhero first appeared. It's believed to …

Activists urge USPS to ditch circus stampsThe HillUSPS this year unveiled a limited edition set of stamps based on vintage stamp posters, including from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. But the more than 60,000 signers of a petition calling for the Postal Service to scrap the stamps say …

Toronto Star Rare Comic Featuring Superman's First Appearance Fetches $3.2 Million on eBayPeople MagazineNew York comics dealers Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo said Monday they submitted Sunday's record-setting bid in the eBay auction for Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 book in which the superhero first appeared. It's believed to …

The end for 53542: Hanover post office closing this weekJanesville GazetteThe addresses for residents who have post office boxes in Hanover will change to Orfordville. And a slice of town of Plymouth history will end when the contracted office of the U.S. Postal Service in the unincorporated community west of …

Rare comic fetches $3.2 million on eBayInternetRetailer.com“This was a record auction for eBay as it was the most expensive comic book ever sold on our marketplace,” says Gene Cook, general manager of emerging verticals for eBay Marketplaces. “The sale of Action Comics #1 is a prime example of how eBay …