49. Action Comics #1 Found Hidden in Wall
Location: Minnesota
Discovered Year: 2010s
Est. Value: $176,000*
Renovations can reveal some amazing things, especially if your home was built many decades ago. David Gonzales found a copy Action Comics # 1, in his Minnesota home when renovating. This was Superman’s debut in the DC Series.
Comic books by Action Comics, a competitor of Marvel, were some of the most profitable. The earliest editions are hard to come by among comic book collectors. Gonzales’ copy was in a better condition than most others. He sold it for almost $200,000 later. The former homeowners who built the house in 1938 used the comic book along with other papers as insulation on their walls.
50. Piano Tuner Discovers Gold Sovereign Coins Inside Piano
Location Shrewsbury in England
2017 Year Discovered
Est. Value: $400,000-$600,000*
Bishops Castle Community College sent a piano to be tuned by a tuner. The tuner discovered the largest hoard ever found of gold coins in Britain when he took the piano apart. Former owner of the gold had hidden the coins inside the piano and never returned to retrieve them.
The Coroner’s Court of Shrewsbury declared that the find was “treasure,” and the College and the tuner split the proceeds. The 913 sovereigns were dated between 1847 and 1915. Their total value is estimated to be around $400 to $60,000. Although fifty people claimed the treasure, John Ellery the county coroner did not believe any of them. He ruled that the owner was “unknown.”
