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In Their Late Mom's Attic, the 'Pinnacle of Comic Collecting'

Family members sell 1939 Superman issue via Heritage Auctions for $9M-plus, a record sale

(Newser) - A nearly forgotten copy of the first Superman comic book, discovered in a California attic, has set an auction record by selling for upward of $9 million. The comic, published in 1939 by DC Comics and known as "Superman #1," was discovered by three brothers while clearing out...

Penn. Mom Charged After Bodies of 4 Babies Found Hidden in Home

Neighbors say they never saw evidence of her pregnancies

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman faces serious charges after authorities say she secretly gave birth and hid the remains of four babies in her home—while neighbors, who often cared for her two young sons, say they never knew she was pregnant. Police discovered the bodies on Sept. 13 in a...

Rembrandt Discovered in Maine Attic Sells for $1.4M

A European collector now owns 17th-century 'Portrait of a Girl,' found at Camden estate

(Newser) - You never know what you'll find hidden in a Maine attic: lobster traps, weathered Stephen King novels, perhaps a long-lost Rembrandt. The latter is what turned up in an estate in Camden, and it's now in the hands of a European collector, who scooped it up at auction...

Escaped Inmate Hides in Attic, Falls Through Ceiling

Fellow escapee arrested after 7-hour standoff

(Newser) - A fugitive inmate who escaped last week from a county jail in California by rappelling down with a bedsheet was re-arrested Wednesday night after a seven-hour standoff with police. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith says Rogelio Chavez was taken into custody at the house of an associate in San...

In Attic, Man Finds Remains of Woman Missing 40 Years

'We assume she lay down to sleep and froze'

(Newser) - The family of a man in Cloppenburg, northern Germany, apparently doesn't spend much time in the attic. When the 33-year-old son went up to set about renovating the large, unused space last week, he happened upon the remains of a woman who's been missing for nearly 40 years,...

Attic Find: $3M Worth of Baseball Cards

Rare 1910 cards in incredible condition

(Newser) - After coming upon a collection of 700 old baseball cards in his attic, an Ohio man put them aside. Two weeks later, he learned that they amounted to one of the biggest sports-card finds ever made—and were worth millions. The cards come from a 1910 series of which only...

Crew Locks Michael Caine in Attic Overnight

He was napping as set closed down for the day

(Newser) - Maybe he should have blown the bloody doors off? Michael Caine spent an uncomfortable night locked in the attic of an empty theater in New Orleans during the filming of heist movie Now You See Me, a production source tells the Mirror . The 79-year-old actor went to a makeshift dressing...

Balloon Boy: 'I Thought I Would Get In Trouble'
 Balloon Boy: 
 'I Thought 
 I Would Get 
 In Trouble' 
WHY THE ATTIC, FALCON?
Oct 15, 2009 8:31 PM CDT

Balloon Boy: 'I Thought I Would Get In Trouble'

Falcon Heene took off for the attic after dad yelled at him earlier

(Newser) - The Colorado 6-year-old we all thought we were watching in that balloon today was hiding in the family attic after his dad yelled at him for getting in a box of batteries. “He scared me, and he yelled at me,” Falcon Heene told a jammed news conference. “...

Christmas Intruder Lived in Family's Attic

Hidden house guest helped himself to food, clothing, gifts

(Newser) - Call him the Attic Ghost of Christmas Present. An intruder lived undetected in a Pennsylvania family's attic for several days, including Christmas, stealing food and clothing when the occupants were out, reports the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. The family finally called police when they discovered several expensive Christmas gifts missing. The...

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