Heritage Auctions

(Newser) - The painting that introduced Star Wars to the world nearly 50 years ago—and was reproduced in an iconic movie poster—sold at auction on Wednesday for $3.875 million. The acrylic and airbrush painting by the artist and movie poster designer Tom Jung first appeared in newspaper ads on...

(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...