David Gonzalez was demolishing an old house when he discovered a treasure.

Stuffed in a wall for insulation, among the newspapers, was an Action comics #1 from 1938 featuring a new character called Superman.

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The comic could have been worth more had it not been for a heated argument with one of his in-laws... When his wife’s aunt grabbed the comic book amid all the excitement of the discovery, he grabbed it back and tore the back cover. Experts downgraded the comic book’s condition to a 1.5 on a 10-point scale.

He and his wife went to the Grant County courthouse and researched the owner, who told them a neighboring restaurant had offered $10,000 to buy it. They planned to demolish the house and put in a parking lot. “So I offered $100 more and got it for $10,100,” he said.

He sold it at auction for 175,000 dollars.