Fella finds $2m ‘heirloom’ in abandoned storage locker once stolen from Nicolas Cage

More often than not, those sifting through abandoned storage lockers find trash rather than treasure.

But one man made a multi-million dollar discovery after finding an item which had once belonged to Nicolas Cage in a shipping container.

The Ghost Rider star’s love for Superman is certainly no secret, and he even had a cameo in The Flash dressed as the Man of Steel back in July.

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In fact, Cage is such a fan of the superhero that he named his second son Kal-El – Superman’s Kryptonian name.

So it might not be surprising to learn that he once owned the legendary Action Comics No.1 – which introduced the hero to the world.

The comic was released in 1938 costing just 10 cents at the time. Fast forward 85 years and only 100 copies are believed to be in existence.

Back in 1997, Cage bought a copy of the prized piece of Superman memorabilia for a mammoth $150,000 (£119k).

It was graded an almost perfect 9.0 by the Certified Guaranty Company – the highest ever known to exist of that specific edition of the comic.

Just three years later, the rare comic book was nabbed off the wall in his home and this time the National Treasure star wasn’t the thief.

Cops thought they’d found it in 2002, but it turned out to be a dud and his book was thought to have been lost forever.

That was until it rocked up in a disused storage locker in California in April 2011.

The unnamed man who purchased the container was in disbelief from his find and recruited the help of Storage Wars auctioneer Dan Dotson.

A delighted Cage caught wind of the discovery and in a statement at the time, said: “It is divine providence that the comic was found and I am hopeful that the heirloom will be returned to my family.”

And rumour has it, his wishes were granted when the two eventually were reunited, though allegedly not for long.

Less than a year after the comic’s recovery, it went to auction, sold by an unnamed person who either might have been Cage, or might have been the buyer of the storage unit.

It became the first comic to ever sell for more than $2 million, going for a record $2.16 million (£1.7m) in November 2011.

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk