This isn't actual news to me as I'd heard about it in the comments here a few months ago, but the Daily News picked it up as part of an article about Mastro, the auction house currently under FBI investigation for all sorts of nasty business.
As I mentioned when Dave shared the anecdote, the idea that a comic of such high profile could go missing these days is mind-boggling to me. It's just stunning. Sure, the San Francisco copies disappearing 30 years ago makes sense and the Church Wonder Woman #1 doing much the same is well within the bounds of this reality. Those weren't high profile sales of the magnitude of this one (nearly $300,000 at public auction) and the overall dollar figures were much lower. One of the 20 most valuable comics in existence disappearing? Bonkers.
Here's the pertinent quote:
There are other disputes that are not included in the suit; Allen had offered to serve as the liaison for the sale of a rare comic book Forman was interested in buying; an agreement was reached but never consummated when the seller backed out because he said he couldn't find the comic, which is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read the whole sordid story:
Mastro Fine Sports Auctions' is at the center of a sports memorabilia scandal
Thanks to @avatarpress for the pointer. Go buy some Avatar comics!