Is Golden State a Legitimate Pedigree Collection?

If so... Why isn't Golden State a Recognized Pedigree by CGC?Last week, I won my first legitimate comic book auction! This was actually purely accidental since I threw out a maximum bid but never really thinking it would win... but sure enough it did. Although I've won a number of auctions from eBay... I've never won an item on auction from an auction site soley dedicated to comic book auctions like: CommicConnect, Pedigree Comics, Metropolis Comics, Heritage, or Comiclink. This was my first, and quite frankly I'm bemused considering its taken me over 7 years finally win one! Anyway... the item I won was a CGC 9.6 of Swamp Thing Volume 1, Number 1. This is actually my third copy of the comic at 9.6 and my sixth overall (still trying to corner that market... one ST at a time). The real reason I even bothered to bid on the item was simply because I've fallen victim to "Pedigree Fever". After recently purchasing a Mass Copy of FF#66, and Suscha News copies of Showcase 80, Marvel Premiere's #1 and #2, and Swamp Thing #8... I've got a thing for pedigrees. Deep down inside, I honestly don't feel pedigrees are any better than any other comic that has been well preserved and cared for by your average fan boy or collector... and there are plenty of comics which achieve a high grade that are not associated with any pedigree. However, in the collecting world and in the outside world, a pedigree is accepted as a distinguishing stamp of quality and considerable achievement... a "cut above the rest"... akin to an "elitist" worldview. Now who wouldn't want to own "the best of the best"... I know I do. Well... according to the details of the auctioned item I won... it has a sticker on the outside label with a pedigree name "Golden State" and WWComics which stands for World Wide Comics. After doing a bit of research, I came up empty about any information about a Golden State pedigree (couldn't find it on WWComics website). And lamentably, I also have come to understand the CGC does not recognize this particular ST#1 as a pedigree. So my questions to anyone with expert knowledge of pedigrees: Is Golden State a Legitimate Pedigree?If so... Why isn't Golden State a recognized pedigree by CGC?And... Could you provide some details about the Golden State collection or point me in the right direction?I greatly appreciate anyone's feedback on this. Many thanks for reading and Happy Collecting.To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.