Will Pedigrees Sell For Less?

[sfilosa]

Thought that title might get you to look.

 

Actually, because of GPAnalysis, do you think that pedigree books will eventually sell for little to no premium?

 

Example: Say a sale of Action #90 in CGC 9.2 occurs on the Mile High Copy for $2,500 (I'm just making this up). Now, on GPAnalysis, not only will it show that a 9.2 sold, but it notates that it was the Mile High Copy.

 

Now a year later, the buyer decides to sell. The new bidders not only have information on what a 9.2 has sold for, but also knows exactly what the seller paid for the book.

 

Now why would that make a difference?

 

Think about it this way. Assume you only had enough info to know that a CGC 9.2 sold for $2,500. So you see the Mile High copy and think, "well its clearly worth $2,500 plus it's the Mile High copy so there is a premium attached". But now with GPAnalysis, you know the last sale price of $2,500 was the Mile High Copy.

 

And to add to this, how about years down the road, when you start to see on GPAnalysis that the Mile High copy has been sold several times. Isn't part of the premium paid for pedigrees because they are high grade (which CGC has already nullified) and because they are hard to come by.

 

 

 

Any thoughts?

[SilverAgeGuy]

I don't know about others, but I place no premium on pedigrees at all. If I'm looking for, say a nice 9.4, it dosen't matter to me if it came from a pedigreed collection or not.

[aardvark88]

Not all GA pedigrees are created equal even though both the Mile High & Rockford of the same issue is Cgc 9.2. The Mile High will usually blow away the Rockford by its superior vibrant, fresh cover colors even though structurally they may be both 9.2.

[PovertyRow]

Now a year later, the buyer decides to sell. The new bidders not only have information on what a 9.2 has sold for, but also knows exactly what the seller paid for the book.

 

Since this looks the core of the question I'll respond to it: how can it be assured that all sales are recorded in GPAnalysis (or any other catalogue, guide etc)? Now the same info can be gotten on ebay as far as looking up how much somone paid and then flipped. Many flips (done with the right material) seem successful. I doubt this kind of info would have a serious impact on the price up or down.